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December 2008
- Grubb & Ellis President on Fox News Discussing a Commercial Real Estate Bailout
- The Tale of Washington Mutual: Suprised?
- Circuit City's Auction Cancellation Bad News For Landlords
- Growth of Walmart, Visualized
- San Francisco Consumer Price Index (CPI) Update
- Brocade Gets $4M To Stay in San Jose, But I Smell a Fish
- Now Commercial Real Estate Developers Want A Bailout
- Unemployment Rate Update
- Can The Federal Reserve Deny Freedom of Information Requests (FOIA) Requests on the Basis of It Not Being a Government Entity?
- Time To Usher In a New Term: The Madoff Scheme
- Bank of America Announces Job Cuts; 35,000 Over Next 3 Years
- Avaya Brings Online 140,000 Square Feet of R&D and Office Space For Sublease in Milpitas
- Treasury Yields Create Defeasance and Yield Maintenance Nightmare
- Yahoo Layoffs Begin; Estimated 1500 To Lose Jobs This Round
- Google Puts An Additional 128,000 Square Feet Up For Sublease In Mountain View
- The Bailout and The Big 3
- Fremont-Based Mattson Technology Announces Layoffs
- Equities, Real Estate, and Deflation
- If New York is a Leading Indicator...
- Sony, Novellus Announce Layoffs
- RREEF Updates Economic Forecast Map
- 533K Layoffs Nationwide in November; California, Silicon Valley Unemployment Rate Update
- Oakland A's Consider Ballpark Location on East Side of 880
- NVIDIA Gets Go Ahead to Build 2M SF Campus in Santa Clara
- Adobe to Cut 600; Yahoo Layoffs Next Week
- Square Feet Lives On; Pictures from Dubai
- Daily News Stunt Shows How Easy It Is To Steal Property
November 2008
- National Semiconductor, Applied Materials Announce Layoffs
- Cisco Announces Hiring Freeze; Plans $1B Cost Cuts
- Postal Service Considering Layoffs; First Time in History
- DHL Killing US Ops; Bad News For ProLogis
- Nortel Announces Plans to Terminate 1300 Jobs
- Circuit City Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Pinches Local Companies
- McDermott Will & Emery to Take Over Former Heller Ehrman Space at 275 Middlefield Road
- The 88 Condos in San Jose Revises Pricing
- Unemployment Rate Darts to 6.5%; Up 40BP from September
- Significant Rate Cuts Across Europe; Oil Below $65; LIBOR Plunges to 4-Year Low
- September 2008 Unemployment Numbers
- Silicon Valley Layoff Announcements
- Measure V and Measure W in Redwood City Fail to Pass
- Obama Wins: Pictures From Around the World
- Google Scraps Yahoo Partnership
- Prop 1A - High Speed Rail Measure Set to Pass
- Layoffs at Dash Navigation of Sunnyvale
- Generic Office Tenant Improvement (TI) Construction Costs
- Delinquency Rates on Construction Loans in Double Digits
- Circuit City Announces 155-Store Closure; Palo Alto and Fremont Stores Included
- Symantec Announces Layoffs; 5% Cut Expected
October 2008
- Tesla Motors Needs a Charge; No FDIC Insurance
- Electronic Arts and Motorola Announce Layoffs
- San Francisco Residential Projects On Hold
- Thelen Reid & Priest Chooses to Dissolve; Landlords Wondering Who's Next?
- Thelen Reid & Priest Dissolution Vote Expected; 175,000 Square Feet of Office Space On Deck
- WSJ Article Illustrates Office Space Demand Weakness
- Notes From the ProLogis Earnings Call
- Nokia in the Market with a 150K+ Square Foot Requirement
- Google Puts 225,000 Square Feet of Palo Alto Office Space on the Market for Sublease... Again
- Gilead Sciences Acquiring Office Building and 30 Acres of Land in Foster City from EFI for $138M
- A New Look and an Invitation to Comment
- Yahoo! To Axe 1500 Employees By Year-End; Consolidate Facilities
- Broadway Partners Deal to Sell One Sansome to Mirae Falls Apart
- Mervyn's to Liquidate and Close; 3000 Northern California Employees Affected
- Valley Startups Tightening Their Belts; Layoffs Gaining Steam
- Cupertino Mixed-Use Project to Go Before Planning Commission
- Broadway Partners Runs Into Trouble - San Francisco Holdings On The Table?
- Academia Expected to Partner with NASA For New Campus at Moffett Field
- Harmonic in the Market for 150-200K Square Feet in Sunnyvale
- Heller Ehrman Office Space in Menlo Park Hits the Market
- Cupertino Square Hires New Leasing Team to Help Save Itself
- Blitzkrieg on Interest Rates as US, ECB, Sweden, Switzerland, China, UK Cut Rates
- Mellanox Takes Down 26K SF in Sunnyvale
- EBay Announces Layoffs - 10% or 1,000 Employees To Go
- General Growth on the Chopping Block?
- SF Chronicle Article Today On San Francisco Office Space Market
- August 2008 Federal, California, and Silicon Valley Unemployment Numbers
- GE To Cut Real Estate Portfolio by More Than 10% Next Year
- San Jose Condos Going Rental
- Amazing Sunnyvale - TMG and Principal Moving Forward to Bring Another 100K SF of Office Online
- AIG, The Bailout, and Legacy Partners
September 2008
- Noted San Francisco Law Firm Heller Ehrman to Dissolve; Vacate 300K SF Locally
- House Defeats Bailout
- How Things Change So Quickly; Wachovia Goes to Citi
- Sobrato-Oracle Building at 488 N Almaden To Go Full Circle?
- JP Morgan to Acquire Washington Mutual Assets
- Quadrus Office Project on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park Up For Grabs
- Bailout Proposal Nothing More than a Patriot Act II
- Silicon Valley Office Space Continues to Get Cheaper
- Moffett Towers Might Finally Be Getting a Tenant
- GVA Kidder Mathews Acquires Wayne Mascia Associates
- Tesla Motors San Jose Land and Factory Deal: Thanks Government!
- Money Market Fund Goes Below Par
- HP to Cut 24,600 Jobs Over Next 3 Years
- Interest Rate Update
- Lehman's Ship Sinking; Bank of America Acquiring Merrill Lynch
- Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale's Confirm Westfield Valley Fair Openings
- California and Silicon Valley Unemployment Rate Numbers
- Bay Area Flight Volumes Down
August 2008
- UK Economic Downturn "Worst In 60 Years"
- The Global Perspective on Construction Materials Prices
- Number of Problem Banks on FDIC List Grows
- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
- Banks To Continue Dumping Office Space
- Snell & Co. and RREEF Purchase Cupertino Office Building From Symantec
- Cupertino Square Trouble Continues as Gramercy Capital Pursues Foreclosure
- Lehman To Dump $40B Worth of Real Estate Assets
- Interest Rate Update
- Legacy Partners Drops Sobrato-Oracle-BEA Tower Deal
- Facebook Moving to Stanford Research Park Office Space
- Valley Fair Expansion To Begin in January
- Lehman Brothers Looking To Shed $14B in Commercial Real Estate
- Now San Jose "Leaders" Want To Ban Fast Food Restaurants
- Closing Customs and Costs in San Francisco Bay Area Counties
- Bank of England Indicates Britain Headed into Recession
- SFO Logistics Center Sells To Centrum
- Japan Economy Slips; GDP Shrinks 2.4%
- Apple Building in Cupertino Catches Fire
- 155,000 Square Feet of Class A Office Space Being Proposed in Cupertino
- San Jose Reaches a Deal with School District on North San Jose Development
- Neiman Marcus Signs Lease at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek
- San Francisco Bay Area Consumer Price Index (CPI) Up 4.7% Year over Year
- Federal Reserve Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
- Law Firms Cutting Expenses and Staff
- Aviza Technology Headquarters Falls Out Of Escrow Again
- Stanford Plans 1.5 Million Square Feet Expansion in Redwood City
- Interest Rate Update
- San Jose, Santa Clara Union School District Continue Negotiations on North San Jose Development Fees
- East Palo Alto Expo Design Center Purchased, Demised Up, and Leased
- Apple Leases 60K SF Cupertino Landing Office Building; Blue Coat Sublease Next?
- California Unemployment Rate Up 150 Basis Points Year Over Year
- California Commercial Mortgage Defaults Triple; Still Very Low
July 2008
- LA City Council Passes Ordinance Placing Moratorium on Fast Food Restaurants in Impoverished Areas
- Mervyn's Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Second Quarter Silicon Valley Commercial Sales Activity
- Classic Residences by Hyatt Proposed for Los Gatos Lodge Site
- NAHB/Wells Fargo's July Housing Index Numbers Eclipse June's All-Time Low
- Stick To What You Know: Boone Pickens Dumps Yahoo! Stake
- Interest Rate Update
- RREEF Report on Commodity Prices and Impact on Real Estate
- Legacy Partners Buying Oracle/BEA/Sobrato Tower at 488 Almaden?
- Second Quarter Silicon Valley Office Space Leasing Activity
- Possibly Brilliant Timing for Buyer of Oracle/Sobrato Tower; PWC Possibly on the Hunt
- Excerpt of Boston Properties Q2 Earnings Call; Touches on San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and Investment Climate
- Mervyn's Financial Situation Dire; May Be Forced To File BK
- RREEF Portfolio Sale Moving Forward
- Brocade to Buy Foundry Networks; Combine for a 800K SF Silicon Valley Footprint
- Roche Offers $44B For South San Francisco Giant Genentech
- Great America/Cedar Fair Asking $110M for Great America
- New Commercial Real Estate Maps Feature
- List of Starbucks Stores To Close
- Biggest Banks Likely Beneficiaries
- The Top Ten Mistakes Companies Make When Leasing Office Space
- ARM Mortgage Reset Pain to Continue
- Jones Lang LaSalle Completes Staubach Acquisition
- Cupertino Landing Lease in the Works
- IndyMac Bank Goes Under; Second Largest Bank Failure in U.S. History
- Tenet Healthcare Bails on Los Gatos Community Hospital
- Construction Costs for Parking Stalls
- NVIDIA Hurting; Real Estate Superstition Holding True
- A Guide to Office Building Classifications; Class A, Class B, Class C
- Shorenstein Buys Mezzanine Debt on McCandless Towers
- Blue Coat Systems Signs 233K Square Feet Lease in Sunnyvale
- Manhattan Office Vacancy Up; Investment Sales Down
- Swiss Bank Privacy Under Attack; Singapore Banking Likely Beneficiary
- Starbucks Closing 600 Stores in the United States
- National Venture Capital Association Issues Bleak Report; State of "Crisis"
June 2008
- Bailout At The Pump: Secret Deal to Bail Out The Financials
- Palo Alto Mandates Green Building for Commercial Construction
- Rotating Skyscraper: Financing Provided by Bank of Hummer
- Holy Moscow! Check Out Those Rents!
- Nothing to Write About Could Signal a Retail Slowdown
- Facebook Looking to Leave Downtown Palo Alto
- A Quick Guide to Investment Property Classifications
- Sequoia Capital Moving into San Francisco; Leases Top Floor at 555 Mission Street
- Credit and Equity Markets In For Massive Turmoil According to RBS
- Who is the Buyer of the Sobrato-BEA-Oracle Building at 488 N Almaden Blvd?
- Kuwait's Al Hamra Tower - The World's First Sculptured Skyscraper
- National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Sentiment Index Reaches All-Time Low
- Wachovia Issues Report on Commercial Real Estate
- It's Official: Jones Lang LaSalle Buying Staubach for $613M
- Build It And They Won't Come.... The Story of South China Mall
- Verisign Selling Headquarters in Mountain View
- Jones Lang LaSalle and Staubach Merger To Be Announced Today?
- The Guy Is A Machine
- Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Acquiring Staubach for $735M
- Yahoo Cuts a Deal with Google
- YoY US and International Investment Sales Down Dramatically in Q1
- UCLA Reports on San Francisco Office Market
- Foreigners Nab Two New York Landmarks: Chrysler Building and Flatiron Building
- Rent Vs. Buy Heat Maps: A Tool For Small Investors
- Jones Lang LaSalle and Staubach Merging
- Real Estate Industry Jobs Report
- Hilarious But Not Really
- Google Leases Land at NASA for Development of New High Tech Campus
- Proposition G Passes, F Fails: Lennar and 49ers Stadium One Step Closer
- Signs of Life at Moffett Towers in Sunnyvale
- Cheaper Rents Bolster Fremont Activity
- The Yahoo-Microsoft Soap Opera Continues
- With Office Market Softening, Some Landlords Mull Reducing Asking Rents
- Housing Pain: Developer Offers Buy One Get One Free
May 2008
- Robert Half International Moving to San Ramon; Leases 236,000 SF
- Janitor Strike Over; New Contract Ratified
- Boston Properties, Goldman Sachs Acquire GM Building; Macklowe Son To Take Over
- 120-Acre San Jose Flea Market Site Put Up For Sale
- Brocade Acquires North First Street Land in San Jose for Office Park
- The Next Victim of the Housing Crisis: Privacy of Mortgage Professionals
- Bill Gross Says U.S. Understates Inflation
- Land Deal Approved by City Council; Earthquakes Stadium One Step Closer
- Sale of Macklowe's GM Building Looking Likely
- Oracle/BEA Tower On The Market
- Construction Costs on The Rise Again
- Silverstone Properties Fails in its Bid to Rezone Property
April 2008
- Bay Meadows Plan Gets The Green Light
- And The Landlord of The Year Award Goes To....
- NVIDIA Planning Two Million Square Feet Campus in Santa Clara
- Centex Bails Out Of Plant 51 Project and More
- Startups Today, VC's Tomorrow
- Brocade In Talks to Lease @First Office Park at First & 237
March 2008
- Mile High Tower in Saudi Arabia
- Green Building Requirements Becoming Mandatory
- Economic Stimulus Act Includes Provision For Commercial Construction
- KT Properties Picks Up 1 S Market in Downtown San Jose
- Hewlett Packard Reducing Real Estate Footprint by 25% in Cupertino and Palo Alto
- Coyote Valley Plans Put on Hold
- Walnut Creek Getting a New Neiman Marcus
- Venture Backed Startups Hit By Auction Rate Securities Disorder
- Weakness in Rents Beginning to Show
- Short Term Rates Down, Long Term Rates Up, Economy Down
- Fresh & Easy Stores Sales Well Below Expectations
- NVIDIA Purchase of Santa Clara Campus Confirmed
February 2008
- Legacy Partners Picks Up Hamilton Plaza in Campbell for $125M
- Cornish & Carey Predicting a Flat 2008
- NVIDIA Buying in Santa Clara?
- Santana Row Getting A 5-Story Retail/Office Building
- Not Even One Securitization Issuance Priced In January
- Macklowe Likely To Forfeit His 7-Property New York City Portfolio
- Serra Center in Milpitas Sells for $43.9M
- MaxRoam - A Great Tool For International Travellers
- San Francisco Office Space Leasing Slows
- Vietnam Town Troubles Continue
- Microsoft Bids For Yahoo; Facebook Numbers Leaked
January 2008
- Silicon Valley Chapter of NAIOP Broker Luncheon
- A Truly Green Building
- Museum Plaza! London, Dubai, Shanghai?
- SEC Publishes Proposal to Allow Commercial Real Estate Brokers to Sell TIC Interests
- Signs of Stress in Higher End Markets
- Q4 2007 Leasing Figures Not as Rosy
- 601 California in Palo Alto Trades for $85M
- Parkside Towers in Foster City Under Contract for $180M
- S&P's First Week Performance Worrisome
December 2007
- Happy New Year
- Commerce Department Releases November New Home Sales Numbers
- Commercial Market Downturn Talk Gaining Traction
- Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays
- High Speed Rail in San Jose
- New Software Allows Mall Owners and Retailers To Analyze Foot Traffic
- Boston Properties Acquires North First Business Park in San Jose
- Closing The California Dream; Alliance Title Goes Under
November 2007
- Silicon Valley Architecture - Do You Have Any Favorites?
- The Incredible Growing Office Building
- Happy Thanksgiving
- A Little Humor Never Hurt
- Skyscrapers Redefined
- MIT's Transaction Based Index Marks First Drop Since Q3 '03
- CoreNet Global Honors Frank Jesse of BEA Systems and Joan Price of Gensler
- Mountain View, France?
- Short-Term "Enhanced Cash" Fund Goes Below Par
- Mathilda Place in Sunnyvale Sold
- Oracle Looking To Expand Its Pleasanton Footprint
- Deal To Sell Mission West Properties Still Going?
- Vietnam Town Work Halted
- Oakland A's Move To Fremont One Step Closer to Becoming Reality
- Congratulations to Quigo; Being Acquired By AOL
- Rising Rents Allowing Tenant's To Exit Leases
- Valley Transportation Authority Nabs The Mitchell Block
- Sub-Prime Impact Likely to Continue
October 2007
- In San Jose, 45 Means Historic
- Speculative Building in San Francisco Returns in a Big Way
- Lionstone Group Purchases Page Mill Hill For $95M
- Mission West In Play Again?
- Shorenstein Picks Up Piece of Moffett Towers Debt
- Commercial Paper Market Being Revived by Citigroup,JPM, and Bank of America
- San Jose's Green Vision Plan - Build/Retrofit 50M Square Feet by 2015
- Housing Auction Reveals Pockets of Weakness
- Park Center Plaza Sold to BPG Properties
- Prometheus Mortgages Cupertino City Center
- San Jose Housing Development Still Hot; Oakland Not
- Google Third Largest Acquirer of Santa Clara County Property Last Year
September 2007
- Details of Macklowe's EOP NYC Portfolio Acquisition Shed Light on Underwriting Standards
- Lower Interest Rates Should Provide a Short-Term Boost to US REITs
- Merrill Lynch Eliminating Jobs at First Franklin in San Jose
- European Commercial Market Down But Opportunity Remains
- BOMA: The Standard For Measuring Office Space
- The 24-Hour Workplace and Real Estate
- Kentucky "Turf State" Law Ruling A Win For Property Owners
- Commercial Paper Market "History"
- Windspire: DIY Wind Turbine Technology
- "Back of the Envelope" Office Construction Prices
- When To Exercise a Lease Option
- Disconnect Between Rents and Prices in San Francisco Focus of New York Times Article
- Bloomberg Article Points to 15% Drop in Commercial Prices
- Pension Funds Working Their Way Back Into The Market
- Taking Advantage of More Stringent Residential Lending Standards
August 2007
- Opus West Finishing Up Sierra Point in Brisbane
- UK Commercial Sector Feeling Similar Woes
- Blockbuster M&A, Commercial Property Deals Slow
- Office Hotelling Trend Continues
- Rentometer: A Helpful Tool For Apartment Investors
- Common Leasing Mistake: Not Using a Broker
- A Thought on Cupertino Square
- Options Being Explored for San Jose's Old City Hall
- What Does NNN (Triple Net) Mean in Commercial Leasing?
- Amgen Shedding 365,000 SF of Space in South San Francisco
- Dot Com Redux? Some Lease Deals Involving Equity Again
- OfficeSnapshots.com provides a glimpse into the offices of popular companies
- Mission West Properties Deal Scrapped
- European Central Bank is Forced to Pump $130B Into Markets
- Subprime Related Losses Spread to France
- S&P in Partnership with Schwab Launches a Commercial Real Estate Index
- Commercial Mortgage Defaults Hit 5-Year Low; Lenders Spooked
- Fixed Income Trouble and the Impact on Commercial Lending and Property Prices
- 1031 Exchange Intermediary Fraud
- When Should You Start Looking for Space?
- Lease Terms and How To Decide What Is Right
- Commercial Real Estate Glossary
July 2007
- What record high commercial real estate prices mean for tenants
- 1031 Reverse Exchange
- Tishman Speyer Unloads Building For $110M; Purchased Last Year for $60M
- More on Green Lending....and now Banking
- Office Space Efficiency: Alternative Approaches
- Office Moving Checklist
- Carlyle acquires former Cisco buildings for $98M
- 1031 Deferred Exchange
- Green building, Wells Fargo, and more...
- Mission West Being Sold!
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