Mary Miramontes was browsing the aisles of Sanithrift on a recent afternoon and liked the vibe. The store, filled with ...

Visible from the highway, the 150,000 square-foot, purple-and-white store sits in the Plaza's remodeled Carson Pirie Scott space, which has sat empty since 2018.

SAN JOSE — Empty retail spaces at a Japantown apartment complex in San Jose could morph into housing units in a fresh effort to convert commercial sites into residences. Roughly 14,000 square ...