Last-Minute Change For SF’s Olympic Bid: Oakland Stadium Pitched
With the U.S. Olympic Committee just hours away from an expected announcement as to which U.S. city they will back in a bid to host the 2024 Summer Games, and…
Development Could Transform Oakland’s Pill Hill And Auto Row
Plans to demolish the majority of the Oakland Auto Center at 3093 Broadway and build a seven-story development across the 3.5 acre Auto Row parcel have been filed with the…
18-Story Downtown Berkeley Development Back On Track
With Berkeley’s Measure R having been soundly defeated at the ballot box, a measure which would have required tall buildings to have met higher environmental building standards (LEED Platinum versus…
San Jose And San Francisco Prices Slip While U.S. Median Advances
San Jose and San Francisco remain the two most expensive major metropolitan areas in U.S. for single-family homes, but the gap between the two and the completion has narrowed a…
Two Large Tech Companies Circling Oakland’s Sears Building
Without naming names, two “large technology companies” are reportedly in discussions to lease the entire Sears Building in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood which the department store vacated in September. The 400,000-square-foot…
Some Relief For Renters In SF, Growing Pain(s) In The East Bay
While the average asking rent for a market-rate apartment in San Francisco has hit a record $3,400 a month, up 9.8 percent over the past year, the largest percentage increase…
Plans For Low-Slung Berkeley Shopping Center Show Potential
Plans to redevelop the 30,000-square-foot Bancroft Center retail complex, across the street from the UC Berkeley campus, have been drawn and the owners of the center have engaged Colliers to…
New Hope For Oakland’s Ambitious Coliseum City Development
Set to expire yesterday after two years of effort, Oakland’s City Council has granted a 90-day contract extension to the group which has been trying to get the proposed $2…
A Tipping Point For Oakland’s Office Market?
Between 70 and 80 percent of the recent demand for office space across the Bay Area has been driven by tech companies, according to Cassidy Turley. In San Francisco, the…
Bay Area Rents Hit Record High, And Oakland Has Risen The Most
The average asking rent for an apartment in the Bay Area increased to a record $2,234 in the third quarter of 2014, up 3.5 percent over the past three months…