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SAN JOSE — The Bay Area’s three largest downtown districts suffered sky-high levels of empty offices in the third quarter of 2023 even as tech companies slashed their workplace footprints, a new real estate report shows. Office vacancies…
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The Blue Angels flying squadron flies in front of the Golden Gate Bridge while practicing for its SF Fleet Week performance over the San Francisco Bay Area on Oct.10, 2019.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEWith a government shutdown looking more…
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FREMONT — A tech titan that has been trimming Bay Area jobs has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to buy several office buildings in the East Bay that the company has been leasing. Lam Research has spent $250 million to buy three…
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The number of babies born in Canada dropped to a 17-year-low last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a declining fertility rate, data shows. A Statistics Canada report released Tuesday showed there were 351,679 births registered…
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SAN JOSE — Roku has decided to slash its office footprint in San Jose as it seeks to sublease two big office buildings at its headquarters campus near the city’s airport, regulatory and real estate documents show. Internet company…
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MOUNTAIN VIEW — The owner of a prominent, empty office building in Mountain View has tumbled into default on their loan, fresh evidence that financial woes have widened for the Bay Area’s wobbly commercial real estate market. The office…
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Public health officials say the number of COVID-19 infections is climbing again — just in time for respiratory virus season in the fall and winter, when respiratory syncytial virus and influenza also come on the scene. Health Canada…
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SAN JOSE — Some high-profile companies are eyeing office space at Santana Row in San Jose — including deals that may trigger their exit from the city’s struggling downtown, several industry sources say. PwC, a professional services giant…
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