Moving was inevitable. That’s what Exhibition District executive director Erin Salazar kept in mind when securing a vacant building space for Local Color, a spot for budding artists to produce their work. After city officials in February approved the demolition of the building on 27 South First Street to make way for a mixed-use residential and...
San Jose looks to boost energy resiliency in wake of wildfire-driven blackouts
Since the California Public Utilities Commission decided to allow energy providers to unilaterally turn off the lights when the risk for wildfires is high, San Jose lawmakers want to know how it will affect the more than one million residents in the city. In a new memo, Mayor Sam Liccardo, Vice Mayor Chappie Jones and Councilmembers Sergio...
New report: Google campus will lead to $235M more in rent spikes
With Silicon Valley residents already sacrificing health to pay their rent, a new report says living in the region is about to get much more expensive for local renters. Google’s proposed mega-campus will hike local rents up, causing tenants to pay five times more in rent than the city expects to collect in tax revenues...
Uber’s flying vehicles may land at Santa Clara’s massive ‘Related’ development
When Santa Clara’s massive mixed-use development, known as Related Santa Clara, shapes up in the coming years, it may be one of the first in the Bay Area to come with a new flying rideshare “skyport” by Uber. Uber Elevate, a team within the San Francisco-based rideshare giant Uber Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday that it...
Jay Paul Co. continues downtown San Jose buying spree
San Francisco developer Jay Paul Co.’s buying spree in downtown San Jose hasn’t yet slowed. On Friday, the company spent $100 million on two slices of land at 200 Park Ave. and 282 S. Almaden Blvd. That marks its third major property purchase in the city’s downtown in less than a year. Jay Paul Co....
San Jose Job Corps transforms lives of at-risk youth
Jezrrel Linares dreamt of becoming a veterinarian, but the animal lover was bored by his classes at Silver Creek High School and knew he didn’t have the grades to support such an endeavor. With no motivation to continue, he started ditching school. His two older brothers went through the training program at San Jose Job Corps and...
Prime downtown San Jose tower sale to shatter records
One of downtown San Jose’s most prominent office towers, known as 50 West, or the KQED building, is set to sell to developer Jay Paul Co. in a deal that industry insiders say will break records and set a new high-water mark for commercial space in the city’s urban core. “It certainly as recognizable a...
San Jose: Major Alum Rock development spurred by unusual zoning law
For years, San Jose has taken a hard stance against using commercial land for housing — despite the region’s excruciating housing shortage — to bolster economic activity in a city desperately seeking to shed its image as a “bedroom community.” But in a East San Jose neighborhood whose streets are lined with minority-owned businesses, those...
New retailer to move into vacant San Jose building after community pressure
After nearly four years of being dark, an abandoned San Jose building that attracted rats, crime and blight will finally reopen after residents piled pressure on the landlord and City Hall. The shuttered Nob Hill store at 7076 Santa Teresa Boulevard will reopen as a Grocery Outlet next fall. “There hasn’t been anything there for a long...
Plan to turn old San Jose hospital into urban village criticized
A plan to revitalize a sleepy roadway is getting pushback from residents. Santa Clara County’s newest project aimed at creating a livelier neighborhood is underway, after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a mixed-use urban village at the former San Jose Medical Center site, but the plan is being sharply criticized for lacking retail or sustainability concepts....