Laura Waxmann

@laura_waxee

Business reporter for @sfchronicle: CRE, development, downtown. Formerly @SFBusinessTimes, @sfexaminer, @MLnow, @eltecolotesf. 💌 [email protected]

San Francisco

Joined July 2010

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · May 18, 2021

Honored by the first place award from @CNPAservices for land use reporting! Shout out to @MattN365, @SVBizJody & all other hardworking journos out there👏👏

CCA News Publishers Association@CNPAservices · May 18, 2021

Land-Use Reporting Weeklies: First: @SFBusinessTimes, Laura Waxmann (@laura_waxee), Land-Use Reporting, Weeklies: 11,001 - 25,000 Second: @svbizjournal, Matthew Niksa (@MattN365), Jody Meacham (@SVBizJody), Land-Use Reporting, Weeklies: 4,301 - 11,000 cnpa.com/?page_id=13196…

Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 24

A new generation of startups is setting up shop in SoMa, bringing fresh energy back to a neighborhood hit hard the past few years. I'm proud to see this momentum building downtown.

SSan Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle · Jul 24

The company is part of a wave of tech startups with ambitious hiring goals that are activating those long vacant spaces in downtown San Francisco. sfchronicle.com/realestate/art…

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · 19 h

A #SanFrancisco housing tale as old as time... Great reporting by @rolandlisf for @sfchronicle. shorturl.at/t6Div

laura_waxee's tweet card. 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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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 24

Not long ago, #SanFrancisco's SoMa was deemed a “no show zone” by some of the city’s brokers due to quality of life issues & big empty tech offices. Now, AI startups with ambitious hiring goals are finding new value in the struggling area. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/RCWx5

laura_waxee's tweet card. The company is part of a wave of tech startups with ambitious hiring goals that are activating those long vacant spaces in downtown San Francisco.

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 19

#SanFrancisco 🌁🫶

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 17

NEW: An effort to loosen a private prison corp.'s decades-long grip on a historic building in #SanFrancisco’s Tenderloin was blocked after a city board found no zoning violations related to the operations of a halfway house at the property. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/zjnKJ

laura_waxee's tweet card. An effort to loosen a prison corporation’s grip on a historic building in San Francisco was blocked after no violations were found in connection to the operations of a halfway house at the...

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 11

EvenUp, once a fully remote AI startup, is opening a downtown SF office—because they know top talent is here. To all entrepreneurs: San Francisco is a global hub for innovation, and if you're building a business, this is where you need to be!

SSan Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle · Jul 11

With the city’s AI industry bubbling and startups planting their flags in downtown, the remote company is pulling the trigger on a physical headquarters to ensure they don’t miss out on top talent. sfchronicle.com/realestate/art…

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Roland Li@rolandlisf · Jul 11

New tower plan would be tallest on the West Coast: sfchronicle.com/sf/article/new… @SFjkdineen

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 11

NEW: For more than 2 years, signage in the papered windows of a beloved #SanFrancisco restaurant's new downtown location has read "coming soon." But its doors remain shut. What happened to Don Ramon's? We have answers. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/yF1W5

laura_waxee's tweet card. A Mexican restaurant popular with San Francisco’s city leaders closed in 2023, promising a return later that year. The dream isn’t dead, but its future remains murky.

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 9

Yesterday's scoop: @Kilroyrealty is on the verge of what appears to be its largest lease deal in #SanFrancisco since 2019 — and, surprise! It's with an artificial intelligence startup. @sfchronicle tinyurl.com/na9suj8j

laura_waxee's tweet card. After a tough pandemic recovery, San Francisco’s office market is now showing signs of a very slow recovery period — largely thanks to demand for new offices from AI startups.

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 8

As a wave of distressed debt swept over #SanFrancisco scores of landlords fought to hang on to their real estate. For many, the fight continues. Tenants living in buildings seized by lenders are often fighting as well—for essential repairs. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/mazPz

laura_waxee's tweet card. The building’s tenants say they have been stuck inside the downtown property without a functioning elevator and without maintenance support.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa · Jul 2

California finally passed CEQA reform. Will it stop housing roadblocks? By @SaraLibby @SFjkdineen and @laura_waxee sfchronicle.com/california/art…

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jul 1

The lavish #SanFrancisco mansion of late Sen. Dianne Feinstein and financier Richard Blum traded hands last week in an all cash deal. Could a young woman who lives in New York City be the buyer? @sfchronicle shorturl.at/ZJ74G

laura_waxee's tweet card. The three-story, 1917 Italianate mansion at 2460 Lyon St. sits on San Francisco’s famed Lyon Street steps, at the foot of Vallejo Street.

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Demian Bulwa@demianbulwa · Jun 30

Exclusive: Dianne Feinstein’s lavish S.F. mansion has sold. Here is what we know By @laura_waxee sfchronicle.com/realestate/art…

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 30

Exclusive: Late Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s lavish mansion in a stretch of #SanFrancisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood known as “Billionaire’s Row," has a new owner. Here are the details👇 @sfchronicle #RealEstate shorturl.at/45Vev

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 30

Members of #SanFrancisco's arts community were caught off-guard by a planned policy change related to how the city distributes arts funding, warning that it would jeopardize public projects &further constrict the budgets of working artists. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/PuC1a

laura_waxee's tweet card. San Francisco leaders have said arts and culture are keys to the city’s revival. Yet, a new policy from City Hall will make it more difficult for artists and nonprofits to receive funding.

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 28

NEW: #SanFrancisco’s art institutions have been in choppy waters since pandemic with declining attendance & outside efforts to cut funding. Now they’re feeling the squeeze from City Hall, which is seeking stricter control of #arts grants. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/lVst5

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 24

“This organization does not have the capacity, it has repeatedly failed to perform and it’s time for the city to move on." The Mexican Museum's future in downtown #SanFrancisco is at risk after it missed a key fundraising deadline. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/iSVhS

laura_waxee's tweet card. The future of San Francisco’s Mexican Museum is in jeopardy after the beleaguered organization missed a key fundraising deadline for the construction of its long-gestating downtown location.

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 23

Leasing activity is picking up momentum, another sign of our economic recovery. While there’s still work to do, we are headed in the right direction.

LLaura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 23

#SanFrancisco #office vacancy increased earlier this year, but the trend didn't last: Leasing momentum that’s been building over past year spilled into Q2 2025, and real estate insiders say the outlook is more positive than it's been years. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/CF4yX

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 23

laura_waxee's tweet card. “This is the best quarter we’ve seen, because we finally saw availability tick down for the first time in five years,” a San Francisco market analyst said about the city’s long-suffering...

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Laura Waxmann@laura_waxee · Jun 23

Exclusive: #SanFrancisco's Mexican Museum is further away than ever from making its long-gestating downtown location a reality after missing a key fundraising deadline this month. @sfchronicle shorturl.at/W2xYf

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