August 31st, 2008
After more than two years of discussion, Redwood City in 2007 put the finishing touches on a plan, allowing significantly more downtown housing, that appeared to satisfy everyone.
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August 31st, 2008
There’s a bit of déjà vu in the Bohannon Cos.’ bid to build a Class A office and hotel project on two parcels east of Highway 101 in Menlo Park.
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August 31st, 2008
After the last day of racing on Aug. 17, the only thing scheduled to run at Bay Meadows racetrack in San Mateo were bulldozers tearing down the grandstands. In their place will rise one of the largest urban infill redevelopments on the Peninsula, a project that developer Wilson Meany Sullivan has been betting on for years.
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August 31st, 2008
Walking down the wind-swept wooden planks that snake through Redwood City’s vast salt flats, DMB Vice President John Bruno points out the lack of wildlife on the waterfront property.
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August 31st, 2008
Ryan O’Donnell is the 26-year-old head of BullEx Digital Safety. It’s the second company he has founded. He realized he wanted to be an entrepreneur after winning a business plan contest at RPI.
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August 31st, 2008
Chip Jones just finished the $20 million First Presbyterian Church and Oak Hill School project. Now, he's turning his attention to projects for the Lutheran Church of St. Andrew and the Boys and Girls Club of Franklin/Williamson County.
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August 31st, 2008
Her name might not be a mainstay in the news, but that’s fine by Michele Jenkins-Utomi, who is content making a difference behind the scenes.
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August 31st, 2008
Driving due east from San Francisco, the multilane highway spills off the Bay Bridge, cutting past Oakland’s office towers and urban neighborhoods before it narrows into the Caldecott Tunnel. And then, the tunnel opens to another world – a panorama of green and yellow hills and weather 10 degrees warmer. Amid those hills sits the town of Orinda.
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August 31st, 2008
Sunol is not exactly the type of place one would expect to find among the wealthiest ZIP codes. In fact it’s downright quirky.
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Redwood City fights challenge to density
