PulteGroup's 147-unit Parvia cleared architectural review and would replace the Homestead Shopping Center at 3521–3591 Homestead Road. Approvals and tenant lawsuits are still pending.

Preliminary filings would put more than 600 apartments on two Baypointe Parkway parcels in North San José, with developer SummerHill pitching mid‑rise, transit‑oriented buildings.

The Midtown lot at 3191 Middlefield is listed for $12M and marketed as mixed‑use. City officials are pressing for street‑level shops, not just apartments.

La Bahia Hotel & Spa secured a $115 million refinancing, a major vote of confidence for the long-planned Santa Cruz beachfront resort.

El Camino Health has filed to replace its 1962 Los Gatos hospital with a $1 billion all-electric medical campus. The proposal promises private rooms, a larger ER and a Level III NICU.

San Jose plans to buy the landmark Knox‑Goodrich building, using a $975K escrow holdback to push a nearby 276‑unit project toward permits and construction.

Lane Partners’ amended Parkline filing would convert SRI’s Menlo Park campus into 1,082 homes, a retail village and large new public open space.

Apple paid about $162.2 million for offices at 684 West Maude Ave in Sunnyvale, continuing its South Bay buying spree. The price is roughly 27% below the building’s 2022 sale.

Beam Reach proposes an eight‑story, 265‑unit building at 1215 Bordeaux Drive replacing a former Google office and adding a public park. The plan is part of Sunnyvale’s push to convert offices to housing.

The state launched its first Mass Timber Coalition to turn restoration wood into building panels and spur in‑state manufacturing and jobs.

New UC Berkeley and national reports show California’s huge GDP sits beside rising cost‑adjusted poverty and out‑migration. Policy choices about building and permitting are central to the fix.

Fremont approved Sterling Organization's plan to convert the 11‑acre former Fry’s at 43800 Osgood Road into roughly 144,000 sq ft of industrial space. The move reflects surging demand for power‑ready Bay Area manufacturing sites.

A handful of surprising bargains showed up around the week of May 4 in the Santa Clara market, including a six‑bedroom Sunnyvale closing at $2.825M and several turn‑key homes that sold below neighborhood norms.