San Francisco
Chinese Developer Picks Up Entitled Sites from Swenson
There’s still time to register for Connect San Francisco. Click here for more information! Entities affiliated with San Francisco-based Full Power Properties… Read more
GM’s Cruise Automation Expands CA Footprint
General Motors plans to add more than 1,100 new jobs and invest $14 million in a new research and development… Read moreA New Urban Crisis: Superstar Cities Beat High-Rise Canyons
America’s strongest cities are the victims of their own success, according to Richard Florida, senior editor at The Atlantic. He… Read more
Sales Figures Don’t Add Up to Market Demise
Connect San Francisco is coming up May 9, 2017 at SPUR Urban Center. Here’s where to find out the details,… Read more
Leasing Activity Accelerates at Columbia’s 650 California
Atlanta-based Columbia Property Trust, Inc. signed an 86,225-square-foot HQ lease with Affirm at 650 California Street in San Francisco. The… Read more
FivePoint Going Public
Aliso Viejo, CA-based FivePoint Holdings LLC filed plans to take the company public. The developer, which spun-off from Lennar Corp.… Read more
Newmark Quarterly CRE Loan Production Hits $517M
San Francisco-based Newmark closed $517 million of commercial mortgages across 62 unique transactions in Q1 2017. Leading the production volume… Read more
LEED ND Gold for Station Park Green
Station Park Green is a mixed-use project in San Mateo, CA slated to deliver in phases later this year and… Read more
Salesforce Tower “Topped Off”
Salesforce Tower officially topped-off this week, a construction milestone commemorated by a gathering of public officials, CRE industry leaders, architects,… Read more
Tishman Speyer’s Rincon Hill Condo Project Nears 80% Sold Mark
New York-based Tishman Speyer’s Lumina residences in San Francisco closed the first quarter with strong sales momentum. The luxury high-rise… Read more
Restaurant Anchors Selected for San Francisco’s Chase Center
Five new Bay Area restaurants were selected to anchor the Golden State Warriors $1-billion Chase Center arena when it opens… Read more
Asian Investment in US Trophy Office Assets Quadruples
Asian investments in top-tier office properties continued at a torrid pace in 2016. CommercialCafe.com’s most recent research revealed that last… Read more
207K-SF Pleasant Hill Office Campus Trades
HFF closed a $30.4-million, off-market sale of Hookston Square, a two-building, three-story office campus in Pleasant Hill, CA. HFF also… Read more
Newcastle Completes MV Logistics Facility
San Francisco-based Newcastle Partners, Inc. completed construction on Knox Logistics Center, a 147,000-square-foot industrial building in Moreno Valley, CA. The… Read more
Blackstone Buying Schwab HQ for $313M
New York-based Blackstone is acquiring 211 Main St. in San Francisco from Los Angeles-based CIM Group for $313 million. The… Read more
Construction Underway on Park Fifth’s Phase 2
San Francisco-based MacFarlane Partners broke ground on the second phase of Park Fifth in Downtown Los Angeles. The next element… Read more
Orange County Tech Boom Fueled by Affordability and Talent
Orange County’s low business and labor costs, compared with other California counties, makes it a viable option for companies. That’s… Read more
Challenges, Strategies and Cycles: Connect Retail West’s Investment Panel
By Dennis Kaiser Connect Retail West brought together more than 300 CRE leaders for an information-packed conference on March 16… Read more
Amazon Takes Down University Square
Seattle-based Amazon leased the entire 214,000-square-foot University Square office project in East Palo Alto, CA. The speculative development was completed… Read more