Lincoln Property Pays $31.6MM for Golden Gate University’s San Francisco Campus, Plans 46-Story Tower
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 50th San Francisco story tracked on the wire in September 2026. All San Francisco coverage →
- Disclosed office deal value tracked in September 2026: $2.1B across 21 reported transactions. All Office coverage →
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Golden Gate University has vacated its longtime downtown San Francisco campus after finalizing the sale of the property to a developer proposing one of the city’s first new office towers since the pandemic, closing ou…
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