1+ week, 4+ day ago   (449+ words) SAN JOSE — Citing “strong tailwinds” for the Silicon Valley economy, a London-based investment group has bought a vast South Bay real estate portfolio of dozens of office and research buildings in San Jose, Santa Clara and Milpitas. The purchases by…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) WALNUT CREEK — An eight-story residential tower development recently greenlit by planning commissioners promises to add 104 new homes to downtown Walnut Creek. Upon completion, it would be the tallest building in the city’s commercial corridor. Bay Area firm Align Real Estate,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (141+ words) CAMPBELL — A merger of two real estate firms resulted in the purchase of a 348-unit apartment complex in Campbell. Avalon Campbell, at 508 Railway Ave., was bought for $147.3 million, documents filed on Aug. 21 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show....

3+ week, 2+ hour ago   (749+ words) It’s been a wild ride for commercial real estate the past few years. That’s what my trusty spreadsheet found when it reviewed July’s Green Street investment performance report for 12 slices of “institutional” properties — primarily large investments controlled by major property…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (346+ words) WALNUT CREEK — The owner of an empty department store at a high-profile corner in Walnut Creek has begun to scout for alternatives after Restoration Hardware, now officially known as RH, abruptly shelved its proposal to demolish and replace the building....

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (253+ words) SAN JOSE — A senior living apartment complex in San Jose has been bought by one of the nation’s largest real estate firms at a price that hints at rising values for this type of residential hub. The Novelle Senior Living…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (784+ words) SAN JOSE — The iconic IBM research center in south San Jose and chunks of adjacent empty land have landed a crucial city-approved rezoning — and have also enticed interest from developers in the site’s primary tech hub. Despite objections and opposition…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (405+ words) OAKLAND — An apartment complex in a bustling section of downtown Oakland has been foreclosed, marking the second time in just a few days that a lender has seized a housing hub in the city’s urban core. Mason at Hive, a 105-apartment…...

10+ mon, 2+ week ago   (427+ words) SAN JOSE — With financial help from Apple, Housing Trust Silicon Valley has launched a $200 million fund to fuel a greater pace of affordable residential development in the Bay Area. The regional organization said the new endeavor, which it describes as…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (190+ words) SUNNYVALE — Planetary Ventures, a Google subsidiary that has launched a renovation of the landmark Hangar One in Mountain View, recently sold a small building in Sunnyvale to a veteran Bay Area real estate firm. The Google unit sold a building…...