Oakland VIBE

09/12/2016

http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Prestige-and-power-radiate-from-Oakland-s-9200960.php -10864256

The Kaiser House, at 664 Haddon Road and named for shipbuilding mogul Henry Kaiser, is a four-bedroom Italian Renaissance Revival with arched windows, spacious public rooms, period details and modern infrastructure. The home’s historical relevance and architectural grandeur make it appeal to a varie...

08/24/2016

check it....

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-23/san-francisco-housing-frenzy-shifts-across-the-bay-to-oakland

Stacey Smith and her husband looked at about three dozen homes in the San Francisco Bay area and lost a bidding war before finally purchasing a four-bedroom house in June for $1.5 million -- 40 percent more than the asking price.

08/06/2016

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/08/two-huge-oakland-housing-developments-head-to-ok.html

08/02/2016

http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/SF-s-landmark-tower-for-rich-and-famous-is-8896563.php
Ut ohhhh

The Millennium Tower, a leading symbol of San Francisco’s new high-rise and high-end living, is sinking — setting the stage for what could be one of the most contentious and costly real estate legal battles the city has ever seen. Rated by Worth magazine as one of the top 10 residential buildings in...

06/08/2016

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/06/oakland-office-principal-financial-harvest-pfg.html

A huge global financial firm is in contract to buy one of Oakland's largest office buildings, becoming the latest institutional investor to make a splash in the city.

06/05/2016

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29975320/sizzling-housing-deep-east-oakland-lures-bay-area

Soaring Bay Area housing costs have made Deep East Oakland properties a hot commodity, despite crime and blight.

05/17/2016

Sternlicht says rents are up over 70% in Oakland.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/05/13/starwood-capitals-sternlicht-real-estate-getting-bubbly-but-unlikely-to-pop.html

Cheap borrowing costs may be artificially pumping up property values, but strong real estate fundamentals are mitigating the risks, says investor Barry Sternlicht.

05/14/2016

Many companies choose to set up shop in Oakland because—get this—they actually want to be based in Oakland!

Read more at http://vator.tv/news/2016-05-12-check-out-oaklands-rising-stars-in-emerging-tech .99

http://vator.tv/news/2016-05-12-check-out-oaklands-rising-stars-in-emerging-tech

These five startups embody the growing tech hub east of the San Francisco Bay

05/13/2016

http://www.usgbc.org/articles/leed-v4-stories-brooklyn-basin

Worth checking out: LEED v4 stories: Brooklyn Basin on www.usgbc.org

05/10/2016

http://www.sfgate.com/realestate/article/Hot-Property-New-construction-in-North-Oakland-7304831.php -9876727

“Monotony kills brain cells,” said Baran, principal of a design firm bearing his name. Baran’s designs aren’t over-the-top extravagant or avant-garde, but he still butts heads with regional planning commissions every now and then. The latest case study is 986 43rd St., a three bedroom contemporary s...

05/10/2016

http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20160422/oaklands-food-and-wine-scene-reflects-the-citys-unrivaled-hipnessthankt

'Oakland,' says master chocolatier Pete Brydon, 'has a very vibrant chocolate scene.'