Kevin Nguyen

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.