The Willow Glen Resident San Jose Real Estate Board moves offices to the Glen By Sharon Parks After 33 years in its Fruitdale Avenue offices, the San Jose Real Estate Board is moving in to a new home. The SJREB is tentatively scheduled to relocate to a new building on 1525 Meridian Ave. in November. "Finally we will be in Willow Glen, and happy to be there," said board president Pam Foley, a Willow Glen resident. "Our other current building is on the fringe." On Dec. 27, 1996, the SJREB sold its building and land to the Hudson Company and found the new site. "We sold our old building to capitalize on our investment," Foley said. "We needed to move into a smaller facility." The SJREB serves as a trade association representing 4,500 real estate professionals throughout out Santa Clara County. The new building is 5,800 square feet and will house 15 employees. It will also be used for volunteer efforts and meetings, and will be the site of a store for items that help real estate agents in their business, such as contracts, maps, lock boxes and keys. "This new building will be very convenient for our office, which is down the street about a block," said Dan Taylor, a real estate agent for Century 21/Contempo. "I am at the real estate store about every other week buying things." The board signed a long-term lease for the new building with owner Nick Papagorgio. "The new building was built from the ground up with us in mind," Foley said. "It was painted in the color we wanted and the bathrooms decorated the way we want them to be. It will be nice to be in a new building with air-conditioning and heating that work properly with no leaky roof." Through the years modifications were made to the old building, including an added second floor. "What's nice about the new building is it is wired for modern technology and not jury-rigged like the old building," Foley said. " I only wish my term was not running out so I could enjoy the new building longer." Century 21/Contempo manager Joe Randazzo is excited about the move. "The old building is too big and obsolete; this new one will be more streamlined, state of the art," Randazzo said. [ Back to Contents Page | Willow Glen Resident Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Willow Glen Resident, October 14, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.