San Jose officials have signed off on plans for more than 900 apartments near a future BART station east of downtown. The massive housing project near the city’s Little Portugal and Roosevelt Park neighborhoods is being planned by San Jose-based Roygbiv Real Estate Development. It gained approval Wednesday at the San Jose Planning Director’s hearing. “This is...
Housing planned at Sunnyvale train station
Sunnyvale has greenlit a new vision for the future of the Lawrence Caltrain station that will make it more convenient for residents and workers along the transit corridor. The Sunnyvale City Council on Tuesday unanimously voted, with Councilmember Alysa Cisneros absent, to approve plans to develop two parcels totaling nearly three acres into a mixed-use...
San Jose hotel converts to foster youth housing
Hope in the form of housing is becoming a reality for youth emerging from foster care or experiencing homelessness. Construction is underway to convert the 61-room Pavilion Inn, a former hotel on North Fourth Street in San Jose, into affordable, supportive housing to help young adults become self-sufficient and avoid a lifetime of homelessness. In...
Beloved Cupertino pub could face last call
At Apple’s modern spaceship campus in Cupertino, engineers and designers work year-round on the latest iterations of the company’s iconic gadgets, always focused on the future. In a much more plain building just across Wolfe Road, the pace of change is a bit slower. In fact, not much has changed in four decades at The...
Nonprofit wants to convert Milpitas office complex into housing
Milpitas needs to increase its affordable housing, and one nonprofit may be able to assist with its plans by redeveloping some of its commercial space. The Milpitas City Council on Nov. 14 heard early plans to convert the Sobrato Centers for Nonprofits location in the city into a 244-home community with 140 affordable apartments. The...
San Jose apartment complex converting to affordable housing
San Jose leaders are green lighting a developer’s initiative that includes converting a market-rate apartment complex on The Alameda into affordable apartments. The San Jose City Council unanimously approved a financing package Tuesday allowing Larkspur-based Catalyst Housing Group’s nonprofit arm to buy the complex. Councilmember Dev Davis was absent. The council signed off on Catalyst...
Sunnyvale considers eight homes on major thoroughfare
Sunnyvale leaders are considering opening the door for a developer to build eight, two-story homes where one currently stands. Forrest Mozart, a Palo Alto developer, wants to demolish a single-story home built in 1965 at 781 S. Wolfe Road. In its place, he plans to put up eight homes between 2,000 to 2,400 square feet each on...
Milpitas moves forward with workforce housing for teachers
A Milpitas school district’s plan to help its employees live where they work is coming to fruition. The Milpitas City Council unanimously approved plans Tuesday to demolish a vacant, one-story industrial building on 6.69 acres of land at 1355 California Circle and replace it with 206 townhomes and apartments. All 75 apartments would be affordable,...
South San Jose industrial warehouse projects on hot streak
A Houston-based developer is planning three massive warehouses across nearly 45 acres of land in South San Jose — adding to swath of industrial buildings already in that area. Hines Interests Limited Partnership is seeking approval for a 234,000-square-foot industrial building on nearly 16 acres of vacant land at 644-675 Piercy Road, near the corner...
San Jose leaders clear path for new homes in Willow Glen
San Jose leaders pushed forward plans for five new homes in the city’s upscale Willow Glen neighborhood. The San Jose City Council on Nov. 7 unanimously approved a request from Los Altos developer De Anza Properties to rezone a long, narrow one-acre lot at 1655 Lincoln Ave. to allow up to five new homes in...