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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 Francisco Downtown Development Corp. Taps Housing-Finance Veteran to Lead Office-to-Housing Conversion Push
The San Francisco Downtown Development Corp. has recruited longtime Enterprise Community Partners director Geeta Rao as its first vice president of real estate,...
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...
SF Planning Grants Final Approval for Keller Grover’s 23-Story, 201-Unit Tower at 1965 Market Street
Armed with three state housing laws and a corner lot that San Francisco’s old approval machine would have tied up for years, Keller...
Align Real Estate Proposes 415-Unit Senior Housing Complex on Trader Joe’s Site in Oakland
The San Francisco-based developer’s two-tower proposal at 5727 College Avenue would rise up to 31 stories within two blocks of the Rockridge BART...
San Francisco Advisory Committee Recommends Slashing Inclusionary Housing Rate to 5% as Construction Stalls
The proposed two-thirds reduction from the current 15 percent requirement aims to revive a frozen development pipeline, but the Board of Supervisors must...
San Francisco Planning Commission Approves Modified One Oak Tower With 541 Units, Adding 81 Homes to Previously Entitled Project
The 400-foot residential tower, now in its third entitlement iteration since 2017, advances through a zoning map amendment to accommodate a taller podium...
Hudson Pacific Targets Office-to-Residential Conversion at 205,000-SQFT Landmark 901 Market Street in San Francisco
The Los Angeles-based REIT disclosed the repositioning during its Q4 2025 earnings call, removing the 1912-era building from its in-service office portfolio as...
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...
Vanderbilt’s Bay Area Expansion Includes Oakland Property with Housing Approvals
Nashville University’s Bay Area Deal Encompasses Two Campuses, Including Entitled Oakland Site Facing Development Challenges Vanderbilt University’s acquisition of California College of the...
ULI Real Estate Power Players Converge in San Francisco as Industry Navigates Uncertainty
The Urban Land Institute’s Fall Meeting draws thousands to Moscone West for three days of soul-searching about cities, capital, and the future of...
Ellis Partners to Transform Rockridge Red Cross Site into a 197-Unit Senior Living Community
A new chapter is beginning for a familiar landmark in Oakland’s affluent Rockridge neighborhood. The former American National Red Cross building, which for...
