officetimes.com https://officetimes.com/ Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:25:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 116382613 Governor Newsom Wants State Workers Back in the Office Four Days A Week, One of Their Unions Using CEQA to Fight This https://officetimes.com/2026/06/09/governor-newsom-wants-state-workers-back-in-the-office-four-days-a-week-one-of-their-unions-using-ceqa-to-fight-this/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=governor-newsom-wants-state-workers-back-in-the-office-four-days-a-week-one-of-their-unions-using-ceqa-to-fight-this Tue, 09 Jun 2026 21:25:32 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8913   If  I had relocated my home during Covid and have been working from home ever snce, and now was being forced to commute one or two hours a day each way to get to the office, how happy would I be? he Union of State Attorneys is claiming that forcing these employees back to...Read More→

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]]> 8913 Site Selection No Longer About Cost https://officetimes.com/2026/06/01/site-selection-no-longer-about-cost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=site-selection-no-longer-about-cost Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:17:55 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8909 Anne Cosgrove, Editorial Director for Business Facilities Magazine, wrote in the March/April 2026 issue wrote…”For site selectors and corporate leaders, location decisions are no longer about cost – they are about certainty, speed and long-term adaptability.  Communities that once competed primarily on incentives are now differentiating themselves through infrastructure readiness, energy capacity and workforce alignment....Read More→

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]]> 8909 Insights on Office Flight to Quality https://officetimes.com/2026/05/29/insights-on-office-flight-to-quality/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=insights-on-office-flight-to-quality Fri, 29 May 2026 20:56:41 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8905 Published in the Spring 2026 SIOR Report, various SIOR brokers shared what they viewed what makes a successful office building….”a best-in-class amenity experience…such an experience might include bars, saunas, pickleball courts, treadmill desks, cold plunges, banquet seating, laundry services and wellness rooms.” “Amenities are no longer a luxury. They’re a necessity and standard.” Another broker...Read More→

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]]> 8905 Two Different Sides of the San Francisco Bay https://officetimes.com/2026/05/22/two-different-sides-of-the-san-francisco-bay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-different-sides-of-the-san-francisco-bay Fri, 22 May 2026 18:20:56 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8899 Headlines in the May 21, 2026, SF Registry read “San Francisco captures 80% of all U.S. AI Venture Capital of Office Leasing Snaps Back”, ‘Ai companies have leased 10.6 million square feet of office space in the city since 2019, more than any other market in the world”.   However, the San Francisco office vacancy is...Read More→

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]]> 8899 Office to Residential Conversions Making a Dent in the Nationwide Office Vacancy https://officetimes.com/2026/04/29/office-to-residential-conversions-making-a-dent-in-the-nationwide-office-vacancy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=office-to-residential-conversions-making-a-dent-in-the-nationwide-office-vacancy Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:28:30 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8894 BisNow April 27, 202,6 reported that the three largest office-to-residental markets are New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. Chicago has a conversion pipeline of 5,000 units while Washington D.C. with the fourth-largest market for conversions had a 4,167 unit pipeline. The typical office conversion candidate is an older building with smaller floorplates in the core...Read More→

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]]> 8894 San Francisco Office Demand is Back in a Big Way; Highest Occupancy Gains in Years https://officetimes.com/2026/04/22/san-francisco-office-demand-is-back-in-a-big-way-highest-occupancy-gains-in-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=san-francisco-office-demand-is-back-in-a-big-way-highest-occupancy-gains-in-years Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:49:03 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8889 “Overall vacancy closed Q1 at 28.7%, marking the largest quarterly decline since Q3 2019. San Francisco recorded its largest quarterly net occupancy gain in more than six years.” Derrick Daniels, Regional Research Director for Colliers International shared with me his latest findings. Currently ter ear 227 companies looking for over 7,500,000 square feet of San...Read More→

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]]> 8889 AI Defined in Everyday Efficiency Terms https://officetimes.com/2026/04/20/ai-defined-in-everyday-efficiency-terms/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ai-defined-in-everyday-efficiency-terms Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:20:13 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8887 I sometimes get swept up in the grand scheme of what AI is doing to make corporations and their processes more efficient, but I saw a recent quote that brought it closer to home for me. n The San Francisco Business Times April 16, 2026, quoting Wen Sang, Co-founder of Genspark AI which had two...Read More→

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]]> 8887 So Many Great Things Happening in the San Francisco Bay Area Commercial Real Estate Arena!! https://officetimes.com/2026/04/17/so-many-great-things-happening-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-commercial-real-estate-arena/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-many-great-things-happening-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area-commercial-real-estate-arena Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:29:52 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8884 Headlines from just one page of the San Francisco Business Times April 16, 2026 read as follows: Harvey AI doubles Space in Headquarters; Howard Street is Site of Anthropic Leasing Spree; Large Office Tenants Circle San Francisco Market Again…it appears there are dozens of 100,000 sf plus office prospects currently looking for San Francisco office...Read More→

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]]> 8884 California, Here We Go Away… https://officetimes.com/2026/04/13/california-here-we-go-away/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=california-here-we-go-away Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:00:02 +0000 https://officetimes.com/?p=8881 By Don Sweeney The Sacramento Bee    “They are not mostly fleeing to Texas, despite memes and advertisements touting it as an alternative to California. The top beneficiaries of Californians seeking their fortunes elsewhere are Nevada, Hawaii, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho and Washington, the study found. Other states benefiting from the California exodus include Colorado, Montana, Utah,...Read More→

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