??????? This week in Bay Area business: The nation’s most expensive zip code; soaring vacancies; hot air and blue cheese, and more.

Pricey real estate, empty offices, a fleeing baseball team and moonshot future town? All this and more in another week of Bay Area business.

Emeryville's life sciences vacancy rate skyrockets to 37% by Hannah Kanik

Life science vacancies have ripped through the East Bay, and one city has been hit harder than the rest. Read more.?

Bay Area town ranks as most expensive ZIP code in the nation?

This Bay Area town is home to Steph and Ayesha Curry and a bunch of tech billionaires. Oh, and it's also home to the nation's most expensive zip code according to new housing data. Read more.

Brex makes C-suite hire out of Affirm as fintechs rise on regulators’ radar by Mark Calvey

Fast-growing fintech Brex has made a key compliance hire. As increased regulation hits the sector, is this an IPO signal? Read more.

What's the impact of A's move from Oakland? Nearly 600 jobs by Ron Leuty

The A’s will play their last game at the Coliseum this year. As the team gets ready to depart for Sacramento and then Las Vegas, what does that mean for the local economy?? Read more.?

A Berkeley alt-cheese startup went viral. The product wasn’t ready by Sara B.

Climax Foods won prizes and big name fans like Stephen Colbert for its alt-cheese offerings. But now the titillation is turning to questions as the race to come first in the booming vegan cheese market intensifies.

Is this a case of startup hubris??Read more.

The week in real estate

• California Forever pulls ballot measure for utopian city in Solano County
• Warriors, partners look to refinance office buildings part of Chase Center campus
• Goldman Sachs and Ballast Investments surrender some 1,200 San Francisco apartments to lender

• South of Market megaprojects could pivot from office to residential under newly proposal from San Francisco Mayor London Breed

EXCLUSIVE COVER STORY

Hot Steam and Cold Cash by Ted Andersen

The new owner of San Francisco's aging steam system envisions a carbon-free future rising from underground. Read more.

This fast growing restaurant group is looking to expand in S.F. by Alex Barreira

Ka?s Bouzidi is eyeing more space and concepts as the Bay Area restaurant scene adjusts to a post-pandemic world where downtown is different and Fridays aren’t Fridays anymore. Read more.?

ICYMI Here’s what else you need to know

• Cruise is still costing GM billions, but automaker promises spending cuts are coming
• S.F. hospitality workers to vote on strike authorization as hotel contract negotiations heat up
• New Alaska Lounge lands at SFO. Here’s a sneak peek

Moonshots and Doom Loops

This weekly Bay Area business? round-up is written by Simon Campbell, special projects editor at the San Francisco Business Times. Reach out with news tips, questions or comments: [email protected].

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