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• New Blackstone Life Science Fund Has Nearly 1/4 of Its Properties in San Francisco & Seattle 12/01/2020
  By Jon Peterson New York City-based Blackstone is now marketing its Blackstone BioMed Life Science Real Estate fund to investors. The portfolio in this commingled fund currently has 19 percent of the assets in San Francisco and another 5 percent in Seattle, according to information released by the New Mexico State Investment Council board meeting last week. The […]
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• Podcast: Robert Freed, CEO of SummerHill Homes 12/01/2020
  Robert Freed is the Chief Executive Officer of SummerHill Homes and SummerHill Apartment Communities, a privately owned home builder focusing on the unique needs of the San Francisco Bay Area. Over the last 40 years, SummerHill has completed more than 70 developments representing over 5,000 single-family homes, condominiums, townhomes, and apartments. Robert draws from a dynamic background in […]
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• TechView: Cornerstone Permit and Moxtra Join Forces to Maintain Connections with Clients in a New Way 12/01/2020
  By Meghan Hall As the pandemic hit, some businesses in the real estate industry noticed a decline in activity and required companies to innovate. For Chicago-based Cornerstone Permit, this meant creating a new digital roadmap. This year, the firm partnered with Moxtra, a digital portal, to launch its virtual branch. The Registry spoke with Ashish […]
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• Landsea Homes & Partner Acquire New Homesites in Sunnyvale for $68.5MM 11/30/2020
  – New Homesites to Create Community Called “Lavender,” Featuring Townhomes with Nine Different Floor Plans –Townhomes to Include High Performance Home Features Offering Home Automation, Sustainability and Energy Savings to Buyers  (EDITOR’S NOTE: According to published reports and public documents, the site was sold for $68.5 million by an entity associated with Palo Alto-based SummerHill […]
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• Alexandria Real Estate Receives Approvals to Move Forward with 170,000 SQFT Life Sciences Development in San Francisco 11/30/2020
  By Meghan Hall The San Francisco Planning Commission has approved a number of amendments that will allow major life sciences developer Alexandria Real Estate Equities to move forward with a long-planned mixed-use project in the Mission Bay neighborhood. At the end of November, the Planning Commission voted unanimously to update several redevelopment plan caps that […]
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