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San Rafael gets revised housing proposal for Northgate mall redevelopment
A plan to redevelop Northgate mall in San Rafael has undergone another edit. Merlone Geier Partners, a real estate investment firm in San Francisco, is seeking to build a mix of homes, shops and restaurants on the 45-acre site in Terra Linda. In its revision submitted last month, the developer...
Faith-Based Group and Affordable Housing Developers Break Ground for Senior Housing in West Oakland
Donald Gilmore, executive director of the Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Rev. Gerald Agee, founder and pastor of Friendship Christian Church (FCC) recently hosted the groundbreaking of a property at 1904 Adeline St. preparing for a 50-unit affordable housing complex in West Oakland. Special guests at the June 6...
10 Places in the U.S. where homes are the most expensive to buy, 5 of them are in California
A recent SmartAsset study found that half of the top ten most expensive places to buy a house in the United States in 2024 are in California. With a typical house sale price of more than $1.5 million in 2024, San Jose, which is in the heart of Silicon Valley, topped the list. Prices in the city increased by 12% from the previous year.
Index Versus Reality for Another “Over Asking!” Sale
Purchased for $4.65 million in February of 2015, the 2,820-square-foot, four-bedroom home at 50 Buena Vista Terrace, a fully-remodeled single-family home which “transcends expectations,” in “the highly coveted” Buena Vista Heights neighborhood, returned to the market listed for $4.75 million this past May, a sale at which would have represented total appreciation of just 3.2 percent over the past 9 years on an apples-to-apples basis, save for some further design upgrades.
BRIDGE Housing and The Unity Council Celebrate Grand Opening of Casa Sueños, a 181-Unit Affordable Housing Community in Oakland’s Fruitvale Village
OAKLAND, Calif. (June 26, 2024) – BRIDGE Housing, the leading nonprofit affordable housing developer and manager on the West Coast, and The Unity Council, an acclaimed social equity development corporation, today welcomed dignitaries, partners and community members to celebrate the grand opening of Casa Sueños, a 181-unit affordable housing community in Oakland’s Fruitvale Village.
San Francisco's AI boom can't stop real estate slide, as office vacancies reach new record
Office vacancies in San Francisco hit another record in the second quarter, and rent prices fell to their lowest since 2015, according to Cushman & Wakefield. San Francisco is benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom, with OpenAI, Anthropic and Scale AI signing big leases in the past year. But the...
California Needs Big, Bold Affordable Housing Investments Now
The following letter to California’s elected leadership was jointly authored last month by Fred Blackwell, CEO of the San Francisco Foundation, and Miguel Santana, president and CEO of the California Community Foundation:. There are nearly 50,000 shovel-ready affordable homes across California waiting for funds to begin construction and provide...
CBRE Facilitates Sale of Land Parcel Planned for The Development of 232-Bed Student Housing Community Near U.C. Berkeley
OAKLAND, CA - CBRE has arranged the sale of 0.43 acres in Berkeley, less than five blocks from the University of California, Berkeley. The undisclosed buyer plans to build a 52-unit, 232-bedroom student housing development on the site. Keith Manson, Zachary Greenwood and Mac Watson with CBRE’s Oakland office represented...
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