East Bay real estate

East Bay real estate

On Thursday, Big Y announced that it's opening grocery stores in Fairhaven and North Dartmouth. One market will be located at Fairhaven Plaza in a building formerly occupied by Big Lots. In North Dartmouth, a market will open at the former location of a Christmas Tree Shops store in Faunce Corner Center. Both retailers went out of business after filing for bankruptcy in recent years.

City staff recently told us that we cannot have the Telegraph Holiday Fair or the Juneteenth Festival at their usual locations because of the fire code's 26-foot rule, which says streets with buildings more than 30 feet high must have at least 26 feet of clear roadway to accommodate emergency vehicles. Berkeley's Juneteenth Festival and a popular holiday market on Telegraph Avenue must move from their longtime homes, as the city mulls big fee increases and steps up fire code enforcement.

The city council held the joint study session with the planning and heritage preservation commissions. Saratoga retained Lisa Wise Consulting, an urban planning and economics firm that specializes in walkable, transit-oriented communities. The goal of the meeting was to take the Village Design Guidelines from 2019 and turn them into objective design standards that would support the addition of housing in accordance with state law.

In a city of about 120,000 residents, it takes only about 50 to trigger the process. If that designation is issued on the grounds that the site has some historic value, future attempts to alter the property become much more challenging. It's a tool councilmembers and housing advocates say has been weaponized to prevent or delay housing development in the city.

The unit in the 7400 block of Brookdale Court in Dublin was sold on Sept. 15, 2025 for $1,300,000 which represents a price per square foot of $877. The house, built in 1965, has an interior space of 1,483 square feet. This single-story home presents a roomy floor plan, featuring four bedrooms and two baths. The property occupies a sizable 6,666-square-foot lot.

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Typically I avoid telling people where I'm from. Especially now that I live on the West Coast, the perception of the Hamptons is so different from my childhood and young adult experience that I'd rather just tell people I'm from Long Island than explain the reality of growing up in an area notorious for its status as a playground for the rich and famous with sky-high real estate prices and club entry fees in the hundreds of dollars.

The 2,928-square-foot property, built in 1975, was sold on Sept. 23, 2025 for $1,860,000 which represents a price per square foot of $635. This two-story house offers a capacious living environment with its six bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property is equipped with central A/C. In addition, the house comes with two parking spots. The lot of the unit covers a substantial area of 8,000 square feet.