Tag Archives: Silicon Valley

Tech jobs near all-time highs, fuel office-space boom

In November, Lookout Mobile Security relocated into an office building near San Francisco’s South Park, snagging a bigger space that could accommodate the company’s swelling ranks. Six months, millions of new users and a doubling of its staff later, the … Continue reading

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Bay Area real estate is a market gone crazy

By Patrick May pmay@mercurynews.com This just in from the front lines of the housing meltdown: ALL HELL’S BREAKING LOOSE! Listening to battle-scarred Realtors talk about all the short-sale funny business, fake landlords, mold-slimed foreclosure properties, bogus real estate agents and … Continue reading

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Strategic Storage Trust Inc. Acquires 2 Bay Area Self-Storage Facilities – Inside Self

Strategic Storage Trust Inc., a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust specializing in self-storage, recently acquired two properties in the San Francisco Bay Area, amounting to approximately 1,350 units, for $14.1 million. The new sites will be rebranded as … Continue reading

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Job growth stalls in Bay Area, state

The job markets in the Bay Area and California stalled in March, snapping a string of monthly gains for workers, a report released Friday showed. While California’s jobless rate improved to 12 percent last month, down from 12.1 percent in … Continue reading

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Biz Break: It’s good you’re in Silicon Valley (as tech boosts the recovery)

Click photo to enlarge Today: The tech industry may be outpacing the overall U.S. economy, according to a report today. Plus: Sugar gains $15 million in venture funding. And: Home sales have been weak this year in much of the … Continue reading

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