Northern California
California Exports Jump 15% to $17.7 Billion in August as Oakland Truckers Absorb 64% Diesel Spike
California's merchandise exports climbed 15.2 percent year over year to $17.696 billion in August on surging computer, electronics and agricultural shipments, according to...
Pacific Industrial Taps Link Logistics Veteran Bud Pharris as CEO to Drive Western U.S. Expansion
Long Beach-based developer Pacific Industrial has hired Bud Pharris, who ran Blackstone-owned Link Logistics' nine-market West Region, as chief executive officer to steer...
Oakland, Central Valley Warehouse Costs Top $175 Per Foot as Tariffs Push Industrial Builds Higher
Oakland and the Central Valley now rank among the costliest places in the Americas to build a warehouse, with small-shell pricing above $175...
FAA Taps Walsh Federal for $148.8MM Air Traffic Control Tower at Sacramento International Airport
The FAA's design-build award to Walsh Federal moves Sacramento International Airport's long-delayed tower replacement toward a summer 2027 groundbreaking, with a new north...
Wells Fargo Sees Higher Rate Floor Squeezing Bay Area Housing as AI Buildout Powers Data Centers
Wells Fargo's latest economic outlook argues that a structurally higher floor under long-term interest rates will keep pressure on Northern California housing and...
AI Mega-IPOs Push Bay Area Exit Value Past $300B, Quadrupling All of 2025
The San Francisco Bay Area captured more than $300 billion in expansion-stage company exits in the first half of 2026, dwarfing every other...
KB Home’s Northern California Business Holds Firm as Homebuilder Trims Q4 Outlook
KB Home lowered its fourth-quarter price and margin expectations after a weaker summer selling season, but executives said Northern California is performing as...
Sares Regis Elevates Drew Hudacek and Dave Hopkins to Co-CEOs as Founders Set Succession in Motion
Sares Regis Group of Northern California has handed day-to-day command of one of the Bay Area's most active development firms to two longtime...
California’s Renter Majority Faces Deepening Strain as Bay Area Rents Climb 5.8%
California's renter economy has swelled past 16 million people, and a new statewide tenant snapshot shows affordability pressure intensifying just as the Bay...
New Federal Housing Law Hands Northern California Fresh Levers on Supply, But Leaves Zoning Untouched
The nation's first comprehensive federal housing package in decades arms Northern California developers and lenders with new incentives for adaptive reuse, small-dollar lending...
Bay Area Defends No. 1 Tech Talent Rank as AI Absorbs 57% of Its Job Postings
The San Francisco Bay Area again topped CBRE's annual tech talent scorecard even as its overall workforce shrank, with artificial intelligence now driving...
Northern California Sidelined in Data Center Boom as Power Limits Push Capacity to Texas
Northern California, the birthplace of Silicon Valley, now holds barely 1 gigawatt of data center capacity and does not rank among North America's...
