King Street, Helios Plan Bay Area Life Science Campus

King Street, Helios Plan Bay Area Life Science Campus

King Street Properties and Helios Real Estate have received approval to build a 475K SF life science campus in Burlingame on the eastern coast of San Francisco’s peninsula. The partners will build office and research buildings at 1669 and 1699 Old Bayshore Highway and 810 and 821 Malcolm Road, according to a report in the […]

Construction Starts on Affordable Housing in Hunters Point, San Francisco

Construction has officially started for the new affordable housing on Hunters Point Shipyards’ Blocks 52 and 54 in San Francisco. The bayside project will bring 112 multi-family units at two sites with funding from the Office of Community Infrastructure and Investment. Jonathan Rose Companies and Bayview Senior Services are jointly responsible for the project as […]

What is soft-story seismic retrofitting?

What is soft-story seismic retrofitting?

On Jan. 17, 1994, a magnitude-6.7 earthquake struck the Los Angeles neighborhood of Reseda. The Northridge Earthquake, as it came to be known, brought national attention to a fundamental structural flaw that plagues thousands of buildings located in some of America’s most earthquake-prone cities. As the temblor rattled the city, the bottom floor of the […]

Construction Starts for Centro Callan Apartments in San Leandro

Construction has started for a five-story mixed-use addition at 100 Callan Street in Old San Leandro, Alameda County. Once complete, the structure will contain nearly two hundred homes, a Sprouts grocery store, Union Bank, and other retail space. The project is a joint venture with the Martin Group, Sansome Pacific Properties, and STARS REI. 100 […]

I’m Not Sure the SF Bay Area is Back. But It Is Having a Renaissance in SaaS.

I’m Not Sure the SF Bay Area is Back. But It Is Having a Renaissance in SaaS.

So there’s so much talk on the status of the SF Bay Area on Twitter and beyond. There are a few things that are clear: The “Old” San Francisco, in particular of 2015-2020 in SaaS, is never coming back.  In fact, it’s becoming a distant memory.  Something for the history books.  Never again will SaaS […]

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA

Founded originally in 1895, the De Young Museum is located in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. After the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, assessment of the existing building concluded that it was vulnerable to future tremors. The building was subsequently braced, but concerns remained about the safety of the building. Travelling exhibitions frequently failed to […]

San Jose Hardwood Floors: Leading Flooring Solutions Provider in the Bay Area

San Jose Hardwood Floors – Store and Vans San Jose Hardwood Floors Main Logo San Jose Hardwood Floors commits to excellence in flooring with top-notch products and services in the Bay Area. The goal is to provide clients with not only superior flooring products but also unmatched service that exceeds their expectations. — Butch Kirk […]