Bayspring filed a pre‑application for a 294‑unit building at 1 Harbor Drive months after Measure J passed; 46 units would be affordable and approvals may skip CEQA review.

A nonprofit affiliate bought the 1523 Harrison site in downtown Oakland, moving an 11‑story affordable housing project closer to construction. State staff reports and bond filings show an $86.1M budget and tax‑exempt financing in place.

The San Mateo Planning Commission approved a six‑story, 181‑unit Prometheus project at 715/723 N. San Mateo Drive, including 19 below‑market units and on‑site parking.

UC Berkeley filed for a 26-story Channing-Bowditch dorm that could add up to 2,000 beds and repurpose part of the Anna Head site.

South Lake Tahoe’s council loosened short‑term rental rules while a proposed cap on second homes stalled, leaving locals facing high vacancy and strained housing options. The city says a new permit cap and affordable projects will be part of the response.

East Palo Alto's council asked staff to draft a temporary rollback of inclusionary housing rules while the city joins a county study, sparking debate over lost low-income units.

Crescent Oaks (Sunnyvale) and Silver Oaks (Menlo Park) sold for about $24.3M to Kalesta Healthcare, with HUD-backed loans and demographics driving buyer interest.

San Francisco buyers are facing appraisal gaps as contract prices outpace historical closed-sale data. Strict lending rules mean financed buyers must often cover the difference in cash or risk losing their deposits.

Burlingame has approved nearly 40% of its 3,257 RHNA units, but approvals are concentrated in above‑market‑rate homes. Councilmembers flagged the gap in deeper affordability and next steps.

Google signed a long-term renewal and is expanding into Hills Plaza’s ground-floor plaza, giving the company rare street-level frontage on San Francisco’s Embarcadero.

A $9.3M rehab of the Clayton Hotel returned 82 SRO rooms to low‑income tenants and exposed how preservation funding lags behind the need.

OpenAI has leased the Portside Commerce Center at 1411 Harbour Way S in Richmond — a roughly 202,000‑sq‑ft waterfront warehouse that could support hundreds of workers.

WPT Capital Advisors paid $112.5 million for a 374,700-sf warehouse at 8350 Pardee Drive in Oakland, a sale that topped the county assessment by roughly 53%.