SoMa
AI Boom Drives Equity Residential’s San Francisco Portfolio to Top Performer in Q1 2026
The REIT’s 11,569-unit San Francisco footprint posted 6.5 percent revenue growth as downtown demand surged and concessions vanished from the company’s most strategic...
N17 Clears CEQA Hurdle for 395-Unit, 33-Story Tower at 598 Bryant Street in San Francisco’s SoMa
The Environmental Review Officer’s adoption of mitigation measures pushes Allrise Capital’s freeway-adjacent residential project — designed by BDE Architecture and stacked under AB...
Related California, SFHDC Top Out $72MM, 85-Unit 160 Freelon Affordable Project in San Francisco’s SoMa
Nine-story development on city-owned parcel will deliver family housing, permanent supportive units and HIV-priority apartments when it opens in early 2027 Construction has...
Berkshire Residential Investments Acquires Four-Property San Francisco Loft Portfolio for $134.15MM
The Boston-based investment manager’s roughly 300-unit purchase across SoMa and Potrero Hill, rebranded “The Grid Collection,” signals renewed institutional confidence in a rental...
Billionaire Michael Moritz Eyes 68,000 SQFT Former Barneys Building at 48 Stockton Street for Union Square Hub
Venture investor’s team has toured Union Square in search of iconic address to house Crankstart Foundation and potentially The San Francisco Standard, with...
330 & 340 Townsend Hit The Market: CIM Group Lists 181,000 SQFT SoMa Creative Office Portfolio in San Francisco Across From Caltrain
CBRE National Office Partners is marketing the two-building, fully leased portfolio with 188 parking stalls and Central SoMa CMUO zoning allowing up to...
Westfield Lists 101,700 SQFT Office Portfolio at 814-818 Mission Street in San Francisco
The vacant twin-building offering arrives with housing conversion on the table as the French conglomerate continues its retreat from the beleaguered downtown corridor....
San Francisco’s 4.1MM SQFT First Quarter Shatters Three Decades of Leasing Records as AI Rewrites the City’s Office Playbook
Only Q2 2014 posted stronger activity in the past 30 years as vacancy plunges, absorption surges, and sublease inventory evaporates at record pace....
AI Giants and Retail Heavyweights Fuel 9.6MM SQFT Demand Surge in San Francisco Office Market
Tech and AI companies drive more than half of tenant activity as Q1 2026 leasing hits second-highest quarterly total in three decades. San...
Caltrain Outlines Doomsday Scenario With Station Closures and Service Shutdown Absent November Ballot Measure
The commuter rail agency projects an average annual deficit of $75 million and warns that thousands of commuters could be forced onto already...
AI Demand Propels San Francisco Office Leasing to Strongest Quarter Since 2014 as Market Absorbs Excess Supply
Subheading: Artificial intelligence firms led by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Databricks drove 3.8 million square feet of leasing activity in Q1 2026, though availability...
Build, Inc., Seeks Entitlement Extension for 495-Unit Tower San Francisco’s SoMa District
The long-delayed 27-story residential project, first proposed nearly a decade ago, remains a surface parking lot as the developer cites challenging market and...
