The New Closers: Why PlanGrid CEO Tracy Young Is One Of Commercial Real Estate's Next Market Leaders
When Bay Area native Tracy Young was in her late 20s, she discovered a glaring problem in construction. While working on a Kaiser hospital in Northern California, the then-project engineer lugged around 50 pounds of paper in a cart doing quality control inspections and recording findings.
The process was inefficient, required a lot of extra work and constant updates to plans. She realized there had to be a better way.
“Life is way too short to only be stuck on a construction project,” she said during…
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The Swig Co. Hires New CEO
The Swig Co. has hired Jim Carbone to replace Ken Perry as CEO. Perry has served as president and CEO since 2014, and will retain his position on the board of directors. He will also serve as an adviser to…
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181 Fremont Opens, Gears Up For Residents
The largest mixed-use tower in San Francisco, 181 Fremont, will welcome its first residents in the next few weeks and its office tenant has already started moving in. The $850M mixed-use tower opened months after nearby Salesforce Tower opened its doors to its first office tenants. The opening of 181 Fremont marks San Francisco Transbay Terminal's ongoing transformation into a high-density mixed-use neighborhood surrounding the Transbay Transit Center.
“It's been a labor of love and hard work for five years,” Jay Paul Co. Chief Investment Officer Matt Lituchy said. “It took more than a village to do this.”
Lituchy learned a lot of patience during the development process.…
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San Francisco Mayor's Race: 3 Questions With Candidate Amy Farah Weiss
Amy Farah Weiss has been a local activist since 2011 and has years of experience in community organizing, direct-service work and multisector program development. She founded the community-benefit organization Neighbors Developing Divisadero and the Saint Francis Homelessness Challenge, an organization focused on the encampment and shelter/affordable housing crisis. She also served as a board member and operations manager at San Francisco Community Land Trust. She previously ran for mayor in 2015.
Bisnow: What do you see as the biggest challenge to building new development in San Francisco?
Weiss: Looking at our planning and development landscape, San Francisco currently has over 40,000 entitled housing units in our development pipeline, 6,275 housing units…
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Keep Your Eyes Open: Crescent Communities Suddenly Has A Lot More Money To Spend
When Crescent Communities was purchased by Japanese company Sumitomo Forestry America Inc., its corporate debt was paid off. So what is the Charlotte, North Carolina-based developer going to do with all the extra money, now that it doesn't have to pay interest?
“Our activity level will increase,” Crescent Communities President and CEO Todd Mansfield said. Keep your eyes open, Denver, Austin, Dallas and Charlotte: This means you.
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