Sunnyvale's Cityline Draws Office Tenants
- Databricks and CrowdStrike signed major leases at Sunnyvale’s Cityline, giving the downtown project two marquee office tenants as Bay Area urban cores struggle. - Databricks took 305,000 square feet at 200 West Washington, while CrowdStrike leased about 150,000 square feet next door at 250 West Washington. - Downtown vacancies above 30% in San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco are steering demand toward amenity-rich suburban hubs. (mercurynews.com)
Sunnyvale’s Cityline is landing big office tenants while downtown San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco remain weighed down by high vacancy. (mercurynews.com) (sanjosespotlight.com) Databricks signed a 305,000-square-foot lease at 200 West Washington in July 2025 and said it plans to move into the Sunnyvale office in late 2026. (databricks.com) CrowdStrike then finalized a lease for about 150,000 square feet at 250 West Washington, the Cityline building next door, in a deal reported in September 2025. (costar.com) Those two deals gave Cityline the kind of large-block leasing that has been scarce in Bay Area downtowns since remote work upended office demand. (costar.com) (mercurynews.com) Sunnyvale’s pitch is not just office space. Cityline sits in a 36-acre downtown redevelopment area near Caltrain and mixes offices with housing, restaurants, retail and public space. (sunnyvale.ca.gov) (svvoice.com) The project’s developers said in March 2025 that Cityline had passed 75% leased on both its commercial and residential space, with commercial occupancy above 80%. (svvoice.com) San José Spotlight reported Sunnyvale’s office vacancy rate at 18% in Cushman & Wakefield’s 2025 second-quarter market analysis, below Santa Clara’s 21.9% and Mountain View’s 30.5%. (sanjosespotlight.com) Cityline’s backers say prospective tenants are prioritizing transit access, location and nearby shops and restaurants, rather than isolated campuses with amenities hidden inside the building. (costar.com) (sanjosespotlight.com) That helps explain why Sunnyvale is filling space as the Bay Area’s biggest downtowns keep searching for a broader office rebound. (mercurynews.com) (sanjosespotlight.com)
