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This months snapshot of key submarkets
Once again, our research staff has delivered some very useful snapshots of some important local submarkets. Downtown Palo Alto was really where the local market recovery started a few years back– but rents there have show no growth there in over six months, despite virtually no vacancy. This market has almost certainly topped out. Downtown [...]
1Q 2012 update on the SF Peninsula Commercial Real Estate Market
We will be releasing our Market Report for 1Q 2012 shortly. My article on the Office Market follows: It would not be realistic to expect the San Francisco Peninsula commercial real estate market to open 2012 at the same fevered pace seen during the prior year. The local market – very much in keeping with [...]
Where is a good place in Silicon Valley for a warehouse and manufacturing space, and what is the price range per square foot? My answer on Quora
As a very general rule, the further South and East you go, the better. More inventory, better pricing The Peninsula (Mtn View- north) is pretty much a non-starter for industrial space aside from smaller multi-tenant buildings. Most recent industrial lease I did in Mtn View was at about $1.00/sf for an older building. Sunnyvale/Santa Clara-more [...]
Facebook unfriending Menlo Park?
When the news broke that Facebook had quietly purchased 20 acres adjacent to their new Menlo Park campus, I commented that, given the city’s history, Menlo Park’s newest major corporate resident may find the development process a tad challenging. Facebook hopes to eventually bring nearly 10,000 employees to the existing campus and adjacent site– well [...]
A Bifurcated Valley?
There’s nothing too surprising any more about reports that cover the drastically bifurcated market recovery seen to date. It’s a topic that has had my interest for quite a while now. More than just a ‘flight to quality’, start-ups and other users chasing top employee talent have swarmed to the downtown cores of Peninsula cities [...]
