San Francisco

SANTA CLARA, CA-Lowe Enterprises and O'Conner Capital acquire adjacent parcels that will be redeveloped with a 215,000-sf six-story office building.

SAN FRANCISCO-Average effective class A rents in the Financial District here are up approximately 23% in the past year while average class B rents are up nearly 38%, according to a new market report.

SAN FRANCISCO-While the public company's stated focus is life sciences tenants, the new strategy gives it many more options.

SAN JOSE, CA-Sold by Divco West and Rreef, the nine-building, 600,000-sf office and retail development is 74% leased.

CUPERTINO, CA-The three Silicon Valley assets--484 units in three circa-1970 properties--sell for $104.5 million, local sources tell GlobeSt.com.

SANTA CLARA, CA-The publicly held cell phone chip maker from San Diego buys the 320,000-sf single-story campus from Irvine-based LBA Realty, which picked it up in 2005 for $46 million.

SAN FRANCISCO-The value-add apartment investor has given itself an extra year to invest the equity due in part to financial markets.

BURLINGAME, CA-The real estate columnist dies at his Northern California home after a bout with cancer. He was 67.