Katie Burke is an award-winning staff writer for CoStar News. With more than 10 years or journalism experience, Burke has covered commercial real estate in some of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing markets, including San Francisco, Silicon Val...
Katie Burke is an award-winning staff writer for CoStar News. With more than 10 years or journalism experience, Burke has covered commercial real estate in some of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing markets, including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, San Antonio and Austin. A San Francisco-born native, she is now based in the Bay Area and covers the region’s plethora of global tech giants and their impact on the national commercial real estate market.
Prior to joining CoStar in early 2020, Burke worked for a number of newspapers including the San Francisco Business Times and the San Antonio Business Journal, and her work has been published in outlets such as The Seattle Times, the Austin Business Journal, the Silicon Valley Business Journal, among others. Her coverage has won several awards from the National Association of Real Estate Editors and the California News Publishers Association for breaking and feature news. Burke is a graduate of the University of Washington in Seattle, where she holds a double major in journalism and art history. When she isn’t reporting, you can find her on a hiking trail, paddleboard or trying to become a better gardener.
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A European investor has scored what appears to be a deal on one of San Francisco's most iconic skyscrapers in the aftermath of its largest renovation to date.
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Starbucks is preparing to plant a corporate flag in Nashville, Tennessee, to anchor the global coffee giant's growth plans in the South and Northeast United States.
A major biotech player is delivering a bit of certainty to the life sciences real estate market by recommitting to a major hub for another two decades.
The tenant roster at Texas' tallest building is growing with a law firm's deal to relocate its Houston headquarters — and nearly double its footprint along the way.
A global law firm is stepping in to fill a portion of Google's shoes at a downtown San Francisco office complex about a year after the Alphabet subsidiary's departure.
Google is delivering a blow to Silicon Valley's office market with a move to consolidate its Cloud division, prompting the tech giant to vacate one of its longstanding campuses near its headquarters.
Charles Schwab is planting a flag in downtown San Francisco, marking its commitment to maintaining a corporate presence in the city five years after moving its headquarters to Texas.