Oakland
US Forest Service Backs California Mass Timber, Mills With $2.2MM Share of $105.5MM Wood Grants
The U.S. Forest Service has directed roughly $2.2 million of a $105.5 million national wood innovation grant round to seven California projects, funding...
Port of Oakland Holds Laden Cargo Flat Through July as Empty Boxes Drag Total Volume Lower
The Port of Oakland kept its loaded cargo volumes nearly level through the first seven months of 2026 and pushed exports slightly ahead...
Align and Albertsons Downsize Rockridge Senior Housing Towers to 372 Units, Add Grocery in Oakland
Align Real Estate and Albertsons have formally filed a scaled-back version of their twin-tower senior housing project at Oakland's Rockridge Trader Joe's site,...
Behring Plans 20,000 SQFT AI Data Center at Former Berkeley Lab Site in Oakland
A vacant supercomputer building that a national developer once eyed for a 39-story office tower before abandoning the plan is instead becoming ground...
Madison Park Doubles Down on Oakland Multifamily as AI Boom Widens the Rent Gap With San Francisco
Madison Park is preparing a concentrated wave of new investment across the East Bay, betting that San Francisco's AI hiring surge has already...
Black Cultural Zone Acquires Vacant East Oakland Lot for $10 in Alameda County’s First Chapter 8 Housing Deal in Nine Years
Alameda County transferred a long-abandoned, tax-defaulted parcel on MacArthur Boulevard to a Black-led nonprofit developer for a nominal $10, reviving a dormant state...
Vanguard Properties Acquires Oakland’s Abio Properties, Pushing Into East Bay Against Compass
San Francisco's largest independent brokerage is absorbing 10-year-old Abio Properties and retiring its name, a defensive East Bay expansion as Compass consolidates the...
Sacramento’s Rental Housing Bills Advance Toward Final Votes, With Real Stakes for Northern California Landlords
California’s rental housing industry closed out the Legislature’s frantic August suspense-file hearings with several of its top priorities intact, even as a closely...
Mohr Partners Taps East Bay Veteran Kam Schroeder as First President of Brokerage
Mohr Partners has recruited longtime East Bay broker Kam Schroeder to fill a newly created President of Brokerage post, betting on a 20-year...
Plank Closure Deepens Tenant Exodus at CIM Group’s Jack London Square in Oakland
The permanent closure of Plank after nearly 12 years marks the latest departure in a widening tenant exodus at Oakland’s Jack London Square,...
Bezos’ Project Prometheus Signs 100,000 SQFT Manufacturing Lease in West Oakland
Jeff Bezos’ stealth AI startup has landed in West Oakland just as East Bay industrial landlords report renewed demand from the exact category...
Rainbow Housing Assistance Corp Acquires 231-Unit City Towers for $35.2MM in West Oakland
Rainbow Housing Assistance Corp. closed on a $35.2 million acquisition of City Towers, a 231-unit high-rise complex in West Oakland, preserving the property’s...
