Overview

• Silicon Valley Granite owner Sridhar Kollareddy faces eviction after a Santa Clara County Superior Court order required him to vacate his property by April 30, 2025.
• The VTA is using eminent domain to acquire the land for the second phase of the BART extension into Silicon Valley, displacing several downtown San Jose businesses.
• Kollareddy estimates he has 7,000 stone slabs, each weighing approximately 1,000 pounds, that must be moved or risk being deemed abandoned without compensation.
• Kollareddy has filed a court declaration seeking a temporary stay, arguing the eviction would cause immediate and irreparable harm to his business, and plans to appeal the court's decision this week.
• The BART Silicon Valley extension, a decades-long project with rising costs, aims to improve regional transit but has drawn criticism for its impact on local businesses and communities.