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Blue Bottle Coffee “one of the Bay’s most exciting restaurant openings”

Eater San Francisco notes that Blue Bottle Coffee has a new sweet spot at 909 Montgomery in Jackson Square. SHARE:TwitterFacebookLinkedinEmail

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Citizens Commercial Banking Provides $30.5 Million Loan for New Hilton Garden Inn

POSTED ON 2/6/2019 BY CITIZENS BANK SAN JOSE, CA – Citizens Commercial Banking announced today that it is providing a $30.5 million construction loan to Belmont, CA-based Westlake Realty Group for the development of a new Hilton Garden Inn near the Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport. The 150-room Hilton Garden Inn will be located at 111 […]

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San Jose Hilton Garden Inn Update

  Exciting times here at Westlake!  Nearly a year ago, we look a leap of faith and decided to leverage the process of modular construction on our new ground up Hilton Garden Inn at our East Gish Road site in San Jose, CA.  We see this as a smart solution to the decreasing labor pool […]

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Westlake Urban Begins Modernization of Landmark Headquarters in San Mateo

Westlake Urban began construction on the major renovation of Westlake Realty Group’s headquarters at 520 South El Camino Real (the Westlake Building) in August. The building, purchased by Westlake’s founder, T.M. Chang, in 1975 has served as a staple of San Mateo’s skyline for many decades.  “520 South El Camino Real is both a marquee building in […]

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Westlake Realty Group Welcomes Lino Campanile, Chief Financial Officer

SAN MATEO, CA — Westlake Realty Group recently announced that Lino Campanile has been hired to serve as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Lino will be responsible for the management and oversight of all financial operations, including accounting, tax planning, forecasting, and cash-flow monitoring. “We are very pleased that Lino has agreed to join the […]

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Westlake Realty Hires Jessica Smith as Senior Vice President, Portfolio and Asset Management

SAN MATEO, CA – Westlake Realty (www.westlake-realty.com) today announced that Jessica Smith has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Portfolio and Asset Management. Ms. Smith will oversee day-to-day operations across Westlake’s asset management, real estate services, and leasing functions. “It’s an exciting time at Westlake, and we are thrilled that Jessica has agreed to […]

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Developer gets OK to build San Leandro Tech Campus apartments

SAN LEANDRO — The San Mateo developer charged with building out the San Leandro Tech Campus next to the San Leandro BART station has received the green light to construct a mixed-use, residential complex within the office park. The San Leandro City Council, by a 7-0 vote July 17, approved Westlake Urban’s plan to expand […]

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197 apartments proposed near San Leandro BART station

SAN LEANDRO — The developer that transformed a long-vacant strip of land by the San Leandro BART station into a budding campus for Bay Area technology companies is now seeking to build apartments on the same site. Plans by Westlake Urban, of San Mateo, for the San Leandro Tech Campus include expanding a new six-story parking […]

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Developer wants to build large apartment project next to East Bay BART station

Developer Westlake Urban is close to approval on 197 apartments at its San Leandro Tech Campus, as a decade-long effort to build next to the BART station gains momentum. The City Council will vote to potentially approve the housing project at 601 Parrot St. on Monday. The project requires a plan change in the San […]

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It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of T.M. Chang, founder of Westlake Realty

Tsi Ming (T.M.) Chang April 16, 1920 – June 8, 2017 Tsi Ming (T.M.) Chang, beloved husband of Yoshie Chang, patriarch of the Chang family and visionary businessman passed away at the age of 97 in his sleep on June 8, 2017. Born in Shanghai, China, his ancestors were sailors who traded on junks along […]