San Jose developer Gary Dillabough on pandemic, WeWork’s Adam Neumann and world-class architecture [Mercury News]
Jan. 10—SAN JOSE — I reached Gary Dillabough on a day he was going into contract on a new property in downtown San Jose. So what else is new with a guy who has bought up more than 30 prime properties here over the past three years?
The Atherton developer and venture capitalist has big plans to transform the downtown of America’s 10th largest city to live up to its catch-phrase, the Capital of Silicon Valley. But more than bricks, mortar and square feet, he and his Urban Community company have visions of a new kind of eco-friendly city that takes cues from the great cities of Europe and the U.S.