Category: Downtown
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Are Residential Conversions the Future for Underused Office Towers?

As downtown workplaces struggle to compete with remote work, real estate developers across the country are converting office towers to residential ones. Across the country, a new trend in real estate is emerging: Many of the iconic office towers that dot the skylines of cities from New York to San Francisco are going residential. A…
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Video: Michael Shvo talks of Transamerica Pyramid’s future
Developer addresses crowd at event marking the 50th anniversary of the Transamerica Pyramid, one of the most recognizable buildings of the San Francisco skyline. — Read on therealdeal.com/sanfrancisco/2022/12/19/video-michael-shvo-talks-of-transamerica-pyramids-future/
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Why I’m betting big on San Francisco

I’m investing $400 million toward reimagining the Transamerica Pyramid and its surrounding neighborhood. It’s because I believe in this city and what it stands for. https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/san-francisco-transamerica-neighborhood-17650989.php
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Tech’s Bust Delivers Bruising Blow to Hollowed-Out San Francisco

Job cuts and remote work are colliding to reshape the center of American innovation. San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower opened almost five years ago as a monument to the region’s tech-driven economy, piercing the skyline as the tallest office building on the US West Coast. It symbolized a boom for the city’s downtown, alongside a new futuristic…
