Tim Hunt

1 week ago | pleasantonweekly.com | Tim Hunt

The city of Pleasanton needs to do all it can to install urgency in the redevelopment of the Stoneridge Shopping Center and its surrounding parking lots. The Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord, developed at about the same time as Stoneridge also by the Taubman Realty Group, is facing a mortgage default according to news reports. The value has plunged from $350 million in 2012 to $170 million and it’s more than 90% leased. Taubman now is a subsidiary of the Simon Property Group.

1 week ago | pleasantonweekly.com | Tim Hunt

Stoneridge nearing crisis point Revenues dropping, future of enclosed malls questionable The city of Pleasanton needs to do all it can to install urgency in the redevelopment of the Stoneridge Shopping Center and its surrounding parking lots. The Sunvalley Shopping Center in Concord, developed at about the same time as Stoneridge also by the Taubman Realty Group, is facing a mortgage default according to news reports.

1 week ago | pleasantonweekly.com | Tim Hunt

Property owners in the Castlewood County Service Area turned in sufficient protests to stop the county’s $6,829.27 per household special assessment, the Alameda County Public Works Agency announced at the supervisors’ meeting Tuesday. Anita Franklin, speaking for the public works department, confirmed that the protests exceeded the necessary threshold of 103 to void the proposed charge.

2 weeks ago | pleasantonweekly.com | Tim Hunt

Leaders of the Castlewood Property Owners Association submitted 189 written objections to the county public works department’s proposed supplemental water service charge of $6,829.27 per household Thursday. The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will review results of the vote at its meeting Tuesday (June 17) at 1221 Oak St. in Oakland. The objections represent 92% of the eligible votes, way over the 55% threshold to stop the charge from taking effect.

2 weeks ago | pleasantonweekly.com | Tim Hunt

Valley's medical care options continuing to grow Stanford ValleyCare, Sutter, John Muir all have major facilities in Pleasanton. Reading through the Hacienda Business Park monthly update and the Weekly,  it’s clear just how much of center for medical care Pleasanton/Livermore is becoming. Stanford ValleyCare has its hospital at West Las Positas and Santa Rita and has approved plans to build a second 60,000-square-foot tower.