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In a sudden about-face, the San Jose Sharks — the most vocal opponent of Google’s plans to build an 80-acre urban village and tech campus on the western edge of downtown — have backed down. In a settlement deal announced just moments before the San Jose City Council was expected to grant Google final approval for its monumental development plan on Tuesday night, Sharks Sports & Entertainment has agreed not to sue Google or the city to stop development plans surrounding the arena…. Source link

Google is poised to make San Jose history. The tech giant’s grandiose vision for a new 80-acre mega campus on the western edges of downtown San Jose is headed to the San Jose City Council on Tuesday for possible final approval, launching the largest single development deal ever reached in the city. Dubbed Downtown West, the project would lay the groundwork for decade-long construction of up to 4,000 housing units, 7.3 million square feet of office space, 300 hotel rooms, 500,000 square… Source link

Google is poised to make San Jose history. The tech giant’s grandiose vision for a new 80-acre mega campus on the western edges of downtown San Jose is headed to the San Jose City Council on Tuesday for possible final approval, launching the largest single development deal ever reached in the city. Dubbed Downtown West, the project would lay the groundwork for decade-long construction of up to 4,000 housing units, 7.3 million square feet of office space, 300 hotel rooms, 500,000 square… Source link

With the unanimous approval of the San Jose Planning Commission last month, Google’s Downtown West development took a major step forward. This week, with the signing of Senate Bill 7, helping to speed along projects like this, Gov. Gavin Newsom moved the project’s prospects along — both further and faster. Now, this Tuesday, at the vote by the City Council, we stand at the precipice of possibility and potential. Ahmad Thomas is CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. (Dai… Source link

SAN JOSE — Google intends to rescue and preserve several big reminders of San Jose’s industrial past as part of its plan to develop a transit-oriented new neighborhood on the western edges of the city’s downtown area. An old bakery, 19th-Century Victorian bungalows, a long-time ironworks, a century-old foundry, a historic utility building, and a famed “dancing pig” sign will be all preserved fully or in part by Google as it develops its Downtown West village near San Jose’s… Source link

Mary Daly, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, spoke with Yahoo Finance to discuss the weaker-than-expected April 2021 jobs report and where Fed policy is headed next. Below is a transcript of her appearance on May 10, 2021. – BRIAN CHEUNG: President Daly, I wanted to kick off this conversation with just that jobs report covering the month of April that everyone was watching. It feels like it really missed expectations across the board. From your perspective, what were your… Source link

Tonight the San Jose Planning Commission will decide whether to approve Google’s proposed 80-acre megacampus—potentially paving the way for the largest land use project in the city’s history. News around the tech giant’s proposal accelerated in recent months as the project nears its final hearing before San Jose City Council on May 25. Since Google unveiled its vision for the project last year, there have been numerous developments, including a key hearing at the Santa… Source link

The San Jose Sharks are taking a bite out of Google’s plan to build a massive downtown campus. The NHL team voiced deep concern with the city’s development agreement with Google for its proposed campus, saying efforts to preserve parking near SAP Center are inadequate. “The city and Google are heading down a path that would be devastating for the arena,” said Jon Gustafson, vice president and general manager of Sharks Sports and Entertainment. “This development cannot be allowed to… Source link

SAN JOSE — Google’s first property purchase for its downtown San Jose transit village was an aging telephone company building — and now that area is slated to be the spot for the neighborhood’s first development sites. Office buildings, housing, and a cultural center would be part of the initial stages of the development of the Downtown West transit-oriented neighborhood that Google has proposed for a mile-long stretch near the Diridon train station and SAP Center — if city… Source link

SAN JOSE — Google’s first property purchase for its downtown San Jose transit village was an aging telephone company building — and now that area is slated to be the spot for the neighborhood’s first development sites. Office buildings, housing, and a cultural center would be part of the initial stages of the development of the Downtown West transit-oriented neighborhood that Google has proposed for a mile-long stretch near the Diridon train station and SAP Center — if city… Source link