SAN JOSE — A PG&E Corp. unit bought a San Jose industrial and office building in a move that is poised to bolster the utility company’s operations in the Bay Area’s largest city.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., the utility operations subsidiary of PG&E, paid $16.6 million for a building at 1851 South Seventh St., near Spartan Stadium and the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, documents filed on July 18 with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office show.

“PG&E acquired that site to provide additional workspace for PG&E crews to support operations within the greater San Jose area,” PG&E spokesperson Stephanie Magallon said in comments emailed to this news organization.

The seller in the transaction was an alliance of local developer Layline and nationwide firm Carlyle Realty Partners, a unit o

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