Brad Dickason News Today

Maracor and Pacific West have scored $66 million in loans from PNC National Bank to build a 166-unit affordable complex in Downtown San Jose.

Financiers and real estate interests with stakes in Oakland properties are the biggest backers of an effort to remove Alameda County’s DA.

From apartment buildings rising in shopping center parking lots to the redevelopment of dead mall sites as housing, retail-to-residential conversions are an increasing trend.