Office Vacancy Rate in San Francisco Jumps the Most since 2009
Citing the emergence of “slow or no growth policies” amongst both start-ups and more established local firms, the office vacancy rate in San Francisco jumped 1.6 percent in the second…
Square Prices at 42 Percent Below Last Private Round
In an attempt to engineer a big post-offering pop, and avoid an infectious fizzle, Square (SQ) priced its shares, which will start trading Thursday, at $9 apiece. The $9 price…
San Francisco’s Tech Sector Nearly Doubles In Four Years, But…
According to the Planning Department’s latest Commerce and Industry Inventory report for San Francisco, employment within the city’s tech sector has grown by almost 91% since 2009 – up from…
Twitter Drops 18 Percent As Lockup Expires And Selling Spikes
Priced at $26 a share, Twitter stock started trading around $45 in November and closed its first day of trading at $41.65. Having reached a high of $73.31 in December,…
Private Shuttles Are Easing Congestion, But Causing More Potholes
With an estimated reduction of over 45 million vehicle miles traveled per year, a big benefit of the private shuttle buses running from San Francisco to the Peninsula is a…
San Francisco Tops Silicon Valley In VC Investment
Two great maps (click to enlarge) and top ten lists from the Atlantic Cities (Why San Francisco May Be the New Silicon Valley) with respect to where the venture dollars…
Like 8,000 New Tech Jobs Expected This Year In San Francisco
According to a poll by the newly formed San Francisco Citizens Initiative for Technology & Innovation (sf.citi), their 125 member companies are expecting to hire “like 8,000 new jobs this…
Tech Job Quote Triptych
“By the end of last year, San Francisco had an estimated 30,700 tech jobs, just shy of the 32,800 around the peak in early 2001…In Silicon Valley, tech positions reached…