Residential
The Residency Fills Three Former Academy of Art Dorms With 60 Startup Founders Paying Rent in Cash or Equity
The Residency, a live-work program for startup founders, has filled three former Academy of Art University dorms in Pacific Heights, Van Ness and...
Thornberg Warns Bay Area Housing Faces ‘Bust Side’ as Mortgage Rates Climb Past 7%
Speaking at Star One Credit Union's third annual Bay Area Real Estate Forecast in Campbell, Beacon Economics founder Christopher Thornberg argued that an...
Newsom Signs SB 328, Clearing Brookfield’s Path to 12,272 Homes at Former Concord Naval Weapons Station
A newly signed state law removes the former Concord Naval Weapons Station from the Surplus Land Act's disposition rules and exempts plan-consistent development...
Kilroy Pitches Flexible Flower Mart Plan With Up to 3,532 Homes and 600-Foot Towers in Central SoMa
In an informational hearing on Oct. 1, the Planning Commission got a first look at Gensler's design framework for the 6.5-acre Brannan Street...
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...
SF Planning Commission OKs Tower on Former Golden Gate University Campus, Caps Office Allocation Below Developer’s Ask
Golden Gate University's exit from its century-old downtown campus clears the way for a tower whose design leans on setbacks responding to both...
FivePoint Breaks Ground on 7,200-Home Candlestick Point Megaproject in San Francisco
FivePoint launched construction on its long-stalled Candlestick Point development on Wednesday, breaking ground on a roughly 270-acre plan to convert the former stadium...
San Jose Advances General Plan Housing Overhaul, Defers Density Quadrupling to 2027
San Jose's City Council endorsed the broad framework of a sweeping General Plan housing overhaul on Aug. 18 but declined to lock in...
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...
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...
San Francisco Cuts Inclusionary Housing Rate to 5%, Exempts Projects Under 24 Units
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted 9-2 on Tuesday to cut the city's inclusionary housing requirement from 15 percent to 5 percent...
Treasure Island Developers Pivot 148-Unit 490 Avenue of the Palms From Condos to Rentals, With Penthouses at $18,000 a Month
Treasure Island Development Group has abandoned its plan to sell the 148 homes at 490 Avenue of the Palms as condominiums, instead opening...
