San Mateo
Northern California Carries Essex as Bay Area Tech Demand Outpaces Seattle, Los Angeles in Q1
The West Coast’s largest multifamily REIT beat expectations as cap rate compression and a $62 million stock buyback signaled a private-public valuation gap....
Northern California Powers Essex Q1 2026 Beat as Bay Area Rents Outrun Coast and Seattle
The San Mateo-based REIT’s home region delivered 3.9 percent revenue growth and 5.6 percent NOI gains, with Santa Clara, San Mateo, and San...
Kilroy’s Bay Area Occupancy Drops to 75.2% as Cooley Anchors 251,000 SQFT Redwood City Tower
A 1,160-basis-point year-over-year occupancy slide in the Bay Area, driven by Kilroy Oyster Point Phase 2, lands alongside a substantially pre-leased Peninsula development...
Kilroy and Lane Partners Launch 251,000 SQFT 1900 Broadway Tower in Redwood City With Cooley LLP Anchor Lease
Joint venture transforms a former Wells Fargo branch site purchased by Lane Partners for $25MM in 2021 into a $350MM transit-adjacent office project,...
Bed Bath & Boomerang
By Billy the Broker (I just want to stay anonymous) In August 2025, Marcus Lemonis, the executive chairman of Beyond, Inc.—which is to...
Workday Sells 60,000 SQFT Pleasanton Office Building for $5.5MM, 73% Below Assessed Value
The human resources software giant unloaded a second campus building in four months at steep discounts as it consolidates operations around the West...
San Francisco Peninsula Office Market Hits 60,000 SQFT Positive Absorption as Leasing Activity Rebounds in Q1 2026
Rising rents and renewed tenant demand signal early stabilization, even as vacancy climbs to 24.9 percent across the region A year of uneven...
Replit Renews and Expands 147,000 SQFT Foster City HQ Amid $9 Billion Valuation Surge
The AI-powered coding platform doubles down on its San Francisco Peninsula office footprint as demand for vibe coding tools and agentic software creation...
Solace Health Leases Entire 71,330 SQFT Office Building at 610 Walnut Street in Downtown Redwood City
The digital health platform’s full-building commitment fills a Class A office that had sat empty since its 2021 completion, a milestone for the...
San Mateo County Weighs $13MM Alternate Site for 69-Bed Drug Treatment Facility in Burlingame
A two-acre, 34,000-square-foot property in a more industrial area could accelerate the timeline by up to two years, but the purchase would add...
Silicon Valley Office Leasing Reaches Post-Pandemic High of 3.2MM SQFT as AI and Tech Firms Drive Recovery
Subheading: Technology companies accounted for all 10 of Silicon Valley’s largest Q1 2026 office transactions, led by OpenAI’s 447,000-square-foot lease in Mountain View,...
Essex Property Trust Doubles Down on Northern California With $830MM Acquisition Spree as AI-Fueled Demand Drives Rent Growth
The apartment REIT deployed more capital into the Bay Area than any other region in 2025, acquiring seven communities as Northern California posted...
