Northern California
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...
Why the San Francisco Bay Area Is Missing From the 2026 Apartment Absorption Leaderboard
The San Francisco Bay Area was conspicuously missing from a national ranking of the strongest apartment markets for first-half 2026 net absorption, an...
Watch Rents Rise
By John Cumbelich Our firm recently completed a Q2 survey of the region’s 25 flagship Power Centers, in which we reported that occupancy...
Essex Property Trust Settles RealPage Rent-Algorithm Antitrust Case for $36.5MM
Essex Property Trust used its second-quarter earnings report to disclose it had fully resolved the closely watched antitrust claims tied to RealPage’s rent-setting...
Essex’s Northern California Apartments Lead the Portfolio as Q2 Revenue Climbs 4.4%
Essex Property Trust’s Northern California apartments outperformed every other region in its portfolio during the second quarter of 2026, as tightening Bay Area...
D.R. Horton’s Affordability Play Runs Into California’s $843,000 Median as Q3 Margins Hold
D.R. Horton’s affordability-first strategy collides with a Northern California market where the typical home costs more than twice the statewide median and far...
Contra Costa Pension Sets $375MM Two-Year Real Estate Pacing Plan, Weighs Co-Investment Push
The Contra Costa County Employees’ Retirement Association has committed to deploying $375 million into real estate across 2026 and 2027, front-loading the spend...
Prologis Points to San Francisco Bay Area as Early Leader in Rotation Back to Coastal Markets
Prologis singled out the San Francisco Bay Area as the clearest early sign of a broader shift back toward coastal industrial markets, ranking...
