Real Estate Blog

The local real estate investor sold the building for a price that he said was five times, on a per-square-foot basis, what he paid for it 20 years ago.

Gabriel Metcalf, president and CEO of SPUR, is leaving the nonprofit urban think tank at the end of the year for a job in Australia.

Metcalf said in a letter to SPUR members that he will become CEO for Committee for Sydney, a city planning group in Australia's largest metropolis.

Throughout his years at SPUR, Metcalf was a public advocate for building more housing to create a more equitable Bay Area and for investing in public transit to alleviate the gridlock that increasingly defines life in…

From its headquarters in Redwood City, Box is focused on a corporate mission to help businesses better manage their content and to help workers collaborate.

Within its two-tower base at the corner of Middlefield Road and Jefferson Avenue, though, Box also has a more personal mission: keeping its more than 900 employees happy, focused and engaged.

A recent tour of its offices revealed a colorful, creative and comfortable workspace that offers up a mix of whimsy — a lounge area inspired by a…

“I don’t foresee any new Hispanic grocers coming into the market.”

This week’s on the market takes a look at some of the most expensive homes in Wentzville.

4 Slate River Way, $3.3 million: Sitting on a 10.7-acre lot, this eight-bedroom estate has nine full bathrooms and four half bathrooms. The property includes a main house, separate guest quarters, a pool house and an equestrian center. The home totals 15,026 square feet and includes a wine cellar and tasting room, a gym, spa and movie theater. Outside the home is a 1-mile paved trail, pond, putting green,…

The lights are flashing, ever redder and more urgent, on the Bay Area’s housing crisis. How bright do they have to get before our state policy-makers calibrate their actions to the scale of our need?

Further evidence of the metastasizing consequences of our housing shortage was provided this week, as if more was required. The annual poll by the Bay Area Council found that 46 percent of this region’s residents expect eventually to be forced away by skyrocketing housing prices and an inability…

The San Antonio City Council is expected to review annexing land around two military installations next week.

The properties under consideration are in a 5-mile buffer around Joint Base San Antonio Camp Bullis and Lackland Air Force Base. It's the second time local leaders will consider annexing the properties, having decided not to do so in August 2017.

To see a detailed map of the proposed annexation, check out the slideshow above.

The goal is to curb housing encroachment around the military…

Mike Kemether of Cushman & Wakefield's Atlanta office and Mike Hanrahan and Bobby Mills of its St. Louis office represented the seller in the deal.

Two promising downtown multifamily projects received unanimous conceptual approval from the Historic and Design Review Commission Wednesday, moving them one step closer to reality.

One of the two projects approved was Floodgate, a 17-story, mixed-use tower that in its current form will feature 60 residential units and four penthouses ranging from 850 to 1,300 square feet, with the penthouses having up to 1,500 square feet. With rents that could reach as high as $4 per square foot, the building is…

Everyone seems to agree that accessory dwelling units — aka granny flats or garage apartments — can help Austin fit more people into less space and maybe make Austin a bit more affordable. Up for discussion is just what the city can do so, including new rules that have been proposed that affect their size, location and parking requirements.