San Francisco
How Does California Stack Up on Startup Activity?
The five U.S. metro areas with the highest startup activity in the 2017 Kauffman Index of Startup Activity were Miami,… Read more
CRE Technology – The Takeover Has Begun
The tech takeover is in full force across the CRE sector. Connect Media asked three tech solutions leaders to share… Read more
$170M Refi for 33-Property NorCal Retail Portfolio
RMP Properties, LLC secured $170 million in refinancing for a portfolio of 33 high-performing, grocery retail properties in Northern California.… Read more
Trumark Urban Pacific Penthouse San Francisco’s Most Expensive Ever
Trumark Urban sold a penthouse in the Pacific, a 76-unit luxury condo development in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights, for $15.875… Read more
Walker & Dunlop Arranges $66.5M for Market St. Development
Bethesda, MD-based Walker & Dunlop, Inc. arranged $66.5 million in construction financing for The Rise Market Street, a luxury apartment… Read more
Whitestone Acquires Urban MXU in Houston
Whitestone REIT completed the acquisition of BLVD Place, a 216,944-square-foot urban mixed use center in Houston’s Galleria/Uptown area. The Houston-based… Read more
New Apartment Supply Weighs on Pricing Power
Multifamily investors took a breather in Q1 2017, with acquisition activity cooling, as reported in CBRE’s Q1 2017 U.S. Multifamily… Read more
San Francisco Home Prices Drop, Finally
San Francisco home values fell for the first time since 2011, reversing a hot streak that pushed the market to… Read more
Lincoln Property Wins Asset Assignment for San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center
Lincoln Property Company was selected as the asset manager of the Transbay Transit Center, a five-block regional transportation hub under… Read more
Facebook $286M Deal New Seattle High-Water Mark
Facebook’s new regional headquarters in Seattle was acquired by a German investment firm for $286 million, the market’s largest deal… Read more
Venture Capital Investment Increases Q1
Venture capitalists invested $13.9 billion in 1,104 deals nationally in Q1 2017, a 15% increase in dollars deployed, and 2%… Read more
Q&A: Are you Ready for New Seismic Retrofit Regulations?
Connect Los Angeles is coming on June 21st. Here’s where to get more details and register. By Dennis Kaiser New seismic… Read more
Weekender: On The Connect Media Trail
Connect Media covered the nation this week. Seriously, the team logged thousands of miles, rode countless elevators to meetings and… Read more
Development Update: San Francisco Giants on Mission Rock & JLL on Park Tower
Connect San Francisco was a huge success! We sat down with some of the industry’s best and brightest to discuss… Read more
Connect San Francisco Top Lenders & Capital Markets: Investing in the Bay Area
Connect San Francisco brought hundreds of CRE professionals to the SPUR Urban Center for an afternoon of panels and an… Read more
Equity Residential Commences Pre-Leasing at 855 Brannan
Equity Residential launched the pre-leasing phase for 855 Brannan, a mixed-use multifamily community in San Francisco’s Design District. The development… Read more
California’s Most Affordable Office Market is Orange County
Research by JLL reveals Orange County’s office occupancy costs are actually more affordable than California’s major tech markets of Silicon… Read more
Is Softening of Apartment Market Sign of Future?
National vacancies rose by 10 basis points in Q1 2017, to 4.3%, according to the latest research from Reis. Yet… Read more
Connect San Francisco: Creating Communities in Active Neighborhoods
Connect San Francisco brought hundreds of CRE professionals to the SPUR Urban Center for an afternoon of panels and an… Read more