Trader Joe’s
Grocery Outlet Opens 30,000 SQFT Store at Former Fisherman’s Wharf Safeway, Ending North Beach’s 3-Year Grocery Gap
Discount grocer Grocery Outlet has taken over the long-vacant Safeway on Bay Street, restoring a full-size grocery option for roughly 20,000 residents on...
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,...
Charles Shaw’s Former Benessere Vineyards Lands $10.15MM Buyer as 42-Acre Napa Estate Clears No-Reserve Auction in St. Helena
The 42-acre St. Helena vineyard estate once tied to Trader Joe’s “Two Buck Chuck” has found a buyer at $10.15 million through a...
Brookfield Clinches San Mateo Approval for 847-Unit Housing Overhaul of Concar Shopping Center
Brookfield Properties has secured key city approvals to demolish most of San Mateo’s Concar Shopping Center and replace it with 847 homes, pivoting...
John Hancock Backs Seagate’s $45MM Bet on a 130,000-SQFT Marin Retail Center
A three-decade owner refinances its grocery-anchored San Rafael property as institutional money pours back into necessity retail. A San Rafael shopping center that...
Align Doubles Down on Outer Richmond Safeway Play, Files Formal Application for 766,000 SQFT Mixed-Use Tower
Developer boosts affordable housing count 60 percent and expands retail footprint as it advances a six-property Bay Area grocery-to-housing pipeline Align Real Estate...
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...
Align Real Estate Proposes 415-Unit Senior Housing Complex on Trader Joe’s Site in Oakland
The San Francisco-based developer’s two-tower proposal at 5727 College Avenue would rise up to 31 stories within two blocks of the Rockridge BART...
Macerich Bets $140MM NOI Lift on Anchor Overhaul and Gen Z-Driven Merchandising Strategy
The Santa Monica-based mall REIT is executing a two-year repositioning that has pushed leasing volume up 85 percent and committed replacements for all...
Hudson McDonald Lands $60MM Agency Refinancing on 193-Unit Berkeley Apartment and Student Housing Portfolio
CBRE arranged a 10-year, fixed-rate loan covering two Downtown Berkeley communities a short walk from UC Berkeley, testing lender appetite for college-town housing...
Pontus Capital Lists 29,000 SQFT Volkswagen Dealership in Fairfield for $21.75MM
The property on 4.23 acres offers a 6% cap rate and a 22-year absolute NNN lease, marketed by Fisher James Capital Commercial real...
Four Corners Properties Markets 74-Unit Luxury Apartment Community in San Mateo Market as Peninsula Multifamily Sector Gains Momentum
Institutional Property Advisors has launched the sale of Azara, a newly constructed 74-unit luxury apartment community in San Mateo, California, targeting investors seeking...
