Franklin Station Shake-Up: Napa Planners OK Five-Story Hotel At Shuttered Post Office
Planning commissioners advanced a revised plan to turn the 1933 Franklin Station post office into a 120-room hotel and a second building of for-sale units while preserving the historic façade. Parking and seismic costs remain central concerns.
San Rafael Safeway On Chopping Block In 331-Unit Housing Play
Mill Creek filed to replace the downtown Safeway at 700 B St with a 331‑unit, SB 330‑streamlined apartment project; neighbors worry about losing a walkable market.
Cranes Swarm Redwood City As 176-Unit Modular Tower Shoots Up In Days
Cranes and semitrucks are stacking finished apartment modules at 112 Vera Ave., accelerating a seven‑story, roughly 176‑unit affordable housing project in Redwood City. The factory-built approach is shaving months off a typical timeline.
Pricey Saratoga Vineyard Set To Give Way To 64 New Homes
A $109.7M land purchase in Saratoga has nudged a decades‑old vineyard project forward, shrinking the scheme to 64 homes while adding 12 deed‑restricted ADUs. The sale ties up a contentious parcel near Chester and Allendale avenues.
San Jose Backyard Condo Fetches $530K In First‑Of‑Its‑Kind ADU Sale
San José closed what it calls California's first standalone ADU condominium this month: a 749‑sq‑ft two‑bed that sold for $530,000. City officials and a developer call it a test of a new path to ownership under AB 1033.
El Camino's $149 Million Baby Boom Makeover in Mountain View
El Camino Health has finished a $149M Orchard Pavilion expansion in Mountain View, adding private NICU suites and 19 labor-and-delivery rooms to boost maternal care. The phased, four-year project kept the hospital open throughout.












