Converting empty offices into housing is more complicated than it sounds, including its impact on property values.

SAN RAMON — A homebuilding company paid well over $50 million to buy a San Ramon office building that would be replaced by more than 100 homes in the Bishop Ranch neighborhood. KB Home paid $57. ...

and a revamped office building are part of a proposed project that would dramatically reshape a key downtown San Jose block. Bay Area real estate developer Jay Paul Co. is floating a development ...

Justin Mauldin built an accessory dwelling unit in his Austin backyard for $41,500. Mauldin says the ADU office allows his family of four to live comfortably in a smaller home. The ADU also ...