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JLL Forecasts Bay Area Rent Surge and Robotics Boom as VC Investment Captures 79% of US Total
JLL research director Alexander Quinn told East Bay leaders that an AI-fueled investment wave is driving record rents, a manufacturing revival and a...
East Bay Developers Bet on Housing Surge as Office Towers Fall and Oakland Rents Poised to Climb 20%
At East Bay EDA’s annual economic outlook, the heads of Sunset Development and ArtHaus Partners detailed a market pivoting hard from offices to...
Concord, U.S. Navy Reach Term Sheet to Convey 2,422-Acre Naval Weapons Station to Brookfield-Led Reuse Project
After two years of negotiations, the Navy is set to receive an estimated $628 million over a 30-year build-out featuring 12,272 housing units,...
Contra Costa’s Measure A Tees Up a 25-Year Lock on 65% of County Land, Splitting Conservationists From Housing Bloc
Voters on June 2 will decide whether to extend the urban limit line through 2051, in a fight that pits one of California’s...
PGW Auto Glass Renews 43,200 SQFT Pittsburg Distribution Lease in Softening Hwy 4 Industrial Market
The auto glass distributor’s recommitment at 701-753 Willow Pass Road comes as the Pittsburg submarket gives back 11,834 square feet and regional vacancy...
John Muir Lands 62,000 SQFT Concord Industrial Deal as East Bay Vacancy Climbs to 4.4%
The healthcare system’s direct lease at 2520 Bates Avenue absorbs newly delivered space in a quarter when the broader market gave back nearly...
Black & Veatch Lands 19,549 SQFT Direct Lease at Rockpoint’s Treat Towers in Walnut Creek
The global engineering firm’s commitment at the LEED Platinum-certified Class A complex marks one of Q1 2026’s largest direct deals in the North...
Kimley-Horn Subleases 21,611 SQFT at DivcoWest’s 2999 Oak Road Office Property in Walnut Creek
The transportation and design consultancy’s deal at the Contra Costa Centre BART-adjacent tower stands as the quarter’s largest office lease in the North...
Walnut Creek Industrial Market Posts Negative Absorption as Vacancy Climbs to 4.4% in Q1 2026
Colliers report finds asking rents fell to $1.12 per square foot NNN amid softening tenant demand and elevated move-outs across the North I-680...
Walnut Creek Office Market Posts Strongest Leasing Quarter Since Mid-2024 as Vacancy Reaches Cycle High
Gross absorption topped 167,000 square feet in Q1 2026 along the North I-680 Corridor, but a 923,000-square-foot inventory reclassification pushed vacancy to 25.6...
Las Vegas-Based Developer Proposes Roughly 940 Homes on 59-Acre Former Coast Guard Site in North Concord
Q Village LLC’s plan for 403 townhomes, 409 detached houses, 56 accessory dwelling units, and 72 affordable homes at 3295 Haleakala Street is...
Economist Warns East Bay Is Squandering a ‘Golden Opportunity’ as Region Stalls on Housing and Growth
Dr. Chris Thornberg of Beacon Economics says the East Bay’s wealth and natural assets are being held back by regulatory paralysis and misplaced...
