First look inside Samuel Merritt University's new $240 million downtown Oakland campus: www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti... 📸: @jachristian.bsky.social

Indie SF studio @supergiantgames.bsky.social's "Hades" sold millions of copies. Its sequel could be even bigger and is now out! sfchronicle.com/tech/article... 📸: Yolanda James

California’s economy is "adrift" as job growth weakens, unemployment rate remains highest in country at 5.5% www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Elon Musk's X has found its first subtenant at its former San Francisco HQ: Motive is moving into the troubled Mid-Market area — which is being rebranded as "Lower Hayes" by real estate brokers sfchronicle.com/tech/article...

Dead malls are finding new life as housing. The 93% empty S.F. Centre is unlikely to join them, experts say www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/mall-downtown-empty-housing-21051613.php

Dead malls all around the U.S. have been converted or demolished for new housing. But don’t expect a similar transformation at the 1.5 million-square-foot San Francisco Centre mall, experts say.

Trump’s tariffs could cost San Francisco 18,000 lost jobs, $5,600 in average lost income by 2045, city says www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...

Exclusive: Two of S.F.’s biggest hotels are being sold. These are the buyers www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

S.F.’s international tourism to drop in 2025. Experts blame Trump’s hostility to the world www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

SF apartment rents surge 11.5% in August compared to 2024 to the highest level since April 2020: www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Exclusive: Lloyd Goldman, a scion of one of America's richest real estate families, is buying a Lake Tahoe hotel: www.sfchronicle.com/travel/artic...

Owner 1019 Market St. LP bought the property for $48 million in 2014. After a default in April, the property will be auctioned off in a foreclosure sale.

Exclusive: The former Mid-Market HQ of Zendesk will be auctioned off after losing 80% of its value and the landlord defaulted on its mortgage. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... Zendesk left for 181 Fremont and previously benefited from the controversial "Twitter tax break."

California unemployment rises to 5.5%, worst in the U.S. as tech falters: ‘It’s brutal out there’ www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Oracle lays off 188 Bay Area workers in latest round of cuts www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office disputed a new report from California’s auditor that said remote work 3x a week could save state $225 million a year via office space reductions. sfchronicle.com/politics/art... Newsom ordered 4 days in the office for state workers but delayed order until 2026.

Hilton Union Square, SF's biggest hotel, and Parc 55 have been in foreclosure for around two years. The properties, which total nearly 3,000 hotel rooms combined, are now on the verge of being sold, despite four deadline extensions: www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

Port of Oakland imports jump 31% in July as companies rush to beat Trump’s tariffs www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

The rooftop plans by the label that shepherded Shaboozey’s hit “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” are the latest sign of investment and energy in downtown, following popular block parties and outdoor...

Empire is seeking to build a rooftop concert and events venue atop its new downtown SF HQ: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/r... The company paid $22.5 million for the vacant historic building, which sold for $82 million in 2019

Software engineers dominate the ranks of top earners in the SF/San Jose region, accounting for a fifth of jobs with salaries in the the top 10%: www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202... And many of them are Gen-Zers.

Exclusive: Apple to buy Sunnyvale office complex for $365 million in its third massive Bay Area deal this year. sfchronicle.com/realestate/a... That's $882 million in spending for nine buildings.

"Insanely competitive" SF apartment rents surge 11%, the highest rate in the country: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a... U.S. down 0.7% in last year Bidding wars and crammed open houses are back. AI, return to office and only a trickle of new development is making this summer feel like the 2010s.