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Commercial real estate experts have been saying that the removal of the 462,072-square-foot building from the Class A inventory downtown would push the vacancy rate below 10 percent, from around 16 percent.

Google will spend more than $13 billion on U.S. data centers and offices in 2019, CEO Sundar Pichai said Wednesday, marking “the second year in a row we’ll be growing faster outside of the Bay Area than in it.”

“These new investments will give us the capacity to hire tens of thousands of employees, and enable the creation of more than 10,000 new construction jobs in Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia,” Pichai wrote in a blog post.

With the new investment, Google…

A developer with several projects in Oakland has turned its attention to a large project off Highway 101 in Burlingame.

The Scottsdale-based homebuilder had 57,000 lots owned or controlled at the end of last year, partly as a result of the AV Homes acquisition in 2018.

The structure was originally used as apartments, but the economics of the area deteriorated. In 1919, a “drunken gunfight in the building led to injuries and a death,” so it was converted to a warehouse in 1920.

For those with high net worths capable of affording such properties – or those daydreaming about owning such accommodations – here's a look at five mansions in warm weather climates to consider if looking for an escape from the winter cold.

New Mexico architect puts Santa Fe luxury home on the market

The 1.2-acre estate features a 4,442-square-foot main home and a completely remodeled two-bedroom, 1,111-square-foot home for a total of six bedrooms. The home boasts four fireplaces, original…

One of Marin's largest residences, which sits atop a view-studded Tiburon hill, is now for sale for $12 million.

The 13,000-square-foot home — decked out with an aquarium, indoor basketball court, sauna, five fireplaces, sound studio and more — sits on about two acres that overlook the entire San Francisco skyline, the Golden Gate Bridge and the bay. Public records show that the property was owned by Lars Ulrich, founder and drummer of rock group Metallica, though is now controlled by a trust.…

The luxury mixed-use project broke ground last fall on the last remaining developable parcel fronting Rittenhouse Square.

Kiss those years of double-digit annual home price gains goodbye. Depreciation has made a comeback in Boulder, Denver and Douglas counties, foreshadowing more widespread declines in the months ahead, according to a report Tuesday from the Colorado Association of Realtors.

The declines are not huge, at least for single-family homes, and the metro area as a whole still shows a modest gain. But the new year appears to have ushered in what some buyers have long waited for — lower home prices.

“We are seeing a ton more properties come on the market, but not an increase in the number of sales,” said Matthew Leprino, a Denver-area Realtor. He said it is the first time Denver County has seen a decline in its year-over-year home price numbers in several years.

“The median price for a Denver single-family home is now equal to that of March 2017 — $425,000,” he said.

A year ago, the median price of a home sold in metro Denver was $430,000. The decline of 1.2 percent is relatively tame compare..

Dumping the roommates and focusing on a life together with that special someone used to represent a rite of passage for young adults after marriage.

But high housing costs are pushing a small fraction of married couples, whether they own or rent, to keep nonrelated roommates around even after they tie the knot, according to a new study from Trulia.

The share doing so is still very small. Only 0.87 percent of married couples in metro Denver had roommates along for the ride between 2012-16. But compared to 2005-09, before the housing market crashed, that share is up 64.7 percent.

And its nearly double the U.S. share of 0.46 percent of married households hosting roommates or boarders. That small share represents 280,000 married couples nationally.

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“Most married couples will continue to nest alone or only with family members, but it is clear that roommates often allow married couples to better manage the..