San Francisco

San Francisco office towers sell in City’s biggest deal since 2022

[SAN FRANCISCO] A pair of San Francisco towers was sold on Friday in the highest-priced deal for the city’s battered office market in three years.

The bank plans to increase the leased space at its main San Francisco office by roughly 30 per cent to 280,000 square feet.

JPMorgan to expand San Francisco office in boost to downtown

The city has struggled more than other areas to recover from the pandemic, leaving office vacancies near record highs and hurting tax revenue

Higher interest rates and political uncertainty in Hong Kong are crimping demand for homes in the Chinese territory, with prime residential prices likely to fall as much as 3.9 per cent this year following a 2.4 per cent drop in 2024.

From Hong Kong to London, prime home values set to decline

More than half of the 30 global cities monitored by Savills could see either negative or flat annual growth in residential capital values in 2025

A Waymo autonomous vehicle on Toland Street in San Francisco, Nov 17, 2023.

Waymo robotaxi service opens to all in San Francisco

THE Google-owned Waymo robotaxi service on Tuesday became available to anyone in San Francisco interested in hailing a driverless ride.

Self-driving cars have been driving the streets of San Francisco in some form since 2009 and have been operating commercially since August.

San Francisco’s hot tourist attraction: driverless cars

WHEN David De Clercq travelled to San Francisco last year, he had a few musts on his itinerary: Go to Alcatraz. Try new restaurants. And ride in a self-driving car.

The house of Julie Park and Tom McDonald in San Francisco. Their plans for renovation met with stiff resistance from their neighbours.

In San Francisco, a home renovation can become a battle royale

In the California city, neighbours wield unusual power over next-door renovations and modest improvements

From the revamped Transamerica Pyramid to a small public radio station broadcasting from a former copy shop, Montgomery Street offers hope for recovery in downtown San Francisco.

San Francisco’s Montgomery Street could signal a downtown revival

It seemed like the last place one might invest US$1 billion on an office building in October 2020.

General Motors is facing fallout over Cruise losing its license in October to operate on public roads in California.

GM blasts San Francisco in lawsuit over US$108 million tax bill

GENERAL Motors (GM) said in a lawsuit that San Francisco unfairly taxed it US$108 million over seven years, despite the auto giant having very low sales and almost no personnel in the city.

The San Francisco Bay Area continues to hold the top spot in today’s global innovation landscape.
THE BROAD VIEW

From Singapore to San Francisco Bay Area – Innovation across borders

THE United States has long been a global leader in technology and innovation, and for the last several decades, the San Francisco Bay Area has dominated the conversation. Today, the landscape is fast ...

In San Francisco, city housing officials approve housing at a snail’s pace because they allow anyone to object, even if a project meets all the city’s requirements.

California slams San Francisco for ‘egregious’ barriers to housing construction

A SCATHING new report has found that it takes longer and costs more to build housing in San Francisco than anywhere else in California, exacerbating the state’s homelessness crisis and preventing man...