Lurie Advances Plan for Freedom West 2.0; Would Bring 2,400 Apartments to Western Addition
Why this matters
Multifamily has been the most actively underwritten sector through the rate cycle, with cap rate compression resuming in Sun Belt and gateway markets as 2024-2025 deliveries roll off and refinance demand on 2021-vintage bridge loans clears. Transaction velocity is up modestly, concentrated in stabilized Class A and grocery-adjacent garden assets. 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. Allocators continue to favor residential for its income durability and its insulation from secular demand questions that still hang over commercial sectors.
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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie on Wednesday introduced legislation to advance Freedom West 2.0, a long-planned project in the Western Addition neighborhood that could bring nearly 2,400 new homes to the neighborhood…
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