Thursday, September 14, 2023
Downtown San Jose office tower converting to housing
Thursday, August 24, 2023
Google's Downtown San Jose project still has signs of life
Google is also preserving the historic San Jose Water Company building and is working with local artist to enhance the "Downtown West" neighborhood they will hopefully be anchoring in the coming years and/or decades.
Source: The Merc
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Alviso/North San Jose entertainment district is now a data center
Source: The Merc
Monday, August 14, 2023
San Jose office building may be converted to residential or hotel
Source: SFGATE
Thursday, August 10, 2023
A look inside Adobe's 4th Tower
Source: The Merc
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Park Avenue in Downtown San Jose is reopening
Source: Downtown Dimension
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Future CityView Plaza Proposal |
Saturday, July 29, 2023
Old Fry's HQ will become a giant office campus
The shuttered Mayan-themed Fry's store and previous Fry's HQ on Brokaw Road are destined to become a seven-building tech campus. Combined, they will add another 2 million SQFT of office space to North San Jose.
However, don't expect to see this completed anytime soon. The developer is planning to build the project in four phases over a decade and won't even begin construction until 2024 at the soonest.
Source: SVBJ
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Platform 16 project is now well underway
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
SoFA will never be the same if these 6 towers get built
Feast your eyes on two projects consisting of three towers each in Downtown San Jose's artsy SoFA district. I love how these proposals continue to get more and more impressive with natural elements and rooftop amenities.
The first five renders below are a joint residential venture between Urban Community and Terrascape Ventures with 386 units. Two towers would be around 420 S. 2nd Street and clock in at 12 and 22 stories plus 8,000 SQFT of retail in a public plaza between the buildings. This is where the Dai-Thanh Supermarket and Dakao Sandwich shop currently stand. A third 20-story would rise on 420 S. 3rd St. and replace an old apartment complex. At least two towers would have an outdoor rooftop deck and lounge with trees and plants. The entire project would be built using mass timber and cross-laminated timber and operate with net-zero carbon emissions.
The next five renders are Westbank's "The Orchard" mixed-use project at the very entrance of SoFA from San Salvador Street. The towers looks great, but the ground-floor retail looks phenomenal! Currently, most of this proposal covers what today is a giant outdoor parking lot.
If just one of these projects moves forward, it will transform the area. If both make it, it'll be a revelation. It would triple the amount of foot traffic on most days and likely turn SoFA into an even more thriving area than San Pedro Square or the Historic District.
Sources: SVBJ, Aphelion2100 from the SJ Development Forum