By: Roland Li San Francisco, California Plans to convert the historic Hearst Building into a hotel in downtown San Francisco won approval Thursday from the city’s Planning Commission. Developer JMA Ventures and property owner Hearst Corp. want to convert offices in the 1909 building at 5...
Submitted to the Sierra Sun Truckee, California Truckee's Mountain Hardware and Sports is planning to open a second Truckee location at the Soaring Ranch planned development located adjacent to the Truckee Tahoe Airport. Mountain Hardware and Sports joins Raley's grocery store, anchoring the first major retail development...
By David Ferry DoCo, Sacramento Yes, it’s the state capital. So why haven’t you gone for a visit? After years of derision from their snobby coastal neighbors to the west, Sacramento is coming into its own. A town that once was synonymous with “stodgy” is now, in the...
ARLINGTON, Va. – February 11, 2019 – Interstate Hotels & Resorts, the premier global hotel management company, has been selected to manage Hayes Mansion San Jose, one of Northern California’s most historic and impressive architectural gems recently acquired by JMA Ventures, LLC, a San Francisco...
By Allison Nagel While many of those in the industry are still figuring out the details of how opportunity zones could work for them, San Francisco-based JMA Ventures has closed its first qualified opportunity zone fund and launched a new one. "We're certainly excited about the opportunity...
By Allison Nagel Opportunity zones, with their offer of tax breaks and diversification for investors, have been drawing attention even as investors await final guidance on exactly how those tax breaks and investments in opportunity funds are going to work. JMA Ventures, which started with a single-asset...
Date: November 29, 2018 Time: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. PST Location: webinar link to be emailed to registrants Cost: webinar is free Join JMA Ventures and several expert panelists in a webinar discussion regarding the details of the recent Opportunity Zone legislation and the Treasury and IRS’s Proposed...
By Henry Allen On a Montana ski vacation, you don’t have to contend with swarming crowds and high prices―that is, if you know where to go. Montanans tend to keep the best-kept-secret ski hills to themselves, but now you can get in on the action too....
By Ed Goldman The goal was both simple and monumental: Rejuvenate Sacramento’s moribund downtown while developing the five blocks where the Golden 1 Center would be built. Oh, and try to do it as simultaneously as possible. While the process might have seemed interminable to eager locals...
By: Julie Littman Bay Area hotels are no longer taking just fine as an answer. Viceroy Hotel Group CEO Bill Walshe said hotels should no longer accept, “OK” or “fine” from a guest explaining how their stay was. Creating a well-branded experience with staff that take pride...