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May 15, 2026
From the pitch to plush chairs: How Ciarán McGuigan is making the office personal
Ciarán McGuigan, a former professional soccer player turned furniture designer, now creates offices that offer more than shared desks. His firm, The Malin, may sound more akin to a hotel group, and that's part of the strategy.
May 14, 2026
Rental development surges in new‑graduate job hubs
The metropolitan areas hiring the most new graduates are also the ones building apartments the fastest.
May 14, 2026
Coastal apartment markets outpace Sun Belt as supply pressures persist
Apartment rents are rising in coastal cities but falling across the Sun Belt, reflecting stark differences in how quickly new housing supply is being absorbed.
May 11, 2026
Algeria buys San Francisco office building
The Algerian government has a new building in downtown San Francisco to house its consulate. It acquired a four-story office building at 1400 Van Ness Ave. from Sunhill Corp. for $15 million, or $658 per square foot.
May 7, 2026
Venture capital firm backing Anthropic moves HQ to San Francisco amid AI boom
Downtown San Francisco reaffirmed its status as the nation’s artificial intelligence hub with the news that a prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firm is relocating its headquarters to a 119-year-old building in the city’s SoMa District.
May 7, 2026
Hudson Pacific Properties 'making the hard calls' to cut costs
Hudson Pacific Properties is doubling down on plans to trim its portfolio of office and studio properties in order to best capitalize on rebounding demand.
May 7, 2026
Investors race to buy apartments in San Francisco, the nation's most competitive market
San Francisco apartment owner Ballast is going into investment overdrive in its hometown as rents have exploded in the artificial intelligence boom.
May 7, 2026
Grosvenor reports strong UK property performance as it eyes £700 million sales from flagging American portfolio
Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster's property company and one of the United Kingdom's largest landed estates, said its British property arm had been the standout in a mixed year for its business, with £700 million of American assets now being earmarked for sale after poor performance in the country.
May 6, 2026
Why this insurance giant is bringing its office buying spree to San Francisco
An institutional investor that's recently scooped up boutique office buildings in desirable neighborhoods in Denver, Boston and Chicago has now turned to San Francisco's posh Jackson Square.
May 6, 2026
Hotel margins lose momentum
Gross operating margins across major U.S. hotel markets continue to reflect an uneven recovery pattern, with 2025 results highlighting a growing divide between top-performing cities and those still working back toward pre-pandemic levels.
May 6, 2026
Retell AI leases offices in Redwood City, California
Retell AI, a tech startup that creates call centers driven by artificial intelligence, signed a new three‑year office lease for 13,346 square feet of office space spanning the first and second floors of an office building at 540 Price Ave. in Redwood City, California. The property contains 17,025 square feet of rentable building area and was constructed in 1985. Retell AI will operate both suites as a single location, with a May 1 start date.
May 6, 2026
San Francisco’s strong multifamily rent growth shrinks the gap between buying and renting
For many years, San Francisco has had one of the widest affordability gaps between buying and renting a home. Despite having some of the highest apartment rents in the nation, the cost of renting in the city is way below the cost of buying.
May 5, 2026
Labor costs outpace hotel revenue growth in several major markets
Labor costs have become the fault line dividing hotel markets that are rebuilding margins from those still stuck in a post-pandemic cost squeeze.
May 5, 2026
How can California solve its housing crisis? A longtime insider has some ideas.
Tia Boatman Patterson was a kid growing up in the farm belt of California’s San Joaquin Valley when she got a firsthand lesson on the importance of housing security. It's something she now uses as head of one of the state's largest affordable housing lenders.
May 5, 2026
San Francisco apartment rents push higher as tight supply and tech demand fuel growth
San Francisco’s multifamily rent recovery strengthened further in April, underscoring the metro area’s sharp turnaround from earlier‑decade weakness. Asking rents continued to climb amid persistently tight supply, strong absorption and renewed demand tied to tech and AI‑related hiring. With vacancy hovering near a decade low, April’s gains reinforce San Francisco’s position as the most competitive apartment market in the country.
May 5, 2026
Top office leases recognized for San Francisco
Prominent office leases signed by Anthropic, Roblox and OpenAI negotiated by top dealmakers from JLL are among the first-quarter office leases recognized by CoStar.
May 5, 2026
Top industrial leases recognized for San Francisco
Prominent industrial leases signed by 1X Technologies, Zipline and Celink negotiated by top dealmakers from CBRE are among the first-quarter industrial leases recognized by CoStar.
May 5, 2026
Top retail leases recognized for San Francisco
Prominent retail leases signed by Lucky Strike, Two Pitchers Brewing and Smokin’ D’s BBQ negotiated by top dealmakers from JLL, Touchstone Commercial Partners and Starboard Commercial Real Estate are among the first-quarter retail leases recognized by CoStar.
May 5, 2026
Top property sales recognized for San Francisco
A prominent office deal handled by JLL and a flex disposition arranged by Eastdil Secured are among the top first-quarter property sales recognized by CoStar.
May 5, 2026
Top sales and leases recognized in the US
This news article was updated on May 7 to replace the top retail deal for the first quarter. The initial winning deal was withdrawn due to an error found in the deal's rent valuation.

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