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• 316-Unit Development in Oakland to Seizes on Rare Opportunity to Provide Supportive Housing 12/18/2018
   By Meghan Hall Ten years out from the Great Recession, the Bay Area has experienced a long, sustained period of growth, with unemployment dropping and—as developers have failed to keep up with housing demand—soaring rental prices. Many cities have implemented mandatory affordable housing requirements into planning documents in an effort to keep people at […]
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• Planting Community Benefits in Unlikely Places: 300,000 SQFT Storage Center Includes 67,000 SQFT Community Garden 12/18/2018
   By Meghan Hall On its Eastern side, the City of San Francisco has seen a rapid evolution from industrial-heavy commercial spaces to high-end mixed-use developments, causing a rapid decline in the availability of production and storage space in one of the Bay Area’s most cramped markets. Consequently, San Francisco city officials are keeping careful […]
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• Senior Housing Wealth Reaches $6.97 Trillion in Q3 2018 12/18/2018
  NRMLA/RiskSpan Reverse Mortgage Market Index Hits All-Time High of 251.57 WASHINGTON (December 18, 2018) – Homeowners 62 and older saw their housing wealth grow by 1.4 percent or $97 billion in the third quarter to $6.97 trillion from Q2 2018, the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association reported today in its quarterly release of the NRMLA/RiskSpan […]
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• Bay Area Market Leader Joins Newmark Knight Frank 12/18/2018
  San Francisco, CA (December 17, 2018) – Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) is pleased to announce that highly-respected commercial real estate industry veteran Mark Geisreiter has joined the firm as executive managing director. Geisreiter will focus on San Francisco sales and development opportunities as part of the capital markets team led by NKF Vice Chairman Steven […]
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• Oregon Pension Fund Creates $250MM Separate Account with DivcoWest to Focus Markets that Include Bay Area and Seattle 12/18/2018
  By Jon Peterson Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund has established a new separate account relationship with San Francisco-based DivcoWest Properties to invest in real estate on a national scale. The investment from the pension fund was for $250 million, as stated in a pension fund board meeting document. Some of its targeted markets will include […]
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