5+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (512+ words) Plus: Blurred lines on hotel market also in the news for Bay Area this week What might be a benchmark of success for California’s next insurance commissioner? For state Sen. Ben Allen, one of eight candidates in the relatively high-profile…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (492+ words) A Mission District office building once caught up in a San Francisco government corruption scandal has a new owner who’s no stranger to the city’s commercial market. An entity tied to Peter Acworth, founder of adult entertainment website Kink.com,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (461+ words) Refurbished Embarcadero landmark adds to a growing hotel portfolio in Bay Area Blackstone has bought the Hyatt Regency San Francisco for $279 million, adding to its growing hotel portfolio in the capital of artificial intelligence. The New York-based investor purchased the…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (615+ words) AI-fueled recovery has flipped an old pattern San Francisco’s office leasing boom shows no signs of slowing down, and its effect on the greater region — especially Silicon Valley — is accelerating. Artificial intelligence’s southward expansion has helped Silicon Valley’s vacancy fall…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (476+ words) Kaiser Permanente has recently filed permits for a proposed replacement hospital in San Francisco’s Anza Vista neighborhood. The Oakland-based health care system is looking to replace its 1954-built San Francisco Medical Center campus at 2190 O’Farrell Street with a new 266-foot-tall…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (503+ words) Paceline Investors is adding to its San Jose commercial property collection. An affiliate of the San Francisco-based investor acquired the two-story building at 350 East Plumeria Drive for $33 million, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported. Galaxy Properties sold the structure four…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (266+ words) Mountain biking godfathers Gary Fisher and Charlie Kelly once lived there A Marin County home with a lengthy music history is on the market for the first time in more than a decade. The home at 1405 San Anselmo Avenue in…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago   (278+ words) Supply-demand gap “continues to pressurize the market,” researcher says San Francisco’s housing market has reached new heights, driven by an artificial intelligence boom that has pushed median home sales price to $2.15 million — a new record representing an 18 percent increase from…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (227+ words) Nearly 200 workers will relocate, leaving behind 30K sf of space Online auctioneer eBay will shutter its 30,000-square-foot office at 300 Mission Street in San Francisco and move the onsite staffers to San Jose, according to paperwork filed with state officials. The tech…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (200+ words) Three-building, 45-unit project proposed as city faces dearth of new housing supply A property owner in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood is looking to turn a narrow parcel overlooking the freeway into several dozen apartments. The San Francisco Planning Department…...