SAN JOSE — A real estate titan has decided to place on the sales block a massive San Jose property that originally was to be developed as a tech campus and then as a housing development.

BXP — formerly Boston Properties — has put up for sale a 24-acre site in north San Jose, also saying Thursday that it has scrapped a recent push to pursue housing for seven acres of the prime property.

This latest decision by BXP represents a fresh sign of a retrenchment in the Bay Area office market as developers and tech titans seek ways to right-size or redevelop their commercial property holdings.

The site that’s up for sale is bounded by North First Street, Daggett Drive, Zanker Road and East Plumeria Drive, according to Santa Clara County property records.

“The property is currently on the market

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