http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com The best place to track tenant activity, development, and vacant office space in San Francisco Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:47:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The San Francisco Business Times By Sarah Duxbury February 22nd, 2010 The city and SFMOMA have reached a land agreement that is critical to the art museum's planned expansion. Under the agreement, announced today by Mayor Gavin Newsom's office, the city will give SFMOMA the existing fire station on Howard Street. In exchange, the ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/02/22/sfmoma-city-reach-land-agreement-allowing-for-museum-expansion/ Socketsite February 16th, 2010 While truly plugged-in people have known about the proposed development of 222 Second Street on the corner of Howard for well over two years, details for the proposed 26-story development are now online via a Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR). As proposed, the project would be a rectilinear tower ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/02/16/the-222-second-street-scoop/ 37.7863464 -122.3982391 The CoStar Group By Dan Bates February 16th, 2010 Yelp expanded to the top two floors of the 10-story building at 706 Mission in San Francisco, CA. The online social site already occupied floors three, seven and eight. This 20,000-square-foot expansion will put it in a total of 50,000 square feet in the ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/02/16/yelp-expands-office-space-at-706-mission/ The CoStar Group By Lauren Greenwald January 27th, 2010 Morris, Polich & Purdy LLP subleased the entire fourth floor totaling 20,178 square feet at One Embarcadero Center in San Francisco. The Los Angeles-based law firm signed a 26-month deal.Built in 1970, the 45-story, Class A office building measures 823,389 square feet. Morris, Polich ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/01/27/morris-polich-purdy-leases-20178-sf/ The Costar Group By Ryan Munneke January 27th, 2010 Benefit Cosmetics signed a 10-year lease for 52,580 square feet at 225 Bush St. in San Francisco. The company will take the top three floors of the building in July. The building is the former Standard Oil headquarters from 1928 to the early 1970s. Shap Roeder ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/01/27/benefit-cosmetics-takes-52580-sf/ San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen January 11th, 2010 Taiwanese real estate investor Steven Pan has finalized the purchase of 49 Stevenson St. for $24.2 million, the latest sign that San Francisco's long-dormant investment market is starting to come to life. The $190-a-square-foot sale price represents a 40 percent decline for the value ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/01/11/49-stevenson-sells-for-242-million/ The San Francisco Business Times By J.K. Dineen January 5th, 2010 Three months after tripling its San Francisco headquarters, social media company Twitter is again expanding its SoMa offices, a 41-month lease worth more than $3 million. Twitter has grabbed just under 32,000 square feet at 795 Folsom St., taking the entire third floor ... http://sanfranciscotenantrep.com/2010/01/05/twitter-to-double-space/ 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