Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority has entered a formal lease agreement to construct a ten-story affordable housing project on the vacant lot next to the Berryessa Transit Center in San Jose, Santa Clara County. Affirmed Housing Group is now working to create 195 units of low-income housing for individuals and families within the planned transit-oriented Urban Village.
Berryessa pedestrian view, design by Dahlin
Berryessa affordable housing, design by Dahlin
The proposal will create a 10-story infill with 195 units for “low-income individuals and families, including the formerly homeless,” according to the project website. Once complete, the structure will be all-electric powered, aiming to receive a Green Point Gold rating. Alongside the affordable housing, VTA imagines populating the 3.3-acre parcel with market-rate housing and a future office building. The three buildings will be intersected with mid-block pedestrian paths leading towards Mabury Road and the Berryessa Station parking garage. Dahlin is the project architect and Cahill will be the general contractor.
Berryessa parcel redevelopment, map by VTA
Berryessa affordable housing site, image via Google Satellite
The project is one of three structures that would reshape the empty parcel at Berryessa Station Way and Mabury Road and overlooking the BART tracks. Across the railway, the current Berryessa Flea Market and surface parking is expected to be rebuilt as a mixed-use neighborhood dubbed Market Park. The 60-acre plot could eventually host a million square feet of offices, three thousand homes, and retail developed by the current owners of the Flea Market.
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It is colorful, different, and has nice angles. I like it.
Great! Let’s do the same kind of development on the other side of BART corridor on the flea market site
It’s great but as early as 2026? We need this faster. What can be done to accelerate the pace of new constructions this needs to get done now! Let’s go!