Sarah Klearman

Eight leading Midwestern universities are opening “Third Coast Foundry,” a new base in San Francisco for collaboration. This hub will bring students, researchers, and entrepreneurs to a 3,500-square-foot workspace in South Park, where university startups and researchers can engage directly with San Francisco’s innovation ecosystem. The participating universities include: - Carnegie Mellon University - Northwestern University - The Ohio State University - Purdue University - University of Chicago - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - University of Wisconsin–Madison - Washington University in St. Louis San Francisco is the global hub of innovation and with another investment from leading institutions of higher education, we are accelerating our city’s recovery and strengthening our city center as a place where people live, work, play, and learn. I look forward to welcoming students and leaders from the Midwest and partnering with these universities to open our doors to the next generation of innovators.

More than 60 CEOS of Minnesota-based companies just put out an open letter “With yesterday’s tragic news, we are calling for an immediate deescalation of tensions and for state, local and federal officials to work together to find real solutions.” mnchamber.com/blog/open-lett…

If you're watching our Minnesota @StarTribune coverage of the crisis in our state, & wondering how you can support it, here's how: startribune.com/essential-repo… [photo: Alex Kormann]

Everyone should be reading (and subscribing) to the Minnesota Star Tribune. @startribune

Awful news. post-gazette.com/local/city/202…

Huge news for West Oakland's Mandela Station (!) just hit the tape from @hannah_kanik: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

BREAKING: The latest site to be swept up in the Align-Safeway redevelopment tear is the Marina, where the developer today said it proposed a 790-unit, 25-level residential project. More here: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

also in the hopper today... New York firm in talks to acquire 45 Fremont, teeing up that deal as possibly the largest closed in SF in years: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

!!!! huge sf apartment/new construction news from @CREatlbiz just hit the tape: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

This just in and a must read from @calexbearera …. some of SF Centre’s last tenants are being told to get out: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Yesterday, I spoke to San Franciscans about a potential federal deployment in our city. I said then what I have said since taking office, that keeping San Franciscans safe is my top priority. Late last night, I received a phone call from the President of the United States. I told him the same thing I told our residents: San Francisco is on the rise. Visitors are coming back, buildings are getting leased and purchased, and workers are coming back to the office. We have work to do, and we would welcome continued partnerships with the FBI, DEA, ATF, and U.S. Attorney to get drugs and drug dealers off our streets, but having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery. We appreciate that the president understands that we are the global hub for technology, and when San Francisco is strong, our country is strong. In that conversation, the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning. My team will continue to monitor the situation closely, and our city remains prepared for any scenario. I am profoundly grateful to all the San Franciscans who came together over the last several days. Our city leaders have been united behind the goal of public safety. And our values have been on full display—this is the best of our city.

Debt behind 123 Mission is now poised to change hands, which puts the whole building in play some six years after Juul first indiciated it wanted to offload the property. Latest:

The governor just signed SB 79, a new law from Sacramento that allows taller buildings within half a mile of our city’s many transit stops.   Some San Franciscans are understandably concerned about the impact that this this new state law could have on our neighborhoods and our local control.   That’s why my office worked to secure changes to the final bill. These amendments ensure that the neighborhoods in the Family Zoning Plan will not be impacted by this new state law.   If the Board of Supervisors passes the Family Zoning Plan, those neighborhoods are exempt from SB 79.   I look forward to working with the Board of Supervisors to pass Family Zoning, our plan to make sure the next generation of San Franciscans can afford to raise their kids here, while protecting what makes our city one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Ridge Capital Investors is in talks to acquire debt backed by 201 California St., the San Francisco Business Times has learned. bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Scoooop from @hannah_kanik: Premier Nutrition bulks up at Clif Bar's former HQ, landing one of Emeryville's biggest office deals since pandemic bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Yet more breaking news in @SFBusinessTimes this morning as Redco Development closed its $55 million bid for Wells Fargo's longtime San Francisco headquarters. The investor has big plans to remake the building: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Harvest Properties and TPG Real Estate snapped up a huge chunk of Broadcom's Palo Alto campus for about $115 million, or $104 per square foot, sources tell @CREatlbiz: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Good one from @ted_d_andersen and @calexbearera about the Four Seasons Private Residences, where more homes have sold this year to date than the last two years combined: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

Scoop from @SFBusinessTimes's @hannah_kanik: @WellsFargo renews for 257,000 square feet in the East Bay: bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…

And don't miss @CREatlbiz's excellent profile of Anne Taupier, the economic development chief tasked with jumpstarting SF's construction pipeline. "We’ve made it too hard to build housing,” she said. “And I think we have been paying the price.” bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/n…