Commercial Development
Kuwait’s Al Hamra Tower - The World’s First Sculptured Skyscraper
June 17, 2008
Kuwait’s Al Hamra Tower is the world’s first (and tallest) “Sculputred” Skyscraper. It will soar about 412M (1350 Feet) up to make it Kuwait’s tallest tower. The project was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, and is being constructed by Turner Construction. The building encompasses 77 stories at a cost of roughly $400M to build and [...]
Read More >>Google Leases Land at NASA for Development of New High Tech Campus
June 4, 2008
It’s been rumoured in the past that Google was nibbling at taking down space at Jay Paul’s Moffet Towers Project. In what could be construed as less than favorable news for Moffett Towers, insofar as Google is concerned, NASA announced today that it has inked a deal with Google for 42 acres of land at [...]
Read More >>Proposition G Passes, F Fails: Lennar and 49ers Stadium One Step Closer
June 4, 2008
In a coup for Lennar Corp, San Francisco voters pushed through Proposition G and struck down Proposition F yesterday. Proposition G gave the green light to Lennar’s plans to develop a shipyard at Hunters Point and Candlestick Point. Proposition F would have required that a minimum of 50% of the housing portion of the development [...]
Read More >>Signs of Life at Moffett Towers in Sunnyvale
June 3, 2008
Moffett Towers, Jay Paul Company’s massive office project at the intersection of Highway 237 and Highway 101 in Sunnyvale has been on the prowl for tenants since before it broke ground two years ago. Since then, there haven’t been any reports of any tenants signing up to take the space.
Initially Jay Paul brought the project [...]
120-Acre San Jose Flea Market Site Put Up For Sale
May 28, 2008
The San Jose Flea Market land is up for sale. The 120-site, after going through nearly a decade of entitlements, has been put on the market for sale. The site is entitled for nearly 2900 homes and 350,000 square feet of commercial space (office and retail).
The site is a vast flat parcel in the middle [...]
Brocade Acquires North First Street Land in San Jose for Office Park
May 27, 2008
Brocade, in an SEC filing dated today indicated that it has acquired land on North First Street for the construction of a 562,000 SF office project. We were previously the first to report on April 4th that Brocade was in negotiations to lease the project, however; as it turns out the transaction actually involved a [...]
Read More >>Land Deal Approved by City Council; Earthquakes Stadium One Step Closer
May 22, 2008
The San Jose city council approved a plan by Oakland A’s and San Jose Earthquakes owner Lew Wolff to develop a mixed-use office, hotel, and retail project near the San Jose airport. The property which encompasses 66 acres will contain roughly 100K SF of retail, a 300-key hotel, and 1.5 million square feet of office [...]
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