Essex Property Trust Buys San Jose’s 360 Residences for $133.5MM
By Vladimir Bosanac
Essex Property Trust, one of West Coast’s largest apartment REITs just closed on the purchase of the 213-unit apartment complex, 360 Residences, for $133.5 million, or roughly...
With Comprehensive Dumbarton Corridor Study Completed, Agencies Seek Feedback for Proposals and Funding
By Michele Chandler
The latest proposal to develop potential strategies designed to ease frequent traffic snarls along the Dumbarton corridor—a critical Bay Area transportation route—by bringing an old bridge back...
Report: With Some Recent Reprieve in Rent Growth, The Market Seems Poised for a...
By Michele Chandler
While San Francisco’s rental market remains one of the costliest in the nation—heavily fueled by the hot tech industry—the city posted a rent decline in July 2017...
Lane Partners’ Oakland Towers Project for 344 Units Advances
By Michele Chandler
A proposal by developer Lane Partners Inc. to transform two nearly empty plots of downtown Oakland land into two new residential towers was recently approved by Oakland...
Cupertino Rejects The Oaks Redevelopment Proposal
By Michele Chandler
The Cupertino City Council has denied a proposal by KT Urban to turn The Oaks Shopping Center, a 40-year-old, eight-acre retail center on Stevens Creek Boulevard, into...
San Francisco Selects AvalonBay and BRIDGE Housing Development Proposal for Balboa Reservoir Project
By Vladimir Bosanac
The City of San Francisco’s planning department announced yesterday the selection of a development team to lead the building of up to 1,100 units at the Balboa...
Los Gatos Imposes 45-Day Development Moratorium
By Michele Chandler
The Los Gatos Town Council has temporarily put the brakes on further development applications within the controversial North 40 development, which is bordered by Lark Avenue, Los...
A Piedmont Jewel Sparkles Again
By Michele Chandler; Photos by Liz Rusby
Built in 1913, the three-story mansion on King Avenue in the East Bay community of Piedmont hadn’t had any any substantial upgrades since the...
McNellis: Hollowing out the Museum
By John McNellis
“A full-fledged housing crisis has gripped California…” New York Times 17 July 2017
Yes, our housing crisis is so critical those envious bastards at the Times are proclaiming...
Proposals for Army’s 30-Acre Parcel in Mountain View Due This Week
By Michele Chandler
If federal government-owned land is likely exempt from city zoning laws, what are the implications for any development proposed for 30 acres of land in Mountain View...
