San Jose is now home to the South Bay’s first unionized cannabis dispensary. An announcement just after noon on Friday at San Jose City Hall detailed the partnership between MedMen and the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 5 union. This will be an expansion of the union partnership into the South Bay, as MedMen...
San Jose lawmakers feared Google might build elsewhere, private transcripts show
San Jose’s negotiations with Google have dominated headlines over the past two years, but only a handful of the City Council’s conversations about selling key pieces of land near Diridon Station happened at public meetings. The rest — 14 of them — happened behind closed doors where city leaders got down to the brass tacks...
Residents brace for 8×8’s move next to busy Campbell intersection
Campbell officials celebrated the day San Jose-based 8×8 announced it would become the city’s largest employer by moving its headquarters to a busy part of the small South Bay city in the new year. But rather than excitement, some residents or neighbors can only muster anxiety about the news of the move. The office it’s set...
Report: Bay Area developers see headwinds in housing market
A new report forecasting the real estate market in California shows a fairly sunny outlook for the Bay Area, though it notes the region may be facing some headwinds where it matters most: housing. The report, called the Commercial Real Estate Survey, is released semi-annually by prominent California law firm Allen Matkins and the UCLA...
Developer digs in on new building near Santana Row as office demand surges
One of the most anticipated office developments in San Jose got underway this week as the first of the planned buildings broke ground across the street from the popular mixed-use shopping center, Santana Row. The development, dubbed Santana West, has city approval for nearly 1 million square feet of office space, but developer Federal Realty...
San Jose Public Library faces off with LinkedIn over privacy concerns
The San Jose Public Library is locked in a standoff with LinkedIn, and the library director says unless the company continues to allow library patrons to access its online classes confidentially — as it has for years under its former name, Lynda.com — they’ll have to drop the service. Lynda.com was founded in 1995 by...
San Jose accused of violating state law and losing records in Google negotiations
Two groups suing San Jose over an alleged lack of transparency in negotiations with Google to sell publicly-owned land for a massive development in the city’s downtown say the city violated open meeting laws by discussing details of the project privately and failed to keep some recordings of those discussions as required by city law....
NextSpace coworking office in downtown San Jose closing
Coworking is on the rise in Silicon Valley, but one popular coworking space in downtown San Jose will close its doors. After eight years, NextSpace on 97 S. 2nd Street will close on Aug. 31 after its lease was not renewed. At least 24 companies and individuals will be scrambling to find a new office...
Google announces first housing investment from $1B commitment
Google announced Wednesday how it will spend the first $50 million of its $1 billion housing commitment in the Bay Area. The Mountain View-based tech giant is set to invest the funds to the Housing Trust Silicon Valley’s TECH fund, an initiative launched about two years ago by the San Jose nonprofit to offer low-interest...
Verizon announces ‘innovation hub’ as it preps for move to San Jose
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced it will co-develop and lease to purchase a portion of the Coleman Highline development in San Jose, where its Verizon Media team will work. The company plans to employ 3,400 people in about 640,000 square feet of office space at the Coleman Highline campus, including 2,400 workers that are currently...