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AN JOSE – The Lion Building, a 1908 brick structure at 97 South Second St. that housed L. Lion & Sons Carpet & Furniture, sits next to East San Fernando Street and was sold on Sept. 4 for $3.7 million to Green Valley Corp., a Bay firm headed by Case Swenson. County records list Lion Building LLC, an affiliate whose executive Martin Menne is connected to Swenson’s investment and development group, as the seller. Swenson’s firm has been active in the Bay Area market for decades. The building’s floor once hosted Gordon Biersch Brew Pub until 2018, after which the pub moved to Japantown. The transaction price is 53 % below the January 2025 assessed value of $7.8 million, according to the Santa Clara County Assessor’s Office, as recorded by the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.