Clare Fonstein

2 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Clare Fonstein

One restaurant brand is opening its first Bay Area location, claiming the mall as its home. Along with a robust retail lineup coming to San Jose’s Westfield Valley Fair Mall, there's also a variety of dining options set to open this year. The additions will expand the mall's array of eateries, which include sit-down restaurants, a food court and coffee shops. The mall currently has more than 60 food and drink spots. Valley Fair opened a $1.1 billion, 550,000-square-foot expansion in March 2020.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Clare Fonstein

One of the incoming stores will be making its Northern California debut. San Jose’s Westfield Valley Fair Mall has a slew of openings slated for the year, including luxury brands, apparel lines and household goods. The incoming businesses will join the mall’s roughly 210 existing stores. In recent years, the 2.2-million-square-foot mall added more than 100 new retailers, restaurants and entertainment spaces. A major expansion effort paved the way for the changes.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Clare Fonstein

The layoffs went into effect Friday. A global biotech company is cutting 108 jobs at a Santa Clara branch, according to a notice filed with the state. Roche Molecular Systems Inc. in Santa Clara — part of the biotech behemoth Roche — conducts research and development, software development and business operations. The layoffs went into effect Friday, the WARN notice stated.

3 weeks ago | bizjournals.com | Clare Fonstein

Receivership and eminent domain may be incoming for neglected San Jose properties. The city of San Jose is looking to bring down the hammer on blighted downtown property owners who refuse to make a change, the mayor shared Friday at a Silicon Valley Business Journal event. Neglected, vacant properties are scattered throughout the city’s urban core, despite San Jose’s efforts to bring in businesses and boost vibrancy.

1 month ago | bizjournals.com | Clare Fonstein

The former owner of the apartment is looking for a new investment in Mountain View. A local real estate investment firm sold a San Jose apartment complex for $18.9 million as the company readies to purchase a larger site in Mountain View. Sridhar Equities owned the San Jose apartment complex, known as Lakewood Court Apartments, at 1953 Via Reggio Court for about six years before handing it over to the new owner Madhavan LTCSJP1 LLC, according to county records filed Monday.