San Francisco
John Moe Joins Colliers in Bay Area Leadership Role
Colliers U.S. expanded its leadership team in the Bay Area with the addition of John C. Moe, who joins as… Read more
Rent the Runway Shifts from Retail Stores to Drop Boxes
Clothing subscription company Rent the Runway will close all of its retail stores, including its Union Square flagship. Rent the Runway… Read more
Glencrest Bags Briggs Village Apartments in Olympia
San Francisco-based Glencrest Group acquired Briggs Village Apartments, a 72-unit, new construction multifamily property located at 4225 Briggs Drive SE… Read more
Toda America Takes Irvine Asset for $26M
San Francisco-based Toda America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Toda Corporation of Japan, acquired an 68,427 square-foot office building… Read more
San Francisco Supervisors Approve 1,100-Home Balboa Reservoir Development
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the development agreement for a 1,100-home project at the Balboa Reservoir site. The… Read more
Alexandria Affiliate Acquires Stanford Research Park Asset for $115M
An affiliate of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, ARE San Francisco No. 85, acquired 3181 Porter Dr., a two-story R&D building… Read more
Kilroy Exchange Asset Earns WELL Recognition, First & Largest in San Francisco
Kilroy Realty Corporation’s four-building, 750,000-square-foot office project, The Exchange on Sixteenth in San Francisco, earned WELL Core & Shell Certification… Read more
Signature Bank Signs on at Granite’s 100 Bayview in Newport Beach
Granite Properties signed a more than 11,000-square-foot lease with Signature Bank at 100 Bayview in Newport Beach. The New York-based… Read more
Apartment Rents Post First Monthly Gains Since February
Multifamily rents increased by $2 nationally in July to $1,460, according to a Yardi Matrix report. The monthly increase ended… Read more
Continued Strength, Resiliency in Housing Market
Irvine, CA-based CoreLogic released the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for June 2020. Nationally, home prices increased… Read more
JLL Shifts Peter Yorck into New West Coast Capital Markets Role
Peter Yorck has been appointed Managing Director in Los Angeles for JLL Capital Markets. Yorck will relocate from San Francisco… Read more
Lord & Taylor Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Lord & Taylor, America’s oldest department store, filed for Chapter 11 protection Sunday, along with its owner, Le Tote Inc.… Read more
Coppola’s Columbus Tower Boutique Hotel Wins San Francisco Approval
The San Francisco Planning Commission unanimous approved Francis Ford Coppola’s plan to convert five floors of the landmark Columbus Tower… Read more
Breaking Down Deal Flow in the COVID-19 Era
By Andrew Mekjavich As we think back to just last March and to the range of emotions felt by all… Read more
San Francisco Okays Warriors Chase Center Hotel MXU Complex
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the NBA’s Golden State Warriors plan to develop a mixed-use hotel and condominium… Read more
Electric Vehicle Maker Leases Pop-Up Showroom in Midtown
Cushman & Wakefield arranged a 4,000-square-foot lease for Polestar’s new pop-up showroom on the ground floor of 5 East 59th St.… Read more
Prologis Inks 132K-SF Deal with Auto Parts Distributor
Prologis signed a 132,350-square-foot industrial lease with a wholesale auto parts distribution company in City of Industry. The tenant, which… Read more
NYC Leads for Producing New Tech Talent
The nation’s second-largest tech labor market in the country behind the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City is also… Read more
Q&A with Project Management Advisors’ Roger McCarron on the Evolving Role of the Commercial Real Estate Project Manager
The complexity of the commercial development process was already increasing even before 2020 complicated nearly every aspect of a real… Read more