Serenity at Larkspur, a 342‑unit complex, sold after default on municipal bonds. City reports warn taxpayers lost roughly $3M a year while the project underperformed.

A key union has backed the controversial Marina Safeway tower project which grants the developers a state fast-track to break ground. This flies in the face of Mayor Lurie who uncharacteristically opposed the move to create both luxury and affordable housing.

Bay Area office transactions doubled in 2025, with San Jose tech firms and opportunistic buyers fueling roughly $6.2B in year‑to‑date sales.

An affiliate of Jemcor bought a Patrick Henry Drive parcel for $12.5M as Santa Clara advances its plan to convert office parks into denser housing.

Planetary Ventures sold a 1.45-acre Sunnyvale parcel at 494 S. Bernardo Ave. to an affiliate of California Communities and Mozart Development for about $15.5M, filings show.

A Cole Valley homeowner says two long-running in-law units are trapped by San Francisco's 7'6" ceiling rule, which could force $750K–$1M in retrofits.

Mill Valley will pay property owners up to $14,000 to rent vacant or underused units to local workers in a one‑year pilot. The program sets rent and income caps and is administered by Placemate.

The Planning Commission approved Empire Records’ plan to remake One Montgomery into its global HQ after the label agreed to boost public concerts and drop an opt‑out fee. The vote closed a heated debate over a rooftop POPOS and downtown revival strategy.

UCSF has purchased 409 and 499 Illinois in Mission Bay — including the former FibroGen tower — to relocate its School of Dentistry and expand clinical training. Plans call for renovations to begin next year and a phased opening by 2029.

A new California law requires landlords to supply a working stove and refrigerator for most leases starting Jan. 1, 2026, and sets recall and repair deadlines.

City supervisors advanced an amended lease for 101 Hyde that keeps La Cocina but adds a two‑year break clause meant to nudge stalled affordable housing forward.

Bridge Development Partners has listed Bridge Point Oakland — a 534K‑sf warehouse built on a remediated GE site — and its sale is being read as a test of Bay Area industrial demand.

A prefab ADU maker will add about 50 small homes to Prometheus‑managed apartment campuses across the Peninsula, using new state rules to speed approvals.