Google Nears Deal to Keep Entire 157,000 SQFT Sobrato Building in Mountain View
Why this matters
Office continues to trade in two distinct markets: trophy assets in walkable submarkets that are leasing at or near record rents, and commodity Class B and C buildings where the basis is still resetting. Underwriting on the latter has moved toward replacement-cost-minus, with credit underwriting now leaning on tenant covenant and remaining lease term rather than mark-to-market expectations. For LP-positioned capital, the read-through is that the bifurcation is now a structural feature of the sector, not a cycle to wait out.
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Google is closing in on a lease for an entire office building near its Mountain View headquarters, reversing earlier expectations that it would walk away from the property, even as the search giant continues shedding…
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