Bay Area Home Sales Slip, 9-Year Seasonal Low in San Francisco
The number of single-family homes and condos that traded hands across the greater Bay Area totaled 7,122 in March, a 3.3 percent drop in volume versus the same time last…
Oakland A’s Enter Negotiations for Howard Terminal Site, Again
Having dismissed the 50-acre site back in 2014, the Oakland A’s have now entered into a formal negotiating agreement with Oakland’s Port Commission to explore building a new MLB stadium…
Asking Rents Tick up in San Francisco, Slip in Oakland
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have ticked up around 3 percent since the beginning of the year, roughly half…
Revised Plans for Supersized Bart-Adjacent Project Sans Parking
Facing pushback from Oakland’s Planning Department with respect to the “monotonous and bulky massing” of the proposed 1,032-unit “Hub” development to rise up to 23 stories in height upon the…
Bay Area Employment Slips from Record Highs
At a time of the year when Bay Area employment figures typically tick up, the number of people living in the city of San Francisco with a job dropped by…
Employment Ticks up to (Mostly) Record Highs as Growth Slows
Having dropped by a downwardly revised 3,700 at the beginning of the year, the number of people living in the city of San Francisco with a job increased by 2,900…
Plans for Seemingly Split Oakland Tower Likely DOA
In a move which shouldn’t catch any plugged-in readers by surprise, Oakland’s Planning Commission has set the stage for a formal denial of the plans for a seemingly split, 460-foot-tall…
San Francisco and Oakland Rents Inch up but Remain below Peak
Having ended last year lower than where they started, asking rents for apartments in San Francisco have inched up around one (1) percent over the past two months, in part…
Historic Block Could Sink Plans for 460-Foot-Tall Oakland Tower
As we noted when the formal application to move forward with plans for a seemingly split 460-foot-tall tower to rise at 1261 Harrison Street in Downtown Oakland were filed with…
Destination Waterfront Hotel Slated for Approval in the East Bay
The final development permit for a proposed waterfront hotel to rise up to 67 feet and six stories in height on the Jack London Square parcel known as F3, behind…