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Development

San Jose OKs six-story apartment complex in Five Wounds

Nearly 200 apartments are coming to San Jose’s Five Wounds neighborhood near a future planned expansion of a walking trail. A two-story commercial building at 70-80 N. 27th St. will be razed, and in its place a six-story, 198-apartment complex with a parking garage will be built, after getting the green light at a city...

San Jose housing left out of state environmental reform

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has made a habit of taking big swings on critical policy issues, laid out a proposal earlier this month for reforming the California Environmental Quality Act, aiming to make it easier to build major infrastructure projects. But with California facing a deficit of millions of homes, and officials up and down...

San Jose hilltop development moves forward after delays

A hilltop in Almaden Valley is set to be developed with 10 single-family homes following years of delays. Sridhar Pillarisetty, a Fremont resident who owns and is developing the land, plans to put the homes up on a nearly 8-acre parcel near the corner of Coleman Avenue and Almaden Expressway, across from Almaden Lake Park....

San Jose supporting hundreds of affordable apartments

Hundreds of apartments for people earning lower incomes or who are homeless are set to be constructed in San Jose, a move by city leaders to help alleviate the affordable housing crunch. The San Jose City Council unanimously approved a plan Tuesday for the city to issue roughly $120 million in housing revenue bonds that...

UPDATE: Hundreds of homes planned for San Jose’s Berryessa neighborhood

Efforts to transform a portion of San Jose’s Berryessa neighborhood into a walkable “urban village” are taking another step forward following preliminary approval for a major housing and commercial development. The San Jose Planning Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved rezoning a 13-acre light industrial and agricultural lot in support of a developer’s plans to eventually...

Data centers destined for North San Jose

The San Jose City Council unanimously approved plans this week for an advanced manufacturing facility and data centers, adding to the growing hub of tech facilities and workplaces in North San Jose. Denver-based STACK Infrastructure is planning to demolish two existing industrial buildings on a nearly 10-acre lot, including a former Olympus service center, and...

South Bay developer increases San Jose footprint

A major South Bay developer plans to add another huge office building near San Jose Mineta International Airport. A nearly 300,000 square-foot, five-story office building is planned for a 4.5-acre lot at the west corner of Coleman and Aviation avenues. Hunter Partners, a development arm of Cupertino-based Hunter Properties, in partnership with billionaire John Fisher, who holds...

Proposed data center spurs North San Jose growth

A massive data center operator plans to expand its footprint even further in North San Jose, following preliminary city approval. The San Jose Planning Commission unanimously approved STACK Infrastructure’s proposal last week to demolish two older industrial buildings and put up an advanced manufacturing facility, two data centers, a parking garage and a power substation to run it all. The...

Longtime San Jose radio station set to be demolished

A building that once housed legendary San Jose radio stations KLIV and KRTY is set to be demolished and replaced with a warehouse. City planning officials greenlighted a proposal during a hearing on Wednesday from Scottsdale-based developer GO Industrial to demolish the 10,552 square-foot building at 750 Story Road in the city’s Little Saigon district. Plans call...