SAN JOSE — The Olivera family has officially ended seven decades of ownership of an egg ranch in San Jose by selling the property for several million dollars to a housing developer that plans to put a residential project on the property.
A family partnership sold the Olivera Egg Ranch property for $12 million, according to documents filed on Sept. 16 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.
Robson Homes bought the 2.7-acre site at 3315 Sierra Road in the Berryessa district of east San Jose, county records show. Robson purchased the property through an all-cash deal.
The homebuilder has been interested in the property for years. In 2021, Robson Homes struck a deal with the Olivera family to buy the ranch, county records show.
Edward Olivera Jr., the principal trustee of the family trust that sold the ranch site, said he became concerned in recent years about the increasingly volatile nature of the egg business…