Why Bay Area Is A Winner
After Losing HQ2 Bid
Amazon's HQ2 shortlist is out, and the Bay Area did not make the cut. While Bay Area Council Senior Vice President of Public Policy Matt Regan said Amazon told him the Bay Area bid was among the most innovative and interesting and gave Amazon pause for consideration, it was not enough in the end.
Bay Area Council led the coalition that submitted the Bay Area bid on behalf of San Francisco, Concord, Oakland, Fremont and Richmond. San Jose sent a separate bid.
Regan said he suspects Amazon's already large investment in the Bay Area…
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Amazon HQ2 Shortlist: Details On The 20 Finalists In $5B Sweepstakes
UPDATE, JAN. 18, 1:10 P.M. ET: This story has been updated with details on each city named a finalist.
Wherever Amazon selects from the list — a decision it expects to make later this year — will house 50,000 Amazon employees…
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CRE Leaders Assess President Trump One Year In
Nearly a year has passed since Donald Trump took the oath of office and stepped from his role in real estate and reality television into the most powerful position in the world.
A year ago, Bisnow asked commercial real estate leaders what they expected under the leadership of Trump when it came to the industry, the economy and the years ahead for the nation. We revisited the question a year later to see whether Trump's presidency has followed the path they anticipated or taken a different turn.
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Monday Properties Makes First Bay Area CRE Purchase
A new player has entered the Bay Area CRE investment scene. Monday Properties has purchased its first Bay Area asset in an off-market transaction — a 70K SF office building in San Mateo. The Class-A building at 1840 Gateway Drive is…
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How Malls Could Help Solve The Bay Area Housing Crisis
Massive malls are creating new opportunities to build more housing in the Bay Area. The area surrounding Richmond's The Shops at Hilltop, formerly Hilltop Mall, is being prepped for a massive mixed-use development that could add over 9,000 units of housing.
AEI Consultants provided a full-site evaluation, including environmental factors and facility condition, and found the site ideal for redevelopment.
Hilltop has good bones and has strong potential without too much investment, AEI Consultants CEO Holly Neber said. Its good environmental…
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The New Closers: Why CBRE's Aron Will Is One Of Commercial Real Estate's Next Market Leaders
Where there's a Will, there's a way.
At least that is the case when it comes to CBRE Capital Markets Vice Chairman of Debt and Structured Finance in Senior Housing Aron Will.
At only 32, the Houston-born Will boasts an impressive résumé. He is the youngest vice chairman in CBRE's history and has led his team to originate more than $2.6B in senior housing debt across the country in the last two years.
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Brookfield's $3.7B IWG Bid: Here's What It Would Do With The World's Biggest Flexible Office Company
Brookfield has until Saturday to either make a bid or walk away from a takeover of IWG, the world's biggest flexible office company.
London-listed IWG, previously called Regus, in December said it had received a preliminary approach from a joint venture between Brookfield Asset Management and Onex, a private equity firm.
A takeover of IWG by Canadian firms Brookfield and Onex would be one of the largest investments yet in the booming flexible office sector, which has been electrified by the arrival of WeWork.
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8 Things You Need To Know About The Real Estate Retreat Redefining Dealmaking
Once a year, a carefully curated group of commercial real estate's best and brightest converge to build bonds, share experiences and explore conversations beyond the industry.
Welcome to Escape.
What began as an answer to the lack of networking platforms…
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