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#office-buildings

We think the Illinois legislature should have better things to do than spend its time arguing about the gender-based configuration of restrooms in private businesses.Restaurants and office buildings are much better able to figure out how their customers and tenants would like to go to the bathroom and alongside whom.

Illinois was the No. 2 state for green building in 2022, second only to Massachusetts, according to an annual ranking released Tuesday by the U.S. Green Building Council.The state was No. 1 in 2021, and has ranked in the top 10 every year since the rankings began in 2010.Illinois is the only state to have topped the list five times, according to U.S. Green Building Council managing director of U.S. market transformation and development Rhiannon Jacobsen.

Smith Collection/Gado/Gado via Getty Images Rumors that Uber was abandoning one of its new office buildings in Mission Bay have been circulating since 2021.This week, CoStar News finally confirmed it was true and that the entire building at 1725 Third Street is for lease.This will slash Uber's splashy new San Francisco headquarters by about a third, releasing nearly 300,000 square feet onto the commercial real estate market.

Just three investment-grade office buildings in the San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose central business districts have traded hands so far this year, another sign of weakness for the beleaguered downtowns.With a week left in 2022, those sales - 300 Grant Ave. and 180 Townsend St. in San Francisco and 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland - represent total sales volume of $296 million, a fraction of annual pre-pandemic office investment activity, according to data from real estate services firm CBRE.

Since spending two months in Thailand working in orphanages around the country way back as a youth in 1999, the "Land of Smiles" and overwhelming heat has had a piece of my heart.I adore its people and like so many, its incredibly vibrant, often scorchingly spicy food.I've been back to Bangkok in recent years, marveling at the growth of its food and cocktail scenes, while I have warm memories traveling Thai cities like Chiang Rai and regions like the Isaan territory where many of my favorite dishes hail from.

A sign in a tech complex that Google has named its Brokaw Campus, located on Brokaw Road between North First Street and Bering Drive in north San Jose.SAN JOSE Google has moved into two San Jose buildings that are part of a huge tech campus where the search giant could eventually employ thousands if it fills all the buildings it has leased at that site.

The small auction held last week outside a Manhattan courthouse 11 bidders holding white paddles gathered around a plastic folding table seemed like the last-resort liquidation of some foreclosed house or deserted suburban office park.But the property being sold on the courthouse steps was different.

Gateway section near Water Company Building within Google's Downtown West transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose, concept.SAN JOSE  Google construction crews have begun in earnest the demolition and salvage of parts of an old downtown San Jose bakery building that's in the footprint of the tech titan's future transit village.

The halting effort to transform struggling New York City hotels into much-needed affordable housing appears to be moving forward, at long last: An airport hotel in Queens is set to be turned into a housing development with more than 300 units.The project, made public by developers on Wednesday, is the first under a 2021 state program designed to capitalize on the dip in tourism during the pandemic by making hotel conversions easier and cheaper.

Last year, we declared that New York City would lead the way on housing in America.Our city must remain a place where everyday New Yorkers can find and afford a place to live.We have set a moonshot goal of building 500,000 new homes for New Yorkers over the next decadeand to achieve this goal we must fight for new housing, new zoning, and innovation.

The city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is threatening to shut-off the water to commercial buildings and private homes where the owners have failed to pay the city millions in water bills, Mayor Eric Adams and DEP Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala announced on Monday.DEP started the process on May, 1, by distributing water shut-off notices to the owner of a commercial building as well as to the owners of two mega mansions who collectively owe the city more than $500,000.

As major cities like San Jose and San Francisco struggle with emptied out downtowns after the pandemic pushed huge swaths of people to remote work, discussion of converting empty offices to housing is gaining traction.The Office to Housing Conversion Act, or AB 1532, would allow certain office buildings to be converted to housing across the state.

When you gaze at London's skyline in the post-sunset hours, perhaps from one of the many of the capital's rooftop bars, it's hard not to be struck by the sea of light and colour that meets the eye.But one day in the future, it all could look a little different.New proposals by the City Of London Corporation could mean that some of London's skyscrapers could be required to switch off or dim their lights overnight to save energy.

Taiwan says people no longer have to wear masks at all times indoors - though some anti-Covid restrictions will stay in place.hree years into the global pandemic, people will still be required to wear masks in places like hospitals and medical institutions, as well as on public transport, the country's Central Epidemic Command Centre said on Monday.

OAKLAND Kaiser Permanente has sketched out plans to relocate more than 1,000 workers from Oakland to the health care provider's big campus in Pleasanton as part of a recalibration of its administrative operations.The move portends a fresh blow to Oakland's economy as the city attempts to recuperate from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

San Francisco, Jan 15 (IANS) As office rentals drop significantly in the city of San Francisco amid remote work and massive layoffs, Meta (formerly Facebook) and Microsoft are now vacating office buildings in Seattle and Bellevue in Washington State.The Seattle Times reported that Meta is reviewing "leases for Seattle-area office buildings."

SAN JOSE  Two tech companies have signed leases for big office buildings in north San Jose, providing a counterpoint to uncertainties over a return to the workplace in the Bay Area.Comet Technologies and Gener8, in separate transactions, have leased large office and research buildings that are part of the Montague Crossing tech campus at the corner of East Trimble Road and Junction Avenue in San Jose, according to public documents and Cushman & Wakefield commercial real estate brokers.

As Copenhagen celebrates becoming UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture for 2023, we have compiled 15 young architecture studios based in the city doing especially interesting and innovative work.Closely associated with household names like Bjarke Ingels, Henning Larsen and Arne Jacobsen, the Danish capital is well known for its architectural pedigree.

The famous Beverly Hills Golden Triangle - the three-sided street grid comprised of Rodeo Drive, Canon Drive, and Wilshire - is home to restaurants like Mírame and Avra along with upscale hotel dining and corporate chains like the Cheesecake Factory.Now there's also a casual, independent newcomer named the Beverly Bar in the area that's eager to step into the fray to attract those who work or live within walking distance while in need of cocktails, on-tap beers, crudo, Neapolitan-style pizza, or grilled branzino.

OAKLAND Office vacancy levels are rising in the Oakland area, but rents are also on the uptick as the real estate market confronts uncertainties over a wobbly economy, high prices and rising interest rates.The Oakland-area office vacancy rate was 18.6% during the October-through-December fourth quarter of 2022, according to a new report from CBRE, a commercial real estate firm.

STANFORD  Palo Alto leaders on Monday urged Stanford and Santa Clara County to consider the city's needs as the three draw up a new community plan for the sprawling university that addresses housing and transportation issues.During a study session on a new proposed community plan Monday  based in part on two previous plans crafted in 1985 and 2000  Palo Alto city council members urged Stanford University to pay more of its fair share in property taxes, deal with transportation issues plaguing the area and commit to building housing for students before expanding academic buildings.

Clockwise from left: Miki Naftali, Josh Zegen and Matt Salem (Photo-illustration by Kevin Rebong/The Real Deal)
When the Fed's no longer a friend.The recent rising interest rates force lenders and Boston condo brokers to the sidelines.Two years ago, the Federal Reserve was purchasing billions in mortgage-backed securities, reducing the rate it charged banks for loans and relaxing regulations on banks.

SAN JOSE  Three big downtown San Jose projects have gained final city approval in a decision that allows more than 900 homes and hundreds of thousands of square feet of offices to be built.The City Council has approved the Icon/Echo office and residential towers complex, the Bo Town residential tower and the SuZaCo office and retail project.

DeKalb Market Hall, one of the city's largest food halls that hosts over 35 local businesses including the iconic New York staple Katz's Deli is looking for mom and pop-run restaurants to take over vacant stands.The neon-lit 60,000 square-foot food hall opened in the basement of City Point BKLYN in 2017, offering a wide selection of international cuisine.