SHoP Architects-Designed YouTube HQ Expansion Approved By San Bruno City Council

BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON OCTOBER 22, 2021 San Bruno, CA- The San Bruno City Council has approved plans for Google to expand YouTube’s headquarters with over two million square feet of office space, potential housing, shops, and a hotel as part of the Bayhill Specific Plan. The project will extend across five separate phases. Phase one starts with SHoP Architects-designed offices at 1300 Bayhill Drive and 1350 Grundy Lane, San Bruno, San Mateo County. The nearly half a million square foot phase. HLW is the architect of record. Youtube CEO Susan Wojcicki published a press release celebrating the approval, stating that “through the full development plan, YouTube’s …

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CBRE Capital Markets Arranges Sale & Financing of a Creative Office Building in San Francisco

San Francisco, CA – CBRE Capital Markets’ announces the sale and financing for a creative office building at 153 Townsend Street. The nine-story, 179,000 square-foot Class A building is located across from Oracle Park in the SOMA district of San Francisco. CBRE’s San Francisco Investment Sales team, comprised of Mike Taquino, Kyle Kovac, and Giancarlo Sangiacomo, advised on the transaction with the Seller American Realty Advisors and the Buyer Ellis Partners. The purchase is the first investment in Ellis Partners’ EPNY investment vehicle which was formed to acquire and manage core office, industrial and retail properties in the San Francisco Bay …

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Real Estate Allies Buy Choice Downtown Oakland Site, Eye New Tower

OAKLAND, CA — A prime site for development in downtown Oakland has been bought by real estate allies that are eyeing the property as the location of a modern office tower. The property where the office high-rise could sprout is located at 1919 Webster St. at the corner of 19th Street in downtown Oakland. Ellis Partners, a veteran Bay Area developer, and Intercontinental Real Estate, a real estate firm with a nationwide reach, have teamed up to buy and develop the property. The development alliance paid $23.5 million for the property, according to documents filed on April 2 with the Alameda County Recorder’s …

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