If a property goes unrented for 182 days, the landlord is taxed at a rate of $250 times the width of the storefront in feet.

Do commercial vacancy taxes work? San Francisco is not the only city that has put a vacancy tax in place. Oakland and Washington D.C. both have a tax for vacant residential and commercial properties.

A vacant storefront at 500 Columbus Avenue is seen in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco, California, May 8, 2019. Commercial landlords in many parts of San Francisco have to make sure ...

All three cities are dealing with similar problems of vacant offices and homelessness, including enormous budget shortfalls ...

More than a year ago, then San Francisco Mayor London Breed revealed her plan to add needed housing by converting commercial ...

Seven years after Salesforce Tower usurped the Transamerica Pyramid as the city's highest skyscraper, a developer is planning a building that would become the tallest in California.

Lenders of all stripes and sizes are figuring out the best way to proceed on distressed commercial real estate loans.

Oakland-based Signature Development Group is hoping to add approximately 84 townhomes to a site planned for a waterfront park ...

AI and Prime Buildings Driving San Francisco’s Office Resurgence There has been a great “reset” of pricing on the investment side.

As the owners of San Francisco Centre mall face a $626 million lien auction, another major retailer has left the property.

The built environment at San Francisco's 16th and Mission is making a bad situation worse. Could architectural change spur ...