Roland Li
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Business Reporter @sfchronicle.com Author of "Good Luck Have Fun: The Rise of eSports" Waiting for Slay the Spire 2 while painting Death Guard.
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Indie SF studio @supergiantgames.bsky.social's "Hades" sold millions of copies. Its sequel could be even bigger and is now out!
sfchronicle.com/tech/article... 📸: Yolanda James
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Exclusive: The former Mid-Market HQ of Zendesk will be auctioned off after losing 80% of its value and the landlord defaulted on its mortgage. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Zendesk left for 181 Fremont and previously benefited from the controversial "Twitter tax break."
Exclusive: Former Mid-Market tech HQ to be auctioned after losing 80% of its value
Owner 1019 Market St. LP bought the property for $48 million in 2014. After a default in April, the property will be auctioned off in a foreclosure sale.
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Perfect for me! Looking forward to it.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office disputed a new report from California’s auditor that said remote work 3x a week could save state $225 million a year via office space reductions. sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Newsom ordered 4 days in the office for state workers but delayed order until 2026.
Newsom disputes California auditor’s report that remote work could save state $225 million a year
The auditor's report found that the state could potentially cut its office space by around 30% across seven large buildings, if it allowed workers to remain remote for three days a week.
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Hilton Union Square, SF's biggest hotel, and Parc 55 have been in foreclosure for around two years. The properties, which total nearly 3,000 hotel rooms combined, are now on the verge of being sold, despite four deadline extensions: www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...
Two of S.F.’s largest hotels are on the verge of being sold, despite repeated delays
The two hotels are some of the biggest buildings in the city, and investment interest could be a sign that downtown is rebounding from its pandemic-inflicted struggles.
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Exclusive: Apple to buy Sunnyvale office complex for $365 million in its third massive Bay Area deal this year. sfchronicle.com/realestate/a...

That's $882 million in spending for nine buildings.
Exclusive: Apple to buy another Silicon Valley campus for $365 million
Apple has been on a Bay Area real estate spending spree, with three deals totaling $882 million.
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"Insanely competitive" SF apartment rents surge 11%, the highest rate in the country: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/a... U.S. down 0.7% in last year

Bidding wars and crammed open houses are back. AI, return to office and only a trickle of new development is making this summer feel like the 2010s.
San Francisco rent prices surge in ‘landlord’s market.’ Here’s what’s going on
San Francisco’s median apartment rent surged 11% in June compared with a year earlier, the highest increase in the country, and the city’s median rent is the highest since 2020.
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