News April 18, 2019 Google Expands Footprint in North San Jose, Mountain View By Rachel Sandler Google continues its rapid expansion with a pair of real estate deals that will increase its presence in north San Jose and Mountain View. Read More 11
News April 15, 2019 Developer Reduces Height of Proposed Santa Clara Office Building After Backlash By Rachel Sandler The project is still in its initial stages. An environmental impact report still has to be completed and ultimately, the city will have to approve it. Read More 2
News April 12, 2019 San Jose to Hang Rainbow Pride Flags Around Airport Chick-fil-A By Rachel Sandler The flags will make the airport eatery the “gayest Chick-fil-A in the country,” Councilman Raul Peralez declared. Read More 21
News April 9, 2019 Historic SJSU Track Field Slated to Become a Parking Garage By Rachel Sandler San Jose State will tear down a famed outdoor track and replace with a parking garage, prompting outrage from sports fans and alumni. Read More 5
News April 9, 2019 San Jose Exempts Developers From Paying $139 Million in Affordable Housing Fees By Rachel Sandler Some $138.5 million won’t be going into San Jose’s affordable housing fund this year because of exemptions to market-rate housing projects. Read More 9
News April 8, 2019 Google Unloads San Jose House Amid Plans for Transit Village By Rachel Sandler As Google moves fast to buy property in and around downtown, the tech giant made an unusual move last month: it sold land. Read More 5
News April 5, 2019 Developer Proposes Turning Former Lido’s Nightclub Building into Office, Retail Space By Rachel Sandler Urban Catalyst said it wants to redevelop the building on 30 S. First St. into a 76,000-square-foot mixed-use project. Read More 3
News April 1, 2019 Exclusive Private School to Open Silicon Valley Campus By Rachel Sandler An expensive New York-based private school attended by children of high-profile families is opening up a Silicon Valley location. Read More 5
News March 29, 2019 Investors Buy Land for Office Space in Sunnyvale’s Peery Park By Rachel Sandler Foster City-based SteelWave and Iowa-based Principal Real Estate Investors bought the 3.5 acre property for a reported $28 million. Read More 1
News March 26, 2019 San Jose Explores Universal Fee to Streamline City Planning By Rachel Sandler In an effort to simplify planning, San Jose mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing what would be a first-of-its-kind development fee. Read More 18
News March 25, 2019 San Jose Resident Launches Petition to Save Hillsborough’s Famed Flintstone House By Rachel Sandler The Change.org petition has already racked up over 12,000 signatures, and it seems likely to reach its goal of 15,000. Read More 7
News March 21, 2019 Highly-Paid Tech Workers Still Have a Hard Time Renting in SJ By Rachel Sandler San Jose rents are still crazy expensive—even for IT professionals making six figures, according to a new report by RentCafe. Read More 20
News March 19, 2019 Hillsborough Sues Owner of ‘Flintstone House,’ Calling $3 Mil Abode a ‘Public Nuisance’ By Rachel Sandler Media mogul Florence Fang has 30 days to respond to the lawsuit, which claims her house is not only tacky but a safety hazard. Read More 7
News March 15, 2019 As Residents Build Bigger Homes, Cupertino City Planners Turn to Software to Manage By Rachel Sandler Driven by an influx of wealthy residents looking to rebuild their homes, the city has turned to software to make zoning easier to grasp. Read More 3
News March 11, 2019 North San Jose Office Complex Bought by Local Investor Group By Rachel Sandler The deal was reportedly worth $47.8 million, and the buyers reportedly used a $33.5 million loan to finance the purchase. Read More 0
News March 6, 2019 Historic Woolworth Building Set for Tear-Down to Make Way for 22-Story Apartment Tower By Rachel Sandler The proposed 374-unit residential development by Alterra Worldwide follows a raft of forthcoming projects in the heart of San Jose. Read More 22