New permits have been filed to increase the potential townhome-style development of a vacant office block at 2107 North First Street in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The project will now create just over a hundred condominiums, some of which will be affordable. Stanley Group is the project sponsor, filing through Bayshore Plaza LLC.
The existing office building, which has six floors and 103,200 square feet of surface parking on the 3.86-acre parcel, will need to be demolished. Preliminary plans now aim to create 105 new condominiums, up from permits filed last year for 85 townhomes.
The developer has invoked Senate Bill 330 in the pre-application filed earlier this month. SB330 will streamline the approval process while ensuring some homes are designated affordable housing. The exact quantity and affordability are not specified in the application.
2107 North First Street, image via Google Street View
Details about the project design and architectural styling are not specified, though most townhome-style projects across the Bay Area are garnished with similar farmhouse, Italianate, or Spanish Revival features.
The property is located along North First Street between East Brokaw Road and Karina Court in an area dominated by hotels and offices. The San Jose International Airport is just 20 minutes away on foot. Residents will be close to the Karina Court light-rail station, which travels between Downtown San Jose, Levi’s Stadium, and the Mountain View Caltrain station.
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“Townhome plans increase”
Magical words.
The demolition of office parks in favor of housing begins. On one hand, yay, more housing and better use of land. On the other hand, there is serious economic destruction on the commercial office side of things, with real people being impacted negatively. Working from home is bad for the economy, at least short term. The celebration should be muted.
What do you do if no one wants to rent them?
Working from home is extremely GOOD for the economy, as well as for the human condition. Gee, saving 3 hours a day, and spending more time with one’s children is bad.
Economic analysis is clearly not your strong suit.
My problem is 3-fold: conversion of office, adjacent to the one of the most frequent high-capacity transit corridors in SJ, and replacement with something as low density as town homes. At a minimum this conversion should build 4-7 story midrise with ground floor retail facing 1st and Karina.
This is such a weird proposal in it’s current state, I really hope it doesn’t move forward.