SAN JOSE-Under a plan by the San Jose Redevelopment Agency, five locations that are now parking lots lining First and Second streets will become shops, restaurants, offices, hotels and apartments.

SAN FRANCISCO-Bank of America, International Business Machines and Prudential Insurance Co. are now minority owners of the online real estate services startup NetStruxr Inc., guaranteeing the company some $3 billion in annual transaction volume.

SAN RAFAEL, CA-SOMA Living store is establishing a presence in Marin County with a 5,000-sf ground-level lease. The store is one of 14 to be opened in the Bay Area and 400 nationwide over the next decade.

OAKLAND, CA-Construction has begun on a new $12 million, 140-room hotel that will include residential-style living quarters, a hospitality center and a 24-hour convenience store. The three-story hotel is expected to open in October 2001.

SAN FRANCISCO-SKS has selected the Hayward-based software company to provide it with project collaboration software that will help the developer complete the 350 Rhode Island project on time and within budget.

SAN FRANCISCO-Faced with proposals for 2.9-million-sf of office space and rules that restrict it to approving about one-third of that, the commission is considering taking up to 300,000-sf of space back from dead projects that were approved but never built.

CONCORD, CA-The 15,000-sf building will include four multipurpose classrooms, two consultation areas, an exercise room, a lobby and lounge area and various office space and storage areas.

SAN BRUNO, CA-Planning commissioners approve a project that would bring the city 285,000-sf of office space, a 500-room hotel and 400 units of multifamily/senior housing units. The project will need voter approval because it exceeds the city's height limit of 50 feet.