Friday, January 27, 2023
New Vietnamese Supermarket in Berryessa
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Good Samaritan planning a major hospital expansion
Today Good Samaritan Hospital in West San Jose has 273 beds but wants to undergo a major modernization project. The renovated hospital would expand by over 50% to 419 beds across 1.37 million SQFT (triple the size of the existing campus). It would also add 1,391 new parking stalls, a 200,000 SQFT medical office building, and seismic safety upgrades.
One part of the project that is bad news is their intention to drop acute care (urgent care) by 2030. Besides that it looks like a major win. Today all of the rooms at Good Sam are shared while private patient rooms are the norm for top hospital around the Bay. The expansion will likely address that gap and several other modernization opportunities.
The first phase of construction should be complete in 2029. It's great to see the hospital I was born in evolve into something better for San Jose residents.
Source: The Merc, Jawz from the SJ Development Forum
Monday, January 2, 2023
January 2023 Downtown Dimension Highlights
This month's newsletter highlights:
- Downtown Property Owners approved more Clean and Safe services starting in 2023 and Dimension reports on what has already happened and what is planned as Groundwerx ramps up services.
- SJDA Board President Alan "Gumby" Marques writes a letter of hope and optimism for the new year.
- San Jose's City Council approved an extension of incentives for developers to build more residences downtown over the next seven years.
- Restaurateurs Carlos and Fernanda Carreira have ventured into the nightclub business with Noite, on the second floor above their SoFA restaurant Petiscos
- Entrepreneurs continue to invest in downtown. This time, it's The Selfie Spot, a special place to be creative.
- Groundwerx safety ambassador Victoria Manzanares shows how taking the initiative pays off.