San Francisco

JLL's newly hired tenant rep specialist Mike Sample focuses on servicing fast growing technology companies and the San Francisco office market sits primed for that type of activity.

The buyer was Stockbridge, on behalf of the firm's Value Fund III, a closed-end, value-add vehicle and the seller was a partnership between Republic Urban Properties LLC and The Core Companies.

Influential tech companies have continued growth within the Bay Area at a rapid pace during the last decade so it is no surprise that the Bay Area likely will forever be the tech hub of the world.

Abodu works with building and planning departments to develop pre-approval programs, wherein permit portions are identified that are universal to all owners building Abodus and those unique to each homeowner.

Statewide rent cap, AB 1482 by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, will place an annual 5% plus CPI cap on rent increases and create new standards for evictions across California.

Zach Aarons, MetaProp's co-founder and partner, advises investors to look for companies that solve problems in a variety of different ways with the end goal to ultimately make processes more efficient.

Citing red flag concerns, PG&E will begin shutting off the power to communities in several stages today, depending on wind conditions, starting with counties in the northern part of the state.

While retailers continue to evolve in an effort to meet consumers' changing tastes and experiment with formats and offerings, the process for leasing a space penalizes innovation, says Maven's DeRose.