San Francisco is an over-regulated bloated bureaucracy. It is running on a one-party system with no political opposition in order to ensure checks and balances. Our city is in a significant decline and facing one of the worst crises in its history. It ...
Pfizer announced this week that they will begin distributing its COVID-19 Vaccine in December. If this becomes a reality and is proven to be safe and effective, then office leasing activity will actually begin.
The big tech tenants like Google, ...
You may be considering renovating your commercial space in order to accommodate your growing company. That's great! Renovating has so many benefits for [...]
This week, Mayor London Breed announced new process improvements to speed up the approval of affordable housing, stressing the importance to get more [...]
San Francisco Chronicle’s story last week about a store owner trying to open an ice cream shop in the Mission explains all the reasons why San Francisco [...]
Our city is entering a rapid decline like we haven’t seen since the 1960s. Unless San Francisco leaders take drastic actions now, it will take years [...]
If you own a physical retail store, getting people in the door can be one of the most challenging aspects of your job. As e-commerce’s prevalence [...]
I recently had the chance to speak with a high labor union official. During our conversation, I asked him why is it democrats and republicans cannot [...]
It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the outlook for many commercial spaces. Whether it be corporate offices advising [...]
Sanitization has never been as critical as it is right now. The COVID-19 pandemic requires commercial building owners to be even more diligent than they [...]
As the country works to reopen businesses and resume some sense of normalcy, workers around the world are wondering what to expect. By April, around 62% [...]
Today, office and warehouse tenants who still have their offices closed since March are growing increasingly worried about their lease obligations. With [...]
As a commercial real estate broker, I have been inundated daily by calls from clients on what to do about paying their rent. Since the pandemic hit [...]
The retail industry was in trouble before the virus. Online retail and ecommerce sites changed consumer spending habits and the high costs of running [...]
You are leasing office, retail, or industrial space and due to COVID-19 your business is at a standstill and you have little available cash to pay bills. [...]
The people have spoken and Proposition E has passed. As a recap, the proposition will limit future office growth in San Francisco as a function of the [...]
The future of San Francisco's office development will be left up to voters to decide in March, pending the approval of proposition E and the amendment [...]
Last week, the new owners of the Macy’s building downtown announced plans to redevelop the side of the building on the corner of Stockton and Geary [...]
The number of restaurants and bars closing around Oracle Park is not a surprise. With the San Francisco Giants struggling to attract fans after three [...]
San Francisco’s competitive office market has produced real challenges for traditional businesses competing for space against tech companies. Firms [...]
Earlier this year, the city opened a navigation center on 5thand Bryant street. The center is located next to the freeway onramp and is surrounded by [...]
San Francisco just passed a $12.3 Billion-dollar budget, the largest budget to ever pass in the history of San Francisco, and proportionately per San [...]
I recently came back from Washington D.C.. It had been over ten years since I was last there and my first impression was, “Wow! This city is SO clean!” [...]
There are been all kinds of discussion about the current state of retail in our neighborhoods. Today in NC zoning (Neighborhood Commercial), there are [...]
This article originally appeared in San Francisco Business Times on April 11, 2019.
As you walk the streets of San Francisco, especially in the downtown [...]
Selling a Highly Appreciated Multifamily Building Could Trigger a Substantial Capital Gains Tax.
As we look at the last 10 years leading up to the [...]
After being in the commercial real estate business in San Francisco for over 34 years, I feel confident to say that in entering another new year, I have [...]
The San Francisco Chamber of Commerce recently announced that their current President and CEO Tallia Hart will be leaving along with the Vice President [...]
TCN Worldwide is one of the largest networks of independently owned commercial estate firms in the world. On a recent national call with TCN, the question [...]
On June 6, 1978, nearly two-thirds of California’s voters passed Proposition 13, reducing property tax rates on homes, businesses and farms by about [...]
When your business is a startup and you don’t know just how quickly your business will grow, the decision to lease a coworking space over a direct [...]
As a critic of the direction that our city has taken in solving homelessness and how we take care of cleaning our streets, I have to commend our new Mayor, [...]
In 1984 when I got into the commercial real estate business, San Francisco had a vibrant garment production business, commonly known as “sweatshops.” [...]
As of this week, there have been 344 murders in Chicago in 2018. Efforts put forth by city officials have failed to stem the tide of not only murders [...]
Many years ago, I began purchasing single family homes for investment in Arizona. I had found a terrific residential real estate agent whom I trusted [...]
If President Trump follows through with his plan to institute tariffs in order to force more fair trade, then commercial real estate across the country [...]
When Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September of last year, many here in San Francisco watched as the tragedy unfolded across newspapers and screens. [...]
Today, the costs to build any residential or commercial properties are through the roof. When you set yourself a budget, my recommendation is to double [...]
Having been in the commercial real estate business since 1984, I have experienced three boom and bust cycles throughout my career. The beginning of the [...]
The ongoing tradition of making a list of positive changes you want to implement in your life in a new year can actually be productive. A number of people [...]
One of the most active industrial markets in the country can be found in Chicago. Commercial Real Estate properties there can easily make $300,000 - [...]
Warehouse demand is at an all-time high and industrial vacancies are at their lowest point in nearly two decades at 5.3 percent, according to JOC.com's [...]
In a recent tweet, President Trump recently pointed out again how Amazon is hurting retail in cities, saying “Amazon is doing great damage to tax-paying [...]
Asking our government to be proactive may seem like a long shot, but the City leaders across the country need to understand the impact of the changing [...]
Amazon continues to take center stage in retail thanks to a variety of things they've done right– great customer service, competitive pricing, unbeatable [...]
In 1981, President Reagan took office on a program of heavy domestic spending and fixing international trade disparities that were threatening American [...]
On the heels of the recent tragic Oakland fire, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is working to protect our artist community by preventing enforced [...]
Dear San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee,
Several years ago, one of our citizens and small business owner, Juliet Pries, had an idea to open a "prohibition style" [...]
For those of you way too young to remember the Bewitched television series from the 1960's and 70's, each week we watched scenes of Darrin Stevens working [...]
When my wife and I bought our first home in San Francisco for $138,000 in 1978, we were required to put 25 percent down. We were so excited to get a 30-year [...]
Years ago, neighborhoods were built around neighborhood street retail. Often times people lived above retail stores or homes were within a short walking [...]
Walk into almost any office today and listen. Among colleagues chatting and the sound of typing, what don't you hear? Phones ringing... From sales offices [...]