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By Douglas Sams – Senior Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Jan 30, 2025 Updated Jan 30, 2025 4:13pm PST Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is rolling out a major expansion next to the organization’s Redwood City headquarters in a boost for the Peninsula’s struggling biotech sector. The Chan Zuckerberg Institute for Advanced Biological Imaging signed a 226,000-square-foot lease at Elco […]

By Kate Bradshaw | kbradshaw@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group UPDATED: January 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM PST This baker’s crepe cakes, shaped by his Malaysian family recipe, take center stage at two new patisseries. Anthony Tam has come a long way since 2016, much of which he spent burning the candle at both ends. By day, he worked a […]

By Anthony Duignan-Cabrera – Contributor, Silicon Valley Business Journal Jan 15, 2025 The popular saying “an army marches on its stomach” could be credited to Frederick the Great or Napoleon Bonaparte, but the adage also applies to the legions of Silicon Valley tech workers. An army of industrious Bay Area innovators and worker bees needs to be […]

By Douglas Sams – Editor-in-chief, Atlanta Business Chronicle Jan 15, 2025 Updated Jan 15, 2025 2:12pm PST In only a few years, AI companies have extended their real estate footprint across the city by leasing millions of square feet, enough to fill a modern San Francisco skyscraper several times over. The emerging sector, from newly formed startups to […]

By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Nov 29, 2024 Restaurants are staring down a new reality in the post-pandemic world. After pivoting during the height of Covid-19, restaurateurs have been forced to navigate a labor shortage, soaring inflation and shifting consumer habits. The end result? Lower margins and, for many businesses, a battle to […]

By Ari Mahrer and Joanne Drilling – San Francisco Business Times Nov 19, 2024 Office vacancy rates are at their highest point in 45 years. Commercial real estate insiders predict a quarter of existing American office space could be vacant by early 2026. And currently, 11 major metro areas have at least $1 billion worth of empty space. In […]

By Asia Martin and Clare A. Fonstein – Silicon Valley Business Journal Sep 12, 2024 Three gyms coming to Silicon Valley are poised to add luxury options to the fitness scenes of Campbell, Redwood City and Mountain View. The three facilities will bring cryotherapy, infrared saunas and waterslides to select sites. “We just view Silicon Valley as a great […]

By Ahavah Revis – Data Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Apr 29, 2024 Updated Apr 29, 2024 10:21am PDT This week’s list of Office and R&D Leases in San Jose accounts for more than 1.6 million square feet signed in 2023. Of the 30 leases ranked, 47% were for a new lease and within the 53% of renewals, […]

By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals Jun 5, 2024 As billions are set to mature within commercial real estate-backed loans, tenants are putting extra scrutiny on prospective landlords’ financial wherewithal before signing leases. And while a preference for the newest or most-updated office towers that offer a bevy of […]

By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals May 29, 2024 As companies continue to view their office real estate as a recruitment and retention tool, the cost to build out those spaces keeps climbing. That’s according to a recent analysis by Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. (NYSE: JLL), which found the […]