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After numerous public and private meetings with city officials and a drawn out application process, the owner of the site that formerly housed San Ramon’s oldest historic home has put the property back on the market.
The fenced-off and newly empty property at 19251 San Ramon Valley Blvd. was listed as for sale as of November, weeks after the remains of the Gold Rush-era Harlan house were removed.
The site is now empty except for fencing. There was also previously a “For Sale” sign featuring the name and number of real estate agent Ken Kho; however, the sign was no longer present at the site as of Saturday (Jan. 24).
The asking price is set at $6.3 million, more than six times what property owner Sohail Siddiqi paid for the site in 2017.
That price tag is the same as what was being asked for prior to the fire that significantly damaged the historic building and preceded its demolition later in the year. It was removed from the market on July 17, 2025, the day after the fire, then listed again on Nov. 13, 2025, weeks after the building’s demolition.
In the intervening months, San Ramon PD officials and Siddiqi said that an arson investigation into the fire determined that it had been set intentionally by multiple minors, with no further details available. Siddiqi and other neighboring residents had expressed concerns previously over trespassing and vandalism on the site as it continued to sit empty years after redevelopment plans were approved by the city.
Siddiqi had also considered selling the property in 2024 amid what he said were unnecessary delays in the permitting and historic preservation processes required to move forward with a planned assisted living facility on the site that had been intended to incorporate and restore portions of the Harlan House. It was listed for $5.3 million that May, then $8 million that September.
While the site no longer hosts the historic landmark that had been San Ramon’s longest standing home, the approved plans for the 61-unit El Nido assisted living facility are being touted in online listings for the site, which include renderings of the proposed facility. It is being dubbed a “shovel ready” project on “prime land” with “prime entitlements.”
Approved by the city in 2022, the El Nido assisted living and memory care facility is set to offer 72 beds in 61 units with a range of amenities and services.
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