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        Apartments Outperform in Second Quarter Investors Push Sales Activity Toward Record Levels   Steady job gains in the first half of 2015 generatedrobust demand for rental housing, while the modest rise in wages supported lease renewals. The slow but sturdy economic growth cycle, combined with positive demographic trends have lifted apartment sector […]

A new study applies markers of tech startup success to companies that were founded in the Bay Area between 2007 and 2011. The darker areas on this map have the most startups that look likely to succeed, according to a paper in the Journal Science written by two MIT economists. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/morning_call/2015/02/soma-is-hot-but-study-finds-heart-of-tech-success.html?ana=twt  

Full article here http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/01/22/stanford-university-leases-entire-apartment.html?ana=twt  

Dec 30, 2014, 1:20pm PST Nathan Donato-Weinstein Real Estate Reporter-Silicon Valley Business Journal Email  |  Twitter The year just ended was a big one for commercial real estate sales in Silicon Valley, with major deals on both the owner/user and investor fronts. In the spirit of end-of-the-year wrap-ups, I’ve compiled some of the top deals into a […]

Dec 24, 2014, 1:25pm PST | UPDATED: Dec 30, 2014, 6:36am PST Nathan Donato-Weinstein Real Estate Reporter-Silicon Valley Business Journal Email  |  Twitter Dear Google, Thank you for giving me plenty to write about over the last 12 months. Seriously, folks — when it came time to compile some of the more important stories of the last year […]

Dec 26, 2014, 6:31 am PST Nathan Donato-Weinstein Real Estate Reporter-Silicon Valley Business Journal Email  |  Twitter When Google Inc. buys a building in Mountain View, or KB Home picks up a new development site in Fremont, you won’t find the price they paid printed on the recorded documents. The same is true for just about any sizable real estate deal […]

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for many things this year… our agents, our family & friends – and especially our clients!  

Office-space vacancy in Silicon Valley decreased to 14.1 percent, down from 15.4 percent a year earlier, JLL research showed. That’s down from a recession-era peak of 26.4 percent in 2009. A vacancy rate of 10 percent or less is generally thought of as a landlord’s market. Read full article here: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/02/silicon-valley-office-vacancy-continues-to-tick.html?ana=e_du_pub&s=article_du&ed=2014-10-02&u=in6Es6uRY4ST7upqKvtOsEbiw+o&t=1412289348&page=all  

Read the rest of the story here: http://www.costar.com/News/Article/Office-Investors-Decide-Its-Time-To-Buy-Vacancy/164544?ref=100&iid=399&cid=3829ED6276BCEBABF7B0C0724D255023 Move to Trash

Wondering what’s happening at the Crossings @ 880 in Fremont? Apple, Living Spaces and Pivot Furniture are taking 585000 sf. Total warehouse vacancy in Fremont is 1.5%. http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/02/big-fremont-industrial-project-lands-apple.html?ana=e_sjo_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2014-10-02&u=in6Es6uRY4ST7upqKvtOsEbiw+o&t=1412269522&page=all