Civic Center
Manna Capital Stacks State Housing Laws for 40-Story, 288-Unit Tower in San Francisco
Chicago-based Manna Capital is wagering that California's density bonus law and SB 330 can turn a 0.2-acre surface parking lot at Eighth and...
STG Group Buys Eight Floors of San Francisco’s 1155 Market for $8MM, a Decade After $80MM Peak
A Petaluma value-add investor has taken control of the troubled lower half of 1155 Market Street for a fraction of its boom-era worth,...
Emerald Fund, SDG File Permits to Convert 150 Hayes Street Into 104 Apartments in San Francisco
Emerald Fund and SDG have filed building permits to convert a long-vacant 1968 office block a block from City Hall into 104 apartments,...
San Jose Approves Urban Catalyst’s 645-Unit Icon/Echo Project on Former Chevron Site
A scaled-back version of Urban Catalyst’s long-planned Icon/Echo development in the city’s Civic Center neighborhood was approved during a San Jose Planning Director...
San Francisco’s Office-to-Housing Pipeline Clears 300 Units as AI Rebound Squeezes Conversion Candidates
After a decade with almost nothing to show, San Francisco is set to receive applications for three office-to-residential conversions totaling more than 300...
Muni’s Weekend Ridership Tops Pre-Pandemic Levels, Signaling Downtown San Francisco’s Turn
San Francisco’s transit numbers just cleared a psychological threshold that landlords and civic boosters have been chasing for five years, with weekend Muni...
City of San Francisco Expands 1455 Market St. Lease by 502,000 SQFT in $1B-Plus Deal, the Region’s Largest Since 2018
San Francisco has committed to its largest office lease since 2018, expanding the city government’s footprint at Hudson Pacific Properties’ 1455 Market St....
Epic Church Enters Agreement to Acquire 40,000 SQFT Historic Union Square Sanctuary in San Francisco for $15MM
The nondenominational congregation is betting on a spiritual revival to match San Francisco’s economic comeback, targeting a 1913 Reid Brothers landmark that has...
Rebuilt 130-Car Golden Gate Garage Lists for Sale or Lease in San Francisco Theater District
A historic Tenderloin parking structure, gutted by fire in 2020 and reopened this January, returns to the market with development upside under C-3-G...
Academy of Art Sells Landmark St. Brigid Church on Van Ness for $4.7MM in San Francisco
The for-profit university unloaded the century-old Pacific Heights landmark to an entity tied to home furnishings firm JLA Home at a price below...
AI Demand Propels San Francisco Office Leasing to Strongest Quarter Since 2014 as Market Absorbs Excess Supply
Subheading: Artificial intelligence firms led by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks drove 3.8 million square feet of leasing activity in Q1 2026, though availability...
San Francisco Launches Tax Incentive District to Convert Empty Office Towers into 4,400 New Homes
The Downtown Revitalization Financing District is the city’s boldest move yet to address a stubborn vacancy crisis—but with zero completed conversions in four...
