July 5, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Sarah Klearman – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Jul 3, 2023 Updated Jul 3, 2023, 3:32pm PDT City Ventures has plans to breathe new life into a Fremont property long eyed for residential redevelopment. The Irvine-based developer and homebuilder is moving forward with plans to raise 69 homes — 60 townhomes and nine accessory dwelling units — on a two-acre […]
June 30, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By J. Jennings Moss – Editor-in-Chief and General Manager, Silicon Valley Business Journal Jun 30, 2023 Nearly a year ago, Bloom Energy Corp. drew attention to its new facility in Fremont by inviting California’s best-known political figure — Gov. Gavin Newsom — to cut the ribbon. It had the added benefit of drawing attention to the city’s quest […]
June 24, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Laura Waxmann – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Jun 20, 2023 Updated Jun 20, 2023, 3:01pm PDT At least three San Francisco office buildings re-listed at severe discounts after failing to achieve asking prices in recent years are now under contract, a sign that the days of landlords “testing the market” to gauge office values amid rising vacancy […]
June 14, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Sarah Klearman – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Jun 13, 2023 Updated Jun 13, 2023, 3:10pm PDT Lucid Group Inc. has leased 60,624 square feet of R&D space less than 10 miles from its Newark headquarters. The electric vehicle manufacturer (NASDAQ: LCID) took the entire industrial facility at 44259 Nobel Drive in Fremont in May, according to two […]
June 9, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Sarah Klearman – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Jun 8, 2023 Updated Jun 8, 2023, 3:36pm PDT Tesla Inc. has snapped up another manufacturing facility in Fremont to support production of a key battery technology. The Austin-based electric vehicle manufacturer (NASDAQ: TSLA) signed a lease for 48401 Fremont Blvd., two sources told the Business Times. San Francisco industrial […]
May 17, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, May 15, 2023 The national office market is off to a tough start this year, with leasing activity continuing to slow, vacancy rising and the ever-looming threat of debt maturities. Office market reports from major commercial real estate brokerages point to a market that’s yet to find […]
May 13, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
May 12, 2023 By The Registry Staff Veritas Investments, the prominent residential landlord in San Francisco, led by its CEO Yat-Pang Au, is facing the potential loss of over a third of its apartment portfolio in the city as its lenders move forward with the sale of $1 billion in delinquent loans tied to Veritas properties. […]
May 9, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By SVBJ staff May 5, 2023 Take a look at Small Business Administration lending trends in the Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Sacramento regions.
May 2, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
May 1, 2023 Local Works By Donovan Lazaro Donovan Lazaro is the economic development director for the city of Fremont; he can be reached at dlazaro@fremont.gov. This year, 84% of new electric generation capacity in the U.S. will come from clean energy, with two-thirds likely coming from solar and wind power. More notable, however, is the leap in grid-scale […]
April 25, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, Apr 10, 2023 The U.S. apartment market saw demand rebound back into positive territory in the first quarter of 2023 but the first three months of the year were weaker by historic standards. Still, it’s the latest sign the apartment market is returning to pre-pandemic levels, […]