East Bay real estate

East Bay real estate

Ellis Partners and Spirit Living Group submitted plans in December for the seven-story, 203-unit building on Claremont Avenue, next to the pink property that used to house The Graduate bar. The apartments would be market-rate, including some memory-care and assisted-living units. "There is very, very, very little senior housing in the East Bay, writ large, especially compared to what the demand is," said Patrick Flynn, senior vice president with San Francisco-based Ellis Partners.

Berkeley's historic homes have plenty of charms, but knob-and-tube wiring isn't one of them. Modernizing these antiquated electrical systems can add tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of home improvement projects, especially HVAC and appliance upgrades. That concern is what led to the creation last November of Mr. Poppy Electric, a Berkeley-based electrical contractor firm founded by longtime friends Tenzin Soepa and Andrei Smith, both Berkeley High School graduates.

The just-bought Sunnyvale housing property is at 870 and 874 East El Camino Real in Sunnyvale and was purchased for $76.9 million, according to documents filed on Jan. 9 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office. The new owner of the 184-unit Sunnyvale apartment hub is a group affiliated with New Jersey-based PGIM, the global investment management unit of life insurance company Prudential Financial, and Bay Area-based Interstate Equities Corp. The seller of the Sunnyvale residential complex was Singapore-based Mapletree, the county records show.

DANVILLE - Draeger's Market will shut its store in Danville within weeks, a closure that the local chain blames on the state of Blackhawk Plaza, where the grocery hub is located. "The biggest reason for our decision to close is the decline of Blackhawk Plaza," Richard Draeger, a co-owner of Draeger's Market, said in an interview with this news organization. "It's mostly empty. My best guess is that it's 70% to 80% vacant." The deterioration of the upscale mall has led to an erosion in sales for the Draeger's Market at 4100 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, according to Draeger.

The spacious property in the 100 block of Clover Hill Court in Danville was sold on Nov. 17, 2025 for $1,700,000 which works out to $721 per square foot. The house, built in 1971, has an interior space of 2,357 square feet. This single-story house boasts a generous living space with four bedrooms and three baths. Inside, there are two fireplaces. The property is equipped with forced air heating and central A/C.

In recent decades, the markers of adulthood have shifted for young American men: they are almost twice as likely to be single, less likely to go to college and more likely to be unemployed. Most significantly for their parents, they are also less likely to have fled the nest, with the term trad son springing into social media lexicon in recent months.

La Placita in East San Jose's Mayfair neighborhood was one of those projects. When we acquired the long-neglected, 28,000-square-foot building three years ago, it stood as a symbol of disinvestment along the Alum Rock corridor. What we saw instead was possibility - a future cultural anchor that could hold space for arts and culture, a community health clinic and opportunities for local businesses to grow and thrive.

The Red Oak Victory, staged in a basin in Richmond's port, is one of the last known surviving ships built in the city during World War II. The floating museum is one of many sites from the era that honors Richmond's contribution to the war effort. Officials now hope to drive more visitors to the ship and some of its other sites by relocating the Red Oak Victory to an area they believe would have more synergy with other war era sites and public transportation.

There are not too many spaces where you can have folks gather without a permit and not be harassed by the police and other people, said Orobosa Ogbeide, the 28-year-old founder of Play2Win, the group behind the event, which drew more than 300 people. It was the quality of the park, the baseball fields were clean and safety was definitely a concern. We really wanted a positive vibe.

The intersection of University and San Pablo avenues, which tattered banners proclaim is named International Marketplace to recognize the area's many multicultural businesses, was once the gateway to Berkeley and its university for those arriving by ferry. More than 100 years later it continues to play that role for drivers coming off the nearby I-80 off-ramp. At its heyday, two movie theaters served the area, and it was home to a melting pot of immigrant communities.

The plan to build more than 700 apartments above the North Berkeley BART station took a couple of steps forward this month, as two nonprofits applied for building permits from the city to construct affordable housing developments at the site. But the timeline for construction of one of Berkeley's most closely watched housing projects has slipped by another year, according to a BART spokesperson.

Oaklanders often criticize the news media for focusing disproportionately on the horrifying or the scandalous. And let's face it: this is a complicated city with its share of challenges to overcome. At The Oaklandside, we're not immune to overdoing it on the doom and gloom. Yet so much to revel in happens here, too. Triumphs, progress, creation, and joy - thanks in large part to people in the city looking out for their neighbors, holding the powerful accountable, and building on their visions for what the city can be.

Hayward car enthusiast Jermaine Shaffer remembers the pothole on Hesperian Boulevard that used to slam his 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline to the asphalt, chipping the onyx-colored fender and hood that he put together himself. However, in the past five years, the city of Hayward has made strides to improve its most used and deteriorated roads, and Shaffer along with the rest of the East Bay's classic car community has felt the difference in his own smooth rides.