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1 day ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn |Rya Jetha
The CEO made the announcement after Tesla shares took its worst beating since 2022 in the stock market. With Tesla shares down 41% so far in 2025, Elon Musk said his time allocation to the Department of Government Efficiency will “drop significantly” starting next month. The announcement was made during the opening remarks of Tesla’s quarterly earnings call on Tuesday. Tesla’s stock suffered its worst quarterly drop since 2022 in the period that ended in March.
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2 days ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
Forge Development Partners outlined its new financing strategy to build 1,200 homes after federal subsidies were “clawed back” this year. An office-to-housing conversion project touted as the first of its kind since the pandemic is running months behind schedule — but the developer behind it says he’s dramatically expanding his plans to build new housing in the downtown core. In September, the architect-turned-developer Richard Hannum threw himself a “kick-off” party at the Humboldt Bank Building.
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6 days ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
SF’s largest complex was supposed to add 10,000 homes, but its development timeline is littered with stops and scandals. For nearly two decades, San Franciscans have been sold a pipe dream about Parkmerced. The 3,221-unit development, hastily built in the aftermath of World War II, spans some 152 acres of the west side, adjacent to San Francisco State University, the Stonestown Galleria, and some of the country’s best golf courses.
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1 week ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
By Kevin V. NguyenPublished Apr. 16, 2025 • 12:28pmA prime piece of federal real estate in Silicon Valley has been auctioned off to a San Francisco buyer. On Tuesday, an entity tied to developer Presidio Bay Ventures emerged as the highest bidder for a 17-acre campus at 345 Middlefield Road in Menlo Park, home to Meta and other tech giants.
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1 week ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Truong |Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
When a developer is a world-famous celebrity, bargaining with labor becomes a whole new game. The news that Stephen Curry wanted to pursue his post-NBA career in San Francisco rather than hightailing it to New York or Los Angeles was a much-needed win in a city struggling to find its groove again.
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2 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
The Transamerica Pyramid and One Market Plaza have both gone through periods of rebirth over the decades. One seems to be succeeding at the expense of the other. For more than two decades, the international law firm Morgan Lewis called One Market Plaza its home in San Francisco. The property, which features two office towers flanked by a historical annex, sits at the terminus of Market Street, with unobstructed views of the Embarcadero waterfront and Bay Bridge.
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2 weeks ago | 
soccerbayarea.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
Bruce Arena has lived many lives. But at his heart, he is still a Virginia guy. First as head coach at the University of Virginia for two decades; at D.C. United when it was first launched; and then with the national team where he worked out of his primary residence in Charlottesville. That’s a storybook ending in its own right. But history has a funny way of coming around when you’ve been coaching for as long as Arena has.
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2 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn
The social media giant amassed more than 1 million square feet in the East Bay during its last period of expansion. From an office leasing standpoint, Meta was once bursting at the seams. Now, it’s continuing its multi-year contraction. The company is closing three underutilized office buildings, spanning nearly 200,000 square feet, at its sprawling Dumbarton campus in Fremont, a spokesperson confirmed.
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2 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn |Kevin Truong
The Warriors superstar was about to demolish a structure for a new office for his burgeoning business empire. Less than a month after announcing it was ready to build a new office building in San Francisco, Thirty Ink — a collection of Stephen Curry’s eight businesses and 13 entities — said the project is cancelled because of a dispute with a local carpenter’s union.
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3 weeks ago | 
sfstandard.com | Kevin Nguyen |Kevin Nguyễn |Rya Jetha
When Zach Pretzell was laid off from his software engineering role at a space technology company at the end of 2023, he didn’t expect to still be on the job hunt eight months later. Despite applying to dozens of open positions in the alleged tech capital of the world, with what he thought were strong credentials, he failed to attract a single job offer. “I was so demoralized,” said Pretzell, who chose a career in tech for its stability. “I’d see other software engineers making $200,000.
