Vacant Land Archives - The Ivy Group

By Devan J. Patel – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Feb 20, 2024 Updated Feb 20, 2024 10:58am PST The mixed-use redevelopment of the former Vallco Mall in Cupertino, known as The Rise, has cleared a key planning milestone, paving the way for the project to receive permits and begin construction in the coming months. Cupertino has approved modified […]

By Devan J. Patel – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Dec 20, 2023 A developer is moving forward with plans to use the builder’s remedy to construct an 11-story, mixed-use project blocks from San Jose’s Diridon Station. Surinder Singh and his representatives have filed development permits for the project located at 101 and 109 Delmas Ave. that […]

By Kevin V. Nguyen – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Nov 20, 2023 On a vacant site near Topgolf San Jose that was previously targeted for a hotel, a Los Angeles developer is now proposing a major housing development. Earlier this month, Genesis Commercial Capital submitted a preliminary application to city planners to build 804 new homes […]

By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals Sep 18, 2023 The rate of loans backing office properties that are considered distressed or delinquent is on the rise as landlords of outdated office towers struggle to refill vacant spaces and cash flow on those buildings becomes a bigger challenge. A recent […]

By Sarah Klearman – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Oct 5, 2023 Updated Oct 5, 2023 6:00am PDT Many Bay Area jurisdictions started this year largely unfamiliar with the builder’s remedy. As they found themselves newly subject to it, they’ve had to get a crash course. The decades-old provision of California housing law strips jurisdictions that fall […]

By Ashley Fahey – Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, The Business Journals Jul 5, 2023 Updated Jul 5, 2023 2:05pm PDT All eyes are on mounting debt in the commercial real estate world, which continues to struggle with higher interest rates, a more cautious lending environment and muted return-to-office and leasing activity in the wake of […]

By Sarah Klearman  –  Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times Jul 3, 2023 Updated Jul 3, 2023, 3:32pm PDT City Ventures has plans to breathe new life into a Fremont property long eyed for residential redevelopment. The Irvine-based developer and homebuilder is moving forward with plans to raise 69 homes — 60 townhomes and nine accessory dwelling units — on a two-acre […]

By J. Jennings Moss  –  Editor-in-Chief and General Manager, Silicon Valley Business Journal Jun 30, 2023 Nearly a year ago, Bloom Energy Corp. drew attention to its new facility in Fremont by inviting California’s best-known political figure — Gov. Gavin Newsom — to cut the ribbon. It had the added benefit of drawing attention to the city’s quest […]

By Ashley Fahey  –  Editor, The National Observer: Real Estate Edition, Jun 29, 2022 Capping off what’s looking to be a robust first half of 2022 for commercial real estate deal flow, at least one major firm is betting on a continued strong outlook for the rest of the year. London-based PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP this week found, in the […]