San Francisco Business Times' new ranking finds the Bay Area's 19 largest residential brokerages closed $56.2B in 2025, highlighting consolidation and a still‑hot luxury market.

Legislative leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to place an $11B affordable housing bond on the November ballot, including about $1.25B carved out for veterans.

A Point Richmond motel has tumbled into default on an $11.6M loan, exposing strains across the Bay Area hotel market.

The Clorox Building at 1221 Broadway was returned to its lender via a deed‑in‑lieu, a high‑profile sign of strain in Oakland’s downtown office market.

Legends Global has made a roughly $102.5M offer for Oakland Arena as Alameda County approved a term sheet to buy back and resell its Coliseum share. The competing bids, legal fights and environmental questions now shape who might control the arena.

Neighbors clashed with city leaders over AVAIO’s Perseus data center plan at the former Delta View Golf Course, raising water, noise and traffic concerns.

NX Ventures has added a floor to a South Berkeley proposal across from Berkeley Bowl, raising the plan to 11 stories and 242 apartments with 30 below-market-rate units. The team says modular construction will speed delivery.

Oakland Roots filed plans to convert their Harbor Bay training campus into an 8,000-seat modular stadium; Alameda planners will review the filing on June 22.

The state launched its first Mass Timber Coalition to turn restoration wood into building panels and spur in‑state manufacturing and jobs.

New UC Berkeley and national reports show California’s huge GDP sits beside rising cost‑adjusted poverty and out‑migration. Policy choices about building and permitting are central to the fix.

Fremont approved Sterling Organization's plan to convert the 11‑acre former Fry’s at 43800 Osgood Road into roughly 144,000 sq ft of industrial space. The move reflects surging demand for power‑ready Bay Area manufacturing sites.

A settlement with the Housing Action Coalition would have Lafayette evaluate rezonings across roughly 130 acres along Mt. Diablo Boulevard and cover roughly $120,000 in attorney fees. The city must consider the changes by year‑end.

Vacant offices are becoming a chance to remake downtowns rather than a death knell. Designers and planners point to housing, parks and "stickier" public spaces as the core of a new strategy.