San Francisco Commercial Real Estate News 
Mesa West Provides $130 Million Loan to Refinance Hyatt Regency San Francisco
Mesa West Capital has provided a partnership between affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners LP and DiNapoli Capital Partners LLC with a $130 million first mortgage loan to refinance the 802-room Hyatt Regency San Francisco. ...
RED Finances $72M FHA Loan for San Bruno Multifamily Property
RED Mortgage Capital completes a major refinancing in San Bruno, Calif....
Report: Best and Worst States for Business Taxes
Wyoming, South Dakota and Nevada are among the 10 best states for taxes on business, while California, New York and New Jersey are among the 10 worst, according to a new report....
Related Companies Closes $825M Distressed Fund
Related has closed a massive distressed fund and is now seeking investment opportunities....
Bay Area Governments Expand the Use of Transfer Taxes to Boost Collections
To boost revenues, Bay Area governments have been expanding how they collect transfer taxes....
San Francisco Earns Greenest City Honors
There’s a green hue to the Golden Gate City, which ranks No. 1 among 27 U.S. and Canadian cities in a recent study....
San Mateo Embarks on $40 Million Redevelopment Spending Spree
City leaders in San Mateo, Calif. are committing to a redevelopment spending spree worth $40 million in an attempt to tie up two decades of future tax revenues before they disappear under the governor's proposal to end redevelopment agencies....
Colliers International Buys San Francisco Brokerage Firm
Colliers International has acquired Johnson Hoke, a San Francisco-based brokerage firm with a focus on urban specialty and lifestyle retail properties. ...
Loews Looks to Grow with Furbay
Troy Furbay has only been on the job five weeks, but he’s already got big plans with Loews Hotels. ...
CREW CEO Aims to Aid Women Parked at Vice President Level
Gail Ayers, the chief executive officer of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network, has set a goal of helping women executives in commercial real...
Building Owners Slam Window on Sky-High Energy Costs
In buildings across the country, owners watch in frustration as energy dollars fly out the window, through the cost of cooling and heating their properties. ...
Global Property Sales Soar in First Half of 2010 as U.S. Deals Rebound
A new report on global commercial property transactions shows that sales of major properties valued at $10 million or more surged in the first half by 75% compared with the same period in 2009. ...
Rents Rise in Trophy Retail Districts, But Will Tenants Pay?
Rents are rising in many of the nation’s best-known trophy retail districts. Of the 13 markets tracked in the U.S. and elsewhere in the Americas in a report by brokerage CB Richard Ellis (CBRE), seven posted rent increases in the past 12 months. ...
Stockbridge Capital's Steve Steppe Plans a Shopping Spree
Steve Steppe, managing partner of San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Partners, has made some expensive acquisitions since he left the chairmanship...
Rail-Volution in Real Estate
In San Francisco, a new streetcar line has been built to ferry riders to a 303-acre project set on an old rail yard site. With 6,000 planned residences,...
