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A multi-story property on W. Chippewa Street has been acquired by a local investment group who acquired it for nearly double the price paid in 2011.

67 Downtown LLC paid $2.5 million for the three-story building at that downtown address. The building had been owned by East Amherst investor Daniel Valentine’s Valmar Development LLC, who paid $1.26 million for the nearly 35,000-square-foot building eight years ago.

The deal is one of the largest in recent memory for a building within the Chippewa…

Fast-growing coworking company WeWork is leasing two floors and more than 37,000 square feet of space in a San Mateo office building that underwent extensive renovations.

Sacramento area bankruptcy courts recorded one filing – including one with total debt above $1 million – during the week that ended Sept. 13. Year to date through Sept. 13, the court recorded 54 Chapter 7, Chapter 9 and Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings, an 85% increase from the same span the prior year.

LAJ Construction Inc. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sept. 4 in the Eastern District of California. The debtor listed an address of 8603 Marlboro Court in Stockton, and is represented…

A historic downtown Wichita building is listed for sale.

Sedgwick County Commissioners went with a familiar name in hiring a new county counselor.

An Augusta company has won a big contract from the Department of Defense.

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Facebook Inc. executives and the developer that has signed the social media giant to two Bay Area properties over the past two years officially unveiled its new Sunnyvale campus at an event on Wednesday.

Christopher Hom, director of Bay Area real estate and facilities for Facebook, said the Sunnyvale campus will provide a new opportunity for the social media giant to tap into a local talent pool and grow its Bay Area presence.

The event was held at “Building 102” at 1180 Discovery Way in Sunnyvale,…

While rising housing costs and worsening traffic remain challenges, Austin “has almost become a force of nature” when it comes to its appeal to real estate investors. Dive into the details of this new report from PwC and Urban Land Institute.

An Atlanta-based real estate firm sold a Raleigh apartment community earlier this week, netting a 32 percent profit on the sale.

After decades of building its presence in the Triangle, a Pennsylvania-based homebuilding giant is planning a major sale of two prominent country clubs in the region.

Editor's note: The following story is part of the Business Journal's 2019 edition of Silicon Valley structures, the annual awards program honoring the region's top real estate developers, dealmakers, projects and deals. The print edition of the section publishes on Sept. 20. Honorees will be awarded at a Sept. 19 awards gala in downtown San Jose. Click here for tickets.

In addition to addressing the thorny challenge San Jose State students have finding housing in the area, The Grad San Jose will…

Editor's note: This guest viewpoint from Matthew R. Mahood, president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Organization, reflects his views. If you'd like to offer a response or rebuttal, send a letter to the editor to [email protected].

If the San Jose City Council fails to extend the current downtown high-rise fee reduction program next Tuesday, then nearly 3,500 homes will be in jeopardy of cancelling construction. Mayor Sam Liccardo’s ambitious housing production goal of 25,000 new housing…