San Francisco affordable housing fund hits $100 million to build new apartments
Fund aims to facilitate development in one of priciest markets
A San Francisco Bay Area affordable housing fund launched last year has reached $100 million, a milestone that officials say could unlock more housing development in one of the nat...
Beverage maker Yerba Madre moves headquarters to Oakland
New leases reflect Bay Area city’s gradual comeback on the heels of San Francisco
A Northern California company that makes a South American tea drink popular among Gen Z consumers has moved its headquarters from Sonoma County to downtown Oakland.
Nvidia plans headquarters expansion as it grows US real estate holdings
Chipmaking giant aims to add new building in Silicon Valley
Nvidia is moving forward with plans to expand its spaceship-like Silicon Valley headquarters with a third building, the latest real estate expansion the chipmaking giant has made t...
Bridge Housing adds California legal expert to C-suite
Lisa Laffer to take on dual role at affordable housing nonprofit
San Francisco-based affordable housing developer Bridge Housing has added a legal veteran to its senior leadership team.
San Francisco officials pave way for thousands of new residential units
Mayor's plan allows taller housing in some neighborhoods
Officials in San Francisco have approved a plan to build taller buildings with tens of thousands of new homes in one of the nation’s most expensive cities.
Investor bets on Oakland to follow San Francisco’s AI-fueled property boom
ArtHaus Partners scoops up discounted apartment buildings in Bay Area’s second city
A pair of investors is betting big on the San Francisco Bay Area’s second city with the purchase of nine Oakland apartment buildings.
Dream group office executive takes C-suite slot at its industrial company
Gord Wadley to assume senior role at one of Canada’s largest warehouse REITs
One of Canada’s largest publicly traded industrial real estate investment trusts has tapped a veteran of the group to fill a key leadership position.
Instagram is latest to call workers back to office full-time
Meta-owned company joins other US tech firms in ramped-up mandates
Workers at the social media service Instagram will soon join thousands of other U.S. employees who are reporting to the office full-time.
Blackstone closes deal to buy San Francisco's Four Seasons Hotel
Investment giant touts AI-fueled hospitality comeback
Blackstone has purchased the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown San Francisco in the latest sign of the city’s real estate recovery.
California university scoops up former Silicon Valley aerospace facility
Sofia University pays $11 million for a Palo Alto building it's occupied for decades
A private, for-profit California university that offers degree programs in spiritual and humanistic psychology has quietly purchased a prime Silicon Valley property it’s occupied f...
Popular Japanese grocer expands in California as specialty stores stand out
Foster City gets Osaka Marketplace’s second outpost
Shop owners in downtown San Francisco are crossing their fingers this year as they hang their holiday decorations and hope for a comeback after several years of retail doldrums.
San Francisco office building once set to become women's shelter is now for sale
East West Bank bets on city's turnaround to unload 1128 Market St.
A vacant downtown San Francisco office building that was previously set to be turned into a shelter for women in crisis is now for sale.
REIT scoops up Silicon Valley apartment complex as Bay Area rents rise
Essex Property Trust pays $143 million for Sunnyvale homes near tech employers
A publicly traded real estate investment trust scooped up a 250-unit apartment complex in the heart of Silicon Valley, as rents rise in some parts of the tech-rich region following...
Historic San Francisco property changes hands for first time in 145 years
Private investor scoops up historic Odd Fellows Temple
In 2023, the dwindling San Francisco District of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows joined a growing list of names leaving the city’s troubled Mid-Market neighborhood. The group ...
California housing development pioneer Bill Witte passes the baton
Related California execs Gino Canori and Ann Silverberg to take over as CEOs
One of California’s leading developers of affordable and mixed-income housing has tapped two of its San Francisco executives to succeed the firm’s longtime leader.
Investors close San Francisco's biggest hotel deal of the year
Mayor touts sale of the Hilton Union Square and Parc 55 as evidence of city’s comeback
San Francisco’s biggest hotel deal of the year has closed with the sale of two of the city’s largest hotels in a transaction officials touted as the latest sign of the city’s comeb...
Prologis pitches massive San Francisco warehouse project in sign of market recovery
Developer plans 1.6 million-square-foot logistics project
Global warehouse developer Prologis has won the green light to build a massive industrial project that’s been in the works for a decade in its hometown of San Francisco.
Sales pitch for San Francisco’s largest mall looks beyond retail
CBRE markets nearly vacant site as 1.2 million-square-foot ‘blank canvas’
In a sign of the times, San Francisco’s troubled downtown mall is being marketed to prospective buyers for its potential to house uses other than shopping.
Development executive behind Freedom West 2.0 in San Francisco launches new firm
Landon Taylor to head LegacyFirst; Victor MacFarlane to lead MacFarlane Partners again
Three years ago, Victor MacFarlane handed over the reins of MacFarlane Partners — among the nation’s first Black-owned real estate development firms — to Landon Taylor, who had bee...
Coworking firm buys latest office building for startups in San Francisco’s AI hub
StartupHQ now owns a block of historic properties in SoMa
A San Francisco company that owns and operates office space for startups now owns a three-building stretch in one of the city's key artificial intelligence hubs with its latest pur...