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Power 100: Greg Flynn
The local franchise magnate and billionaire is in expansion mode, taking his restaurant empire to Australia and extending across industries into gyms — the first of more lateral plays likely to come.
How low can they go? Here’s who’s buying San Francisco buildings at fire-sale prices
A combination of high interest rates, lower office utilization, and the retreat of major institutional investors from San Francisco’s commercial real estate market have conspired to create a once-in-a-lifetime situation.
SF Presents Real Estate Opportunity as City Dedicates to Tackling Homelessness
Greg Flynn, Flynn Properties & Flynn Group CEO and founder, joins CNBC’s ‘The Exchange’ to discuss why he’s betting big on San Francisco real estate, combatting the common sentiment that California is not business friendly, and more.
World's Largest Franchisee Makes Personal Bet on San Francisco’s Office Recovery
As far as San Francisco's notorious boom-and-bust real estate cycle goes, Greg Flynn has been around the block. After an especially rough time for the city, the real estate veteran is putting roughly $40 million behind his conviction that the city's...
Why San Francisco’s recovery is tied to its struggling hotel industry
The historic Huntington Hotel at the top of Nob Hill celebrated its 100th birthday while its doors were shuttered in 2022.
How Flynn Group Ascended to the Pinnacle of Restaurant Franchising
Already the world’s largest franchisee entity, Flynn Group is looking for so much more, whether that’s domestic, international, or breaking into new categories.
Flynn Properties refinances $800 million loan to scoop up more hotel stakes
It builds on the $1.1 billion deal in 2021 for majority stake in a nationwide select-service hotel portfolio.
Get a Room: A hotel news roundup on Huntington Hotel’s new owner, SF tourism improving
This week in Get a Room, SFGATE's roundup of news on hotels and accommodations around San Francisco, we chat with Greg Flynn, whose company Flynn Properties is one of the new owners of the stately Huntington Hotel on Nob Hill.
Huntington Hotel in San Francisco acquired by Flynn Properties, Highgate
The new owner plans a "massive renovation" in the tens of millions of dollars to restore the hotel's former glory and then some.
