February 10, 2015    By: Asif Somy
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
January 22, 2015    By: Asif Somy
Full article here http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/01/22/stanford-university-leases-entire-apartment.html?ana=twt
December 31, 2014    By: Asif Somy
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 […]
December 31, 2014    By: Asif Somy
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 […]
December 26, 2014    By: Asif Somy
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 […]
November 27, 2014    By: Asif Somy
Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for many things this year… our agents, our family & friends – and especially our clients!
October 3, 2014    By: Asif Somy
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
October 2, 2014    By: Asif Somy
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
October 2, 2014    By: Asif Somy
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
September 30, 2014    By: Asif Somy
The nature of income inequality in the US and elsewhere is one of the biggest questions in contemporary economics and politics, with the Occupy Wall Street movement popularizing the division between the top 1% and the remaining 99% of earners. Using 2012 American Community Survey household income data from the Minnesota Population Center’s IPUMS dataset, The Business Insider […]