This looks like a good event– some interesting players in the emerging CRE Tech world, and some great speakers. I’ll be there! More info at: http://cretechintersect.com/ —————– Eat, drink and enjoy alongside friends, colleagues and today’s most exciting Commercial Real Estate (CRE) technology firms. This inaugural event is about bringing people together; [...]
Our SF Peninsula Market Report and Forecast for Q1 2013 is now available. I would like to call your attention to the Office market report, which I authored. You can download the report HERE.
The SF Peninsula is a great place to do business and to live, thanks in part to a collection of excellent downtowns in many of the small cities that compose our region. I’ve written often about how the vibrant downtown cores up and down the Peninsula have dramatically outperformed the broader office leasing market of late– a quick look at [...]
Colliers 14th Annual TRENDS Real Estate forecast was held today at San Jose’s historic California Theatre. Colliers Managing Partner Jeff Fredericks is the best market forecaster in the Valley, and his presentation was rapid-fire, loaded with information, and, for a data junkie like me, a highlight of the conference. A very abbreviated summary of Jeff’s observations and forecast for [...]
While 2012 didn’t generate the same sort of market-moving stories as 2011, there was still more than enough activity to populate this years Top 10 Commercial Real Estate stories for the Peninsula: San Francisco is Silicon Valley? No question that, for the first time since the dot-com boom, certain parts of San Francisco find themselves with a really impressive [...]
View Question on Quora The most prominent landmark on Castro is 444 Castro Street, aka ‘Mountain Bay Plaza’. The building is now home to some high-profile companies such as 500 Startups, but there’s some great history leading up to 444 Castro’s current status as a start-up hub: The building was designed with earthquakes in mind, and [...]
I just read one of the most detailed and relevant articles I’ve seen on the topic of space utilization and shrinking per-employee allotments (thanks to my colleague Kevin Manning for forwarding). Published in the CCIM Institute’s CIRE Magazine, the authors show in great detail the very different allocation of space per worker by industry– most articles I’ve read on the topic [...]
We will be releasing our 1Q 2013 market report very shortly. My article on the state of the office market follows: The San Francisco Peninsula commercial real estate market has opened 2013 at a subdued pace similar to that seen last year. While activity remains strong and volatile in the most sought after core locations, the broader markets [...]
If you read Opinion of Value, you probably already know that the SF Peninsula has an interesting and robust business community. But its a great place to live, too– I’ve been fortunate to call this area home most of my life, and liked the You know you’re from the Peninsula blog post on SF Gate– enjoy
I really like Office Snapshots, a blog that highlights (via some first-rate photography) trends in office interior design. Their spread today is a tour of the interior of Facebook’s new campus, and it is one of their best to date. Worth a look. There is some sentiment that the corporate campus is moving towards the [...]
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Top 10 SF Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Stories for 2012
While 2012 didn’t generate the same sort of market-moving stories as 2011, there was still more than enough activity to populate this years Top 10 Commercial Real Estate stories for the Peninsula: San Francisco is Silicon Valley? No question that, for the first time since the dot-com boom, certain parts of San Francisco find themselves with a really impressive [...]
