KPMG Cuts San Francisco Footprint by a Third in Move to 96,300 SQFT at 505 Howard St.
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. San Francisco continues to clear office at the deepest discounts to 2019 basis seen in the cycle, while multifamily fundamentals have stabilized and life sciences in the Peninsula remains active. 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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- The second San Francisco story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All San Francisco coverage →
- Disclosed office deal value tracked in September 2026: $458.6M across 2 reported transactions. All Office coverage →
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KPMG’s new building puts it inside the same tower as roughly 100,000 square feet of Anthropic office space, part of an AI company footprint in the immediate area that now tops 900,000 square feet across two buildings.…
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