Real Estate Real-estate investors are using a little-known tax strategy the IRS approved in 2004 to exchange properties for a more passive investment while deferring taxes indefinitely: ‘Most people don’t even know is an option’ Kathleen Elkins 2024-03-05T17:46:48Z Share icon An curved Read More
Senate Bill (SB) 1227, introduced by Senator Scott Wiener on February 15, 2024, would help speed the recovery of downtown San Francisco by creating a new CEQA exemption for qualifying commercial, institutional, student housing and mixed-use development projects in the Downtown Revitalization Read More
San Francisco voters were deciding Tuesday on Proposition C, which allows for a one-time transfer tax exemption for property owners who convert office buildings to housing. The exemption would apply to the first sale of a property after its conversion. The transfer Read More
An ordinance passed to change the city’s codes to relax rules for conversion projects has had little impact thus far. So what are other cities doing that San Francisco is not? Washington, D.C., sits atop the rankings with 5,820 conversion units currently Read More
(George Avalos/Bay Area News Group) The James, a 190-unit, six-story apartment complex at 98 North First Street in downtown San Jose. SAN JOSE — An apartment complex in downtown San Jose aims to convert its retail spaces into residential units, fresh evidence Read More
There was a time when the fact that apartments in San Francisco enjoyed 95.4% occupancy in January would not have been considered a big deal. But in January this year that changed. A RealPage Market Analytics report noted San Francisco’s achievement “isn’t Read More
Jensen Huang, the visionary behind Nvidia, commands a real estate empire that mirrors his monumental success in the tech industry. With a striking property portfolio that spans from the tech-savvy streets of San Francisco to the serene shores of Maui, Huang’s investments Read More
Gov. Gavin Newsom spent Monday morning in San Francisco talking with union workers and city leaders campaigning for Proposition 1. It’s an issue he says he’s worked on for five years, but one that’s been decades in the making. The governor joined Read More
The owner of two iconic San Francisco office properties is likely to give them up as major tenants pull out and the final due date for debt payments draws nearer, according to an earnings call with the New York real estate firm Read More
New York-based Paramount Group Inc. seems to be facing a real estate dilemma with its San Francisco properties. According to a ConnectCRE report, the company will likely surrender a pair of office towers it snapped up in 2019 for nearly $950 million Read More