SAN JOSE | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed

[gillynova]

https://twitter.com/sjsulibrary/stat...75767211769857

AS House in SJSU is being moved as planned.

[gillynova]

Update post:

Modera:









Pic of Moment:



Good ole' Silvery Towers:

[gillynova]

Thanks to sjn for the find of Santana West.

Originally Posted by sjn

Leasing brochure

[gillynova]

Vespaio:





Incase you guys forgot:




Former SJSU AS House Location:





New Location:



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New SJSU Rec Building:







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The Graduate + from different angles:











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Silvery Towers. The Glass finally reached the top floor on the west side:



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Bonus: Art mural in downtown next to The Graduate

[cardinal2007]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/...-facebook/amp/

Downtown San Jose property’s new owner lands huge loan for key site

SAN JOSE — The owner of a property that’s deemed essential to the revival and expansion of downtown San Jose has landed a hefty loan, a move that could help spur redevelopment or upgrades of the site.

CityView Plaza, a huge office, restaurant and retail complex in downtown San Jose, was bought in July for $283.5 million — in cash — by an affiliate of developer Jay Paul.

Now San Francisco-based Jay Paul, through the affiliate, has obtained a $157.4 million mortgage from Citibank, according to Santa Clara County property documents.

“Jay Paul doesn’t do anything by small measures,” said Bob Staedler, principal executive with Silicon Valley Synergy, a land use and planning consultancy. “He is going to do something big with CityView Plaza.”

The 580,000-square-foot site is bounded by West San Fernando Street, South Almaden Boulevard, Park Avenue and South Market Street, and consists of 534,000 square feet of offices and 46,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space.

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City View Plaza is essentially a super block with offices and retail on what used to be 3 blocks, the rumor is that they will build huge office space there (2M sqft, up from 580k), and try to lure someone like Facebook, while also putting back the streets that were removed. But it is just a rumor AFAIK.

[timbad]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/01/...t-city-report/

SAN JOSE — Office, residential and hotel towers could be 260 feet tall — roughly 25 stories — in parts of downtown San Jose, including the development area of a proposed Google transit village, according to a new city staff proposal.

The proposal is designed to unleash a dramatic increase in the heights of buildings in downtown San Jose yet still preserve robust airline operations at the nearby international airport, and create 4,900 new jobs, the city staff report stated.

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The proposal would allow buildings to be 75 to 150 feet higher than is currently allowed by municipal ordinance in the area of the Diridon train station and the SAP Center, ...

In other parts of the downtown that are more directly beneath the flight paths of jetliners using San Jose International Airport, buildings could be five feet to 35 feet higher than they are now, which could add two or three stories to existing height limits.

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“The economic impact is overwhelming,” said Scott Knies, executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association. “When you double the building capacity on the west side of the downtown, what you gain in density and potential new employees and potential tax revenue, that completely offsets the aviation-related losses. We can have our cake and eat it too.”

An estimated 27 aviation jobs would be lost, and aviation-related economic activity would suffer a loss of $2 million if the city adopts the scenario proposed by the city staff, the report stated.

However, taller towers would create 4,900 jobs and increase economic activity in San Jose by $747 million, according to the city report.

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“Under federal law, the FAA must be given the opportunity to review every proposed tall structure near an airport, and any proposed structure over 200 feet high, to determine if it would pose a hazard to air traffic or navigation aids,” FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said. “The FAA’s determination is only a recommendation. We don’t have authority over local building decisions.”

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[cardinal2007]

[cardinal2007]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/...-san-jose/amp/

Big housing, retail tower proposed in downtown San Jose

SAN JOSE — A big housing and retail tower is being eyed in downtown San Jose, a complex that would bring the area hundreds of new student residential units.

Spartan Heights, a 316-unit residential development, would also include 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail, according to documents on file with San Jose city planners.

The 23-story tower would be built at the corner of North Fourth and East St. John streets. The planning documents indicate that Brent Lee, a Saratoga-based realty investor, and San Jose-based development company Republic Urban are working together to gain approval of the project.

“There is demand for more student housing and this is just a few blocks from San Jose State University,” said Konstantin Voronin, land acquisition director with Republic Urban. “It seems like San Jose State plans to continue growing.”



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[gillynova]

^^ I would absolutely love for this to start already! More height in this side of downtown is needed, especially since it's student housing.

This will be helpful in activating this side of downtown more and it should be done in time for San James Park's renovation... which we don't know when it will start

[gillynova]

Full credit goes to aphelion2100 for posting this first in another forum. This is going to be the future jewel for San Jose. Good bye to PWC's view though haha.

I'm just trying to imagine the views driving east on 280 -> 680 or even 87. It's going to be some beaut

Hell, even flying in to SJC from this route. Whatever company that picks this building up and has a bright signage will have so much exposure

A major real estate company is eyeing development of a mega office campus in downtown San Jose, near the banks of the Guadalupe River, a project that could accommodate several thousand workers, municipal documents show.

The proposal visualizes a sleek, curving office complex that would approximate the contours of the nearby Guadalupe River as it meanders near the Children’s Discovery Museum.

Boston Properties has proposed a development that could contain up to 1.8 million square feet of office space, the equivalent size of a big regional shopping mall. If built to that size, as many as 9,000 people could work in the offices.

“It is too early for us to comment on this application at this time,” Helen Han, a marketing director with Boston Properties, said in an email response to this news organization.

Originally Posted by aphelion2100

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/...azon-facebook/


















Rendering courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates

Just to give you an idea how big this building would be, it would have more square footage than the new Salesforce tower in S.F. which is 1.4 million sq.ft. which coincidentally is 50% owned by Boston Properties. Other than the Apple Headquarters building, could this new proposal be the second largest single office building (sq.ft. wise) in the bay area?

WOW!

[gillynova]

Valleyfair Update:

[SFBuildings888]

Originally Posted by gillynova

Full credit goes to aphelion2100 for posting this first in another forum. This is going to be the future jewel for San Jose. Good bye to PWC's view though haha.

I'm just trying to imagine the views driving east on 280 -> 680 or even 87. It's going to be some beaut

Hell, even flying in to SJC from this route. Whatever company that picks this building up and has a bright signage will have so much exposure

It is downright ugly.

[gillynova]

Valleyfair + Santana Row:































Where Volar should be:

[cardinal2007]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/...title-lot/amp/

Huge office, retail, residential complex proposed in downtown San Jose at choice Valley Title lot

SAN JOSE — A million-square-foot mega complex of offices, homes and retail would sprout in downtown San Jose, under new plans that have been proposed by one of the city’s most active real estate entrepreneurs.

The proposal, if approved by the city, could be built on a choice downtown property that’s come to be known as the Valley Title site at 300 S. First St.

The mixed-use development would consist of 1.2 million square feet of offices, 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, 332 residential units and 645 parking spaces, according to preliminary plans submitted to San Jose officials.

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[gillynova]

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/02/...ley-title-lot/







Concept art. It won't look like this with the river for sure.

[SFBuildings888]

They say the Valley Fair expansion is supposed to be finished by spring. There is no way they are going to finish the construction by spring. Looks like they are behind of schedule.

[gillynova]

I don't think so too, even if Spring ends in June 21.

To me, it's looking more of an August opening.

[cardinal2007]

The facade is a bit different on the top floors

[gillynova]

via aphelion2100

The city Planning Commission last week approved a permit for the demolition of the 27 S. First St. structure, putting Dallas-based developer Alterra Worldwide one step closer to breaking ground on a proposed 22-story residential tower.

The project includes 374 market-rate residential units and a 35,712-square-foot retail space on the bottom floor. The new development follows a raft of forthcoming projects in downtown San Jose, as developers see an opportunity to build housing before BART eventually extends to Diridon Station in the heart of the city.

Alterra Worldwide still has get two additional permits before the building will be demolished for construction, which Schoennauer anticipates will take up to six months.

Further complicating matters, developers have to contend with rising construction costs, labor shortages and finding investors, which often takes time, said Scott Knies, executive director of the San Jose Downtown Association.

“You’re not going to see a building being demolished tomorrow,” he said.

Still, Schoennauer said Alterra Worldwide plans to break ground on schedule and already has a contractor in mind.

http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2019/03...AF5jHhLUK6PjOc

[gillynova]

Credit goes to aphelion2100

The huge village that’s being proposed in north San Jose would contain one million square feet of offices, 2,000 homes, 320,000 square feet of retail, a movie complex, an amphitheater and a 150-room hotel, according to preliminary plans submitted by developer SiliconSage Builders.

“This is going to be a mega village,” said Sanjeev Acharya, chief executive officer with Sunnyvale-based SiliconSage Builders. “The idea is to create a place where people can come and spend half a day.”

The project is somewhat scaled back in size from the original plans for a 31-acre project with 3,000 homes and 500,000 square feet of retail. With fewer homes and less retail on less acreage, the development will be more compact. That, in turn will give it more of an urban village look and feel.

Potentially 5,000 people could work in the development’s office buildings, once they were all built.

“We also want to include a movie theater and an outdoor amphitheater,” Acharya said.

Originally Posted by aphelion2100

https://www.mercurynews.com/location...unty/san-jose/









Renderings courtesy of: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Just a thought-- maybe a thousand less housing units & more offices might be a better build out here since we still need to improve our J/ER ratio.