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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 An office shortage in San Francisco's existing high-tech district is aiding the revival of the Mid-Market neighborhood, as young companies migrate to a new hub with fast-rising rents. Asking rates on Market Street between Fifth Street and Van Ness Avenue jumped 18 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier to an average of $46.48 a square foot, data from brokerage CBRE Group show. Internet firms have driven the gains. The once-bleak stretch of largely empty buildings has had $2.4 billion in development and property sales since 2011, including projects by Hudson Pacific Properties, AvalonBay Communities and Shorenstein Properties, according to CBRE. San Francisco's surging job growth and scant new-office supply sparked the renewal, along with a 4.4 percent vacancy rate in the South of Market neighborhood that constrained growth there. "We knew there was going to be overflow, but … [Read more...] about Office rents rise in once-blighted Mid-Market

Just steps from Times Square and surrounded by Broadway theaters, the Row NYC hotel advertises itself as “more New York than New York,” bringing together “urban grit with grandeur.” But for months, it has been at the center of a humanitarian crisis. It is one of about 100 hotels and other facilities, from iconic skyscrapers to humble airport motels, that the city has converted into temporary housing for some of the 50,000 migrants who have arrived on buses from the southern border since last spring. The effort may ultimately cost as much as $4 billion over the next two years and could result in cuts to city services, the mayor has warned. For migrants, the housing, while at times imperfect, has provided welcome respite as they begin to eke out new lives in a frenetic city. And it has been something of a boon for hotels, which have suffered as the city tries to boost its economy as it emerges from the pandemic. Contracts obtained through Freedom of Information Law requests and a … [Read more...] about How Manhattan Hotels Became Refuges for Thousands of Migrants

0 Weather A wind advisory takes effect and there may be a few thunderstorms, too. Here's how much rain Martinez could see. Maggie Fusek and Lucas Combos , Patch Staff Posted Reply MARTINEZ, CA — Spring may have arrived, but blustery and soggy weather will be in place over Martinez and the East Bay into Wednesday, with temperatures likely to run unseasonably cool for most of the week ahead. After a sunny start to the week, the National Weather Service expects rain to roll in by Monday evening and intensify Tuesday before showers taper off mid-week. Mostly sunny days will be back in the forecast from Thursday onward. "Another storm system will move into the San Francisco Bay Area beginning late Monday night with the greatest wind and rain impacts anticipated on Tuesday," NWS Bay Area forecasters wrote Monday. "At this time, rain impacts are forecast to be less than previous storms, yet saturated soils will result in … [Read more...] about Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Martinez: 7-Day Forecast

0 Weather A wind advisory takes effect and there may be a few thunderstorms, too. Here's how much rain Lamorinda could see. Maggie Fusek and Lucas Combos , Patch Staff Posted Reply LAMORINDA, CA — Spring may have arrived, but blustery and soggy weather will be in place over Lamorinda and the East Bay into Wednesday, with temperatures likely to run unseasonably cool for most of the week ahead. After a sunny start to the week, the National Weather Service expects rain to roll in by Monday evening and intensify Tuesday before showers taper off mid-week. Mostly sunny days will be back in the forecast from Thursday onward. "Another storm system will move into the San Francisco Bay Area beginning late Monday night with the greatest wind and rain impacts anticipated on Tuesday," NWS Bay Area forecasters wrote Monday. "At this time, rain impacts are forecast to be less than previous storms, yet saturated soils will result … [Read more...] about Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Lamorinda: 7-Day Forecast

0 Weather A wind advisory takes effect and there may be a few thunderstorms, too. Here's how much rain Walnut Creek could see. Maggie Fusek and Lucas Combos , Patch Staff Posted Reply WALNUT CREEK, CA — Spring may have arrived, but blustery and soggy weather will be in place over Walnut Creek and the East Bay into Wednesday, with temperatures likely to run unseasonably cool for most of the week ahead. After a sunny start to the week, the National Weather Service expects rain to roll in by Monday evening and intensify Tuesday before showers taper off mid-week. Mostly sunny days will be back in the forecast from Thursday onward. "Another storm system will move into the San Francisco Bay Area beginning late Monday night with the greatest wind and rain impacts anticipated on Tuesday," NWS Bay Area forecasters wrote Monday. "At this time, rain impacts are forecast to be less than previous storms, yet saturated soils … [Read more...] about Next Bout Of Rain, Wind Heads For Walnut Creek: 7-Day Forecast

0 Community Corner Outages were impacting PG&E customers from Old Oak Park to downtown and Heather Farm Park. Maggie Fusek , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply WALNUT CREEK, CA — Nearly 9,000 customers were without power Tuesday evening in Walnut Creek because of weather-related outages, according to PG&E. As of 5 p.m., there were 2,175 impacted customers in the Old Oak Park and Tice Valley areas and 400 impacted customers in downtown Walnut Creek, the PG&E outage webpage showed. Another 1,921 customers were without power in the Heather Farm Park area and 335 customers were impacted in the Rancho San Miguel area. An outage impacting 4,439 started at 4:39 p.m. in the Lower Lakewood area. The outages come amid winds that have reached or exceeded 50 mph in much of the region. As of 4 p.m., there were 100,000 customers without power across the Bay Area. The National Weather Service said Mount … [Read more...] about Nearly 9K Without Power In Walnut Creek