August 18, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Kevin V. Nguyen – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Aug 17, 2023 Updated Aug 17, 2023 8:21pm PDT A Los Angeles real estate firm paid $93.5 million for an apartment complex in South San Jose that is located down the street from Valley Oak Technology Park. The Duo Apartments is a four-story, two-building complex that has 301 […]
July 15, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Brian Bandell – Real Estate Editor, South Florida Business Journal Jul 14, 2023 Updated Jul 14, 2023 10:26am PDT A spike in interest rates has created challenges for many commercial real estate owners as their low-rate loans come due, and some landlords in Silicon Valley have a key deadline bearing down. According to an analysis of commercial […]
July 8, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals Jul 5, 2023 Updated Jul 5, 2023 2:05pm PDT All eyes are on mounting debt in the commercial real estate world, which continues to struggle with higher interest rates, a more cautious lending environment and muted return-to-office and leasing activity in the wake of […]
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 […]
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. […]
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, […]
March 28, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
Federal Reserve’s Moves Pressed Brakes on Loan Growth By Mark Heschmeyer and Nicole Shih CoStar News March 26, 2023 | 7:50 P.M. A sharp drop in loans for apartments led a general pullback in commercial real estate lending. The U.S. multifamily sector saw a plunge in lending from a high quarterly growth rate of 5.4% in the […]
February 1, 2023    By: Tim Vi Tran,
February 1, 2023 By Vladimir Bosanac San Francisco-based Gerson Bakar & Associates continued this week with a disposition of another one of its prized assets. The company has sold off its last Bay Area property, the Westlake Village Apartments, a 47-acre, nearly 3,000-unit apartment community in Daly City, to an entity affiliated with San Francisco-based Carmel […]
August 23, 2022    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Sarah Klearman – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Aug 22, 2022 Updated Aug 22, 2022, 4:56pm PDT The longtime owners of nearly 10 acres adjacent to the Warm Springs/South Fremont BART station have big plans for the land. They have proposed building nearly 500 multifamily units and townhomes on Lopes Road and Warm Springs Boulevard, about a block […]
June 30, 2022    By: Tim Vi Tran,
By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, Jun 29, 2022 Capping off what’s looking to be a robust first half of 2022 for commercial real estate deal flow, at least one major firm is betting on a continued strong outlook for the rest of the year. London-based PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP this week found, in the […]