The MediaNews Group-owned Merc has been in its present location—a sterile, suburban complex indistinguishable from the box-like structures built for tech companies that surround it—since moving from downtown San Jose in 1967. That was of course back in the Knight-Ridder days, when newspapers were healthy and growing. Now, well, there’s a lot of excess capacity. Here’s the Merc’s story announcing the sale plan.
Image: Mercury News photo from the 1960s, shortly after the new office/printing plant opened