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The Residency Fills Three Former Academy of Art Dorms With 60 Startup Founders Paying Rent in Cash or Equity

Via The Registry · October 17, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · October 17, 2026

Why this matters

Commercial real estate continues to digest a multi-year reset in cost of capital. Transaction velocity is below the 2019-2021 trend but improving, cap rates have stabilized across most stabilized property types, and the bid-ask gap has narrowed materially in the past two quarters. Sponsors with permanent capital and operating platforms have an advantage in the current execution environment. The next twelve months will continue to reward underwriting discipline and operational sophistication over balance-sheet aggression.

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Excerpt from The Registry:
The Residency, a live-work program for startup founders, has filled three former Academy of Art University dorms in Pacific Heights, Van Ness and Lower Nob Hill with roughly 60 entrepreneurs who pay about $2,000 a mon…
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