California “Techsodus”: Tech Companies, Billionaires, Millionaires, Tech Employees Flee San Francisco & Silicon Valley by Wolf Richter • Dec 14, 2020 • 253 Comments And we coined “Management by Zooming Around.” Which is what Oracle’s Larry Ellison is doing.
Occupancy Plunges to 70% at San Francisco Luxury Apartment Towers across from Twitter Headquarters: a Broad Phenomenon by Wolf Richter • Dec 10, 2020 • 122 Comments While landlords are muttering, “And this too shall pass.”
How Many Renters Face Eviction when the Eviction Bans End? How Much Worse is it, Compared to the Good Times? by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2020 • 149 Comments Rent collection data from 11.5 million rental apartments.
“Exodus” in Full Swing: November Rents Swoon in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Los Angeles… But Skyrocket in Other Cities by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2020 • 126 Comments San Francisco rents plunged by stunning 27% in 18 months. But in 5 big cities, rents jumped by 20%+. But in some of the cheapest cities, rents dropped.
The State of the American Office: Suddenly Emptying Out Again Under the Second Wave by Wolf Richter • Dec 1, 2020 • 134 Comments Office occupancy plunged by the most in Dallas. In San Francisco, where it had already been rock-bottom, it dipped into the single digits.
Vacancy Rate at Iconic Manhattan Tower with 899 Apartments Hits 26%: This Shows How Fast & Massive the Exodus Has Been by Wolf Richter • Nov 30, 2020 • 130 Comments Then there’s the “single-asset” commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) backed only by the mortgage of this tower.
The State of American Restaurants, by City: The Catastrophe of the Second Wave by Wolf Richter • Nov 29, 2020 • 143 Comments Despite the rampant indoorification of outdoor dining.
Doubts Surface about “Valuations” of London Office Properties amid Conflicts of Interest by Nick Corbishley • Nov 19, 2020 • 24 Comments But these “valuations” are crucial to REITs and property mutual funds.
Why Simon Property Group & Brookfield Property, #1 & #2 Mall Landlords, Bought J.C. Penney and Other Collapsed Retailers out of Bankruptcy by Wolf Richter • Nov 11, 2020 • 113 Comments After years of brick-and-mortar meltdown, the Pandemic. Desperate measures are now required.
US Apartment Market Splits in Two, 100 Cities: Where Rents Jumped or Dropped the Most, Are Highest or Lowest by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2020 • 52 Comments Unemployment and work-from-home or work-from-anywhere are massively shifting where people want to live.
