San Francisco
Co-living Crusade Finding a Home in U.S.
By Dennis Kaiser Co-living is the newly-arriving cousin to co-working, a workspace movement that has spread across the country in… Read more
Slack Snags 200K SF at Shorenstein’s Transbay District Tower
Slack signed a 205,000-square-foot lease at Shorenstein’s 45 Fremont St. in San Francisco, in what would rank as the city’s… Read more
U.S. Median Home List Price Hits $300,000 For First Time Ever
The U.S. median home listing price crossed into uncharted territory in March, increasing 7% year-over-year and reaching $300,000 for the… Read more
WeWork Takes Five Full Floors at Historic Union Square Building
Concord Capital Partners signed WeWork to a long-term lease for five full floors at the historic Whitell Building, a 50,000-square… Read more
Lawmakers Want Cashless Stores to Cash Out
Amazon may do lots of business in New Jersey, but it isn’t likely that the e-commerce giant will open an… Read more
Closing Deals Today Takes More than Taking Orders
By Dennis Kaiser The fifth annual 2019 Connect Los Angeles conference featured a panel titled, Can you Close? It was… Read more
CushWake Report: Tech Occupiers Cement Position in U.S. Leasing Market
Tech companies aren’t just invading our iPhones, they’re invading our real estate as well. In 2018, the technology sector in… Read more
Slowdown in Home Price Growth Comes to Chicago
Chicago home price increases have begun to lag after nearly a year of steadiness amid declining annual gains nationally. The… Read more
Ray Wirta Retiring from Irvine Company
Ray Wirta is retiring from the Irvine Company after a distinguished nine-year career of service as corporate President. The highly-respected… Read more
Bay Area Exodus: A Season of Discontent Evolves
A new poll reveals Bay Area residents say the quality of life in the region has deteriorated in the last… Read more
Google Snags 140K SF at Clarion’s San Francisco Transbay Asset
Google committed to take 140,000 square feet at New York-based Clarion Partners’ 215 Fremont St. in San Francisco. Clarion had… Read more
Investors Move Up Risk Spectrum, Though Gateway Cities Growth Present Compelling Case
By Dennis Kaiser Connect Los Angeles is the event that helped launch Connect Media five years ago. The standing-room-only crowd… Read more
Crane Counting: The New Economic Indicator
An annual crane count is being eyed as a new way to evaluate the state of the U.S. economy. Rider… Read more
BlueCrew Joins Long Line of Tech Firms in Chicago
San Francisco-based no more, on-demand staffing platform BlueCrew cut the ribbon Thursday on its new headquarters at Vornado Realty Trust’s… Read more
Is WeWork Watching You?
WeWork Cos. has made a huge name for itself as the leader in co-work spaces. And now, the New York… Read more
Pinterest Takes 490K SF at Alexandria’s SoMa Campus
Pasadena, CA-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. signed a nearly 490,000-square-foot lease with Pinterest at 88 Bluxome St. in San… Read more
Multifamily Numbers and Opportunity Zones
A great deal has been written about the Opportunity Zone program. Passed in December 2017 as part of the Tax… Read more
California Office Sales in Cooldown Mode in Los Angeles, San Francisco
Trophy office sales declined in some California markets in recent reports, though that downward trend does not hold across all… Read more
Gentrification and O-Zones
The Opportunity Zone program tucked within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts of 2017 focuses on pouring billions of capital… Read more