Western Real Estate Business • November 2025

S.F.’s Union Square comeback is taking shape — despite two major question marks

Retail vacancy is decreasing and visitor numbers are increasing for San Francisco’s premier shopping district.

Why More Banks Are Teaming With C-PACE

Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy has emerged as a key complementary financing tool for multifamily projects.

News | Real estate professionals set to power biking event to support City of Hope cancer center...

Owners, brokers, developers raising money to help hospital's research efforts

New downtown businesses ride slow upswing

New downtown businesses ride a welcome upward momentum.

AI intensifies battle for talent, housing and investments in San Francisco

The AI momentum isn’t stopping and it’s bringing workers, venture capital money and life back to San Francisco.

Murals to debut at life science campus in Burlingame

At a new Burlingame life sciences campus dubbed The Landing, two 60-foot murals created by artist Nicole Mueller will soon be completed — one visible from the highway.

Big Beautiful Bill: What to Watch Out For

As the Federal budget bill nears the finish line, real estate will gain more than lose.

Sunbelt opportunities bring creative financing solutions

Despite economic uncertainty and tighter lending conditions, the Sunbelt continues to shine as a beacon for many hotel investors. | Despite economic uncertainty and tighter lending conditions, the...

Why San Francisco's (Almost) Back

There is marked resurgence in real estate fundamentals and investor confidence.

Purpose-Built Life Science Spaces Find Healthy Demand

Sonia Taneja of King Street Properties on why tenants and investors are drawn to them.

Tartine is expanding with a new Bay Area bakery

A famed Bay Area bakery is expanding to a Marin County shopping center that’s in the midst of a major makeover.

Public Art as an Asset for Property Goals

The business case for public installations supports re-thinking percent-for-art requirements, according to designer Gordon Huether.

Regional roasters likely to fill properties as six Starbucks close in SF

Regional roasters will likely take the place of shuttered Starbucks along several of San Francisco’s most popular commercial corridors, according to the city’s retail agents.  Starbucks has closed or...

Amenity-Rich Properties Propelling Office Market Rebound

Office attendance decrees are one reason the office market is rebounding, but so is a flight from so-so pre-Covid-19 properties to amenity-rich new and renovated buildings.

S.F.’s office vacancy drops for the first time in over four years

San Francisco’s office market is finally showing signs of recovery — nearly five years after the COVID pandemic emptied out workplaces.

'I'm really liking it': Travelers react to Salt Lake airport's new 'river tunnel,' Concourse B gates

Salt Lake City International Airport has opened five new gates, as well as a vital new tunnel, as it continues to expand.

King Street Wraps 1st Building at Bay Area Life Science Campus

King Street Properties has completed the first life science building at The Landing in Burlingame, Calif., and opened a marketing center.

How to Navigate Real Estate Impairment

Carrie Shagat and Steve Klett of Moss Adams on understanding the impacts of changing conditions and increased risks on property values.