http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com The best place to track tenant activity, development, and vacant office space in San Francisco Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:10:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The San Francisco Chronicle By John King December 27th, 2009 The Transamerica Pyramid is San Francisco's tallest and best-known tower. It's a registered corporate trademark, a fixture on postcards - and proof that snap judgments on buildings can often be wrong. Construction began 40 years ago this month over the loud objection of anyone ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/12/27/pyramids-steep-path-from-civic-eyesore-to-icon/ 37.7952003 -122.4029007 The San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen December 18th, 2009 San Francisco office tenants are increasingly gravitating to downtown’s most prestigious trophy towers, taking advantage of desperate landlords to lock in cheap rents, according to a study by Jones Lang LaSalle. While overall San Francisco tenants gave up 1.3 million square feet more ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/12/18/sf-real-estate-story-line-flight-to-quality/ 37.7885513 -122.3991547 The San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen December 11th, 2009 Morgan Stanley Real Estate, one of San Francisco’s largest office landlords, plans to give back to its lender five downtown office buildings acquired in 2007 at the apex of the boom. The properties were part of Morgan Stanley’s $2.43 billion portfolio purchase from ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/12/11/morgan-stanley-to-give-back-san-francisco-buildings/ 37.7887802 -122.4025116 The San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen December 11th, 2009 Brookfield Properties has foreclosed on 333 Bush St. and the cash-rich Toronto-based real estate investment trust is positioning itself to scoop up more distressed office towers over the next year. Brookfield took ownership of the 543,000-square-foot office building Dec. 3 after a trustee ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/12/11/brookfield-properties-forecloses-on-333-bush-in-sf/ 37.7905807 -122.4031067 The CoStar Group By Ryan Munneke November 30th, 2009 Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management LLC subleased 28,730 square feet at 525 Market St. in San Francisco. The commercial jet fleet management company will move in before the end of the year. Babcock subleased the Oracle space for $17 per square foot with two months ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/12/04/babcock-brown-aircraft-subleases-28730-sf/ 37.7906876 -122.3995895 San Francisco Chronicle By John King & John Cote' November 19th, 2009 The recession hasn't stopped San Francisco's city planners from thinking big. The Planning Department released an ambitious set of proposals Thursday to turn the blocks around the Transbay Terminal into a commercial and transportation centerpiece of the region over the next two ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/11/19/towering-plan-for-new-sf-skyline-unveiled/ 37.7899055 -122.3968506 San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen November 13th, 2009 A nascent recovery in San Francisco’s leasing market could be swamped by a wave of empty office space hitting the market in the next two years. Consolidations by several large tenants — including Wells Fargo, Levi Strauss, Charles Schwab, Williams Sonoma and JP Morgan ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/11/16/lease-expirations-to-slam-san-francisco/ 37.7929497 -122.3981018 San Francisco Chronicle By John king November 10th, 2009 The newest building on Market Street in San Francisco isn't really a building at all. It's a 10-story bookend with a coat of brick-red terra cotta and crisp black metal. It's also the third piece of an architectural collage started in 1902 - a triptych ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/11/12/shared-spirit-in-1-kearnys-styles-from-3-eras/ 37.7877083 -122.4039612 San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen November 6th, 2009 The Shorensteins are jumping back into the downtown market with the $25 million purchase of 188 Spear St., the first property the legendary family real estate investment firm has bought in San Francisco since 2005. Prudential Real Estate Investors is in contract to sell ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/11/09/shorensteins-prevail-in-bid-for-sf-building/ 37.7913513 -122.3931122 San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen October 30th, 2009 San Francisco’s Del Monte Foods will relocate and expand its corporate headquarters to One Maritime Plaza, a 153,000-square-foot deal that is the city’s largest lease of 2009. The new Del Monte headquarters, 27 percent larger than the company’s current home, will consolidate 400 workers ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2009/10/30/del-monte-to-expand-into-new-hq-at-one-maritime/ 37.7956467 -122.3996506