NAPA, CA-The Napa City Council finds plans for the Napa Resort and Spa to be "good, thoughtful planning," but the final approval of the 351-room, four-star hotel is still a month away. An architectural consultant will be hired and orders for a design review are in the works.
PITTSBURG, CA-The proposed Bailey Estates housing project apparently has some snags. Developer Johns Stremel hopes they can be fixed with a two-week extension on his Planning Commission review.
SANTA NELLA, CA-A Walnut Creek couple has invested approximately $5 million into the purchase of the 161-room The Ramada Inn, Mission de Oro Hotel in Santa Nella, just south of Stockton.
SAN FRANCISCO- The San Francisco Board of Supervisors supports the city's Olympic bid in a unanimous vote this week, which Olympic officials hope will make their bid stronger. The Olympic Committee will make the final selection of the host city in 2005.
PLEASANTON, CA-Brookfield Homes is relocating its regional office from Pleasanton to Danville, where it has signed an 87-month lease for office space in the Danville Financial Center.
SAN FRANCISCO-The Bay Area office market is officially a distressed market, says a recent Merrill Lynch report, meaning supply and demand are so out of whack that it will be several years before rental rates fully recover.
OAKLAND, CA-PCCP Lincoln Hegenberger LLC, a local investment group, buys a large plot of land from the City of Oakland, which it plans to use to build a new office/flex center.
MONTEREY, CA-Hyatt Regency Monterey begins working on a $20 million renovation project that will revamp all 575 guest rooms and public amenities, as well as add a spa and health center to the mix.
SAN FRANCISCO-After years of revisions the final plans for Lucasfilms' Letterman Digital Arts Center have been given the green light by Presidio Trust, which is charged with making the 1.168-acre Presidio financially self-sufficient by 2013.
SAN FRANCISCO-The Bay Area office market is officially a distressed market, says a recent Merrill Lynch report, meaning supply and demand are so out of whack that it will be several years before rental rates fully recover.