Elias: Office conversions wave of future, present in California, elsewhere

SV Chat: Alex Mehran Jr. leads major transformation at Bishop Ranch

SAN RAMON — Decades ago, Bishop Ranch became a premier business park, offering modern and sleek office buildings that put it on the map as one of the Bay Area’s most successful corporate hubs. The vision for the site, whose developer and owner is Sunset Development, helped entice major corporations such as Chevron, Toyota, PG&E and Pacific Bell, which later became AT&T. Related Articles Elias: Office conversions wave of future, pre…

Elias: Office conversions wave of future, present in California, elsewhere

Conversions of millions of square feet of unused office space to dwelling units are starting to take off all around California. Except, that is, in the state’s densest city, San Francisco. Related Articles Elias: California’s Disney shows that its profits come before principles Elias: Constitutional convention? Why exactly open Pandora’s box? Elias: Consumer issues likely to plague long recovery fr…