Union City auto shop moves up in the air From: Oakland Tribune | Date: February 27, 2007| Author: Matthew Artz | Copyright 2007 Oakland Tribune. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

UNION CITY -- Like every other auto repair shop owner at Union Square, Juan Jimenez doesn't know if the first person who walks through his door Thursday will hand him car keys or eviction papers.

The eight shop owners have until Wednesday to move out so the property owner, AvalonBay Communities, can start developing two five- story apartment buildings on the site immediately southwest of the BART station.

But with their future locations either nonexistent or not quite ready for ...

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