East Bay real estate

East Bay real estate

San Pablo Avenue is a corridor in flux, with new apartment buildings rising where auto repair shops once stood and a diverse array of merchants working to foster attractive shopping districts in spite of stubborn vacancies. Now city officials are considering a set of zoning changes that could accelerate the pace of change, by allowing taller and denser housing developments that might bring thousands of new apartments to the avenue.

"This project has been in development since 2018, when our former Chancellor, Carol Christ, really took the initiative to create a new vision and future for People's Park," UC Berkeley spokesperson Kyle Gibson said. "Through an extensive amount of community engagement and planning, [we] put together a very comprehensive plan to really meet the needs of the community. The nonprofit developer will now finalize the project's plans and will present them to the university."

Type Five's technology and systems allow homeowners to design the home to their needs, vastly simplifying the process, and getting a backyard home built in as little as 5-6 months. Earlier this year, Jeroen Dewulf and family built a cozy ADU in their South Berkeley backyard, making it easy for his in-laws to visit and enjoy longer stays with the grandchildren. The unit doubles as Dewulf's home office.

A 3,423-square-foot house built in 2004 has changed hands. The spacious property in the 2200 block of Coral Sea Street in Alameda was sold on Sept. 30, 2025 for $1,850,000 which works out to $540 per square foot. The layout of this two-story home includes three bedrooms and four baths. Additionally, the house is equipped with three parking spots, offering designated areas for parking three vehicles. The unit is situated on a lot spanning 5,007 square feet.

Like many other neighborhoods in Oakland, Laurel suffered some small business casualties during the pandemic, but in recent years, the strip has welcomed a slew of new places that have helped reinvigorate the strip. Laurel is easily walkable, whether you live in the neighborhood, take public transit, or drive in and leave your car parked while you roam around the different shops.

I think it brings a lot of benefits," District 3 Councilmember Anthony Tordillos, a key backer of the reforms, told San José Spotlight. "It means that we can build multifamily housing on more small parcels - close to downtown, close to our transit networks - that are currently really difficult to build under the current building codes.

A historic survivor, 5311 Golden Gate Ave. in Oakland 's sylvan Upper Rockridge neighborhood has been listed for the first time in over 40 years. The 1940s abode was built for one of Oakland's most popular and influential mayors. Now, with an asking price of $2.995 million and less than three weeks on the market, this home is already pending.

On Thursday, Big Y announced that it's opening grocery stores in Fairhaven and North Dartmouth. One market will be located at Fairhaven Plaza in a building formerly occupied by Big Lots. In North Dartmouth, a market will open at the former location of a Christmas Tree Shops store in Faunce Corner Center. Both retailers went out of business after filing for bankruptcy in recent years.

City staff recently told us that we cannot have the Telegraph Holiday Fair or the Juneteenth Festival at their usual locations because of the fire code's 26-foot rule, which says streets with buildings more than 30 feet high must have at least 26 feet of clear roadway to accommodate emergency vehicles. Berkeley's Juneteenth Festival and a popular holiday market on Telegraph Avenue must move from their longtime homes, as the city mulls big fee increases and steps up fire code enforcement.

The city council held the joint study session with the planning and heritage preservation commissions. Saratoga retained Lisa Wise Consulting, an urban planning and economics firm that specializes in walkable, transit-oriented communities. The goal of the meeting was to take the Village Design Guidelines from 2019 and turn them into objective design standards that would support the addition of housing in accordance with state law.