Monthly Archives: January 2021

As many commercial real estate product types continue to languish in the San Francisco Bay Area, the self-storage sector has experienced robust growth in keeping with its reputation as a recession-proof industry. The Bay Area had 8% year-over-year rent growth … Continue reading →

Resilient Real Estate: No Comeback Required “Residence as a resort” is the name of the game at the highest end of Bay Area real estate. Exhibit A: “Villa La Sosta” in Ross, which features a pool, spa, jogging path, tennis … Continue reading →

San Jose housing rental prices in December were down 13.7% year over year, the nation’s sharpest decline, according to a new report, and San Francisco wasn’t far behind. Rents were down 13.7% in San Jose, New York followed with an … Continue reading →

Under Lee, the city instituted a payroll tax holiday on companies that relocated to the mid-Market neighborhood, drawing Twitter, Uber, Zendesk and a handful of others. It reshaped an entire area of the city, but did not solve the rampant … Continue reading →

Some of the favorite gurus of tech workers are already there, like Tim Ferriss, life-hacker, who left for Austin in 2017, and Ryan Holiday, whose writing about stoicism is influential among the start-up set. Sahin Boydas, the founder of a … Continue reading →