Formal permits have been filed for Petal Fields, the sprawling suburban expansion at 330 Burnett Avenue in Morgan Hill, Santa Clara County. The plans aim to replace over a hundred acres with a mix of single-family homes, townhomes, and low-income apartments. Local developer Borello Asset Management is responsible for the application.
Petal Fields at 330 Burnett Avenue single-family home architectural variation, illustration by Bassenian Lagoni Architects
Petal Fields at 330 Burnett Avenue townhomes, illustration by Bassenian Lagoni Architects
Preliminary permits filed by the developer in July secured the ability to use the Builder’s Remedy provision of the Housing Accountability Act. The remedy, an informal title for the state law provision, allows Borello to seek approval for plans that do not comply with local zoning in Morgan Hill so long as 20% of all units are designated as affordable housing. The application process will also be streamlined through Senate Bill 330.
The latest plans from Borello aim to build 838 dwellings across the three unit types. This will include 523 single-family homes, 145 townhomes, and 170 multi-family rental apartments. All apartment units will be designated as affordable to lower-income households. With the site spanning 134 acres, the development is expected to achieve a density of just 6.2 units per acre.
Petal Fields at 330 Burnett Avenue apartments, illustration by Bassenian Lagoni Architects
Petal Fields at 330 Burnett Avenue townhome multiplex, illustration by Bassenian Lagoni Architects
Bassenian Lagoni is overseeing the architecture, and Gates + Associates will be responsible for the landscape architecture. The structural elements for each housing type will be a familiar wood-frame structure, with articulation across the multi-unit townhomes and apartments to distinguish units and visually disrupt the facade. Single-family homes and townhomes will be stylized with a range of contemporary interpretations of Farmhouse, Prairie, Ranch, and Spanish revival aesthetics.
Peebles Burnett subdivision existing condition with property information, outlined in black illustration by Bassenian Lagoni Architects
The 131.9-acre property is located along Burnett Avenue and Pebbles Avenue, close to Highway 101 and the Sobrato High School. Future residents will be over half an hour from the Morgan Hill Caltrain station by bus or 14 minutes via bicycle. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be established.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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I’m sure that Borello Asset Management will make lots of money if this moves forward as proposed.
But on most days during commute hours, Highway 101 is almost bumper-to-bumper between San Martin and San Jose. People buying the Single-family homes and townhomes here will certainly not be riding the bus to the Morgan Hill Caltrain station, get real. If this is built, traffic on Highway 101 will just get worse, with the concomitant worsening of air quality in the Santa Clara Valley.
Great news! A community of this size with a mix of single and multi-family is a great springboard for growth and sustainability of the region. So many properties are playing on the value of high end single family without including the multifamily and mixed use housing which allows family’s to grow and diversity to thrive.
YIMBY has enabled greenfield sprawl at an industrial scale in California.
These are 3-story townhomes.
It is NIMBYs that have forced sprawl to occur. If only Palo Alto and Menlo Park were upzoned for midrises there would be no need for construction in Gilroy and Morgan Hill.
Only rich NIMBYs blame poor people from wanting a home that may one day be considered affordable.
Complete ridiculousness. Pathetic really.
Are additional towers in San Francisco also a monstrosity?
Build baby build!
This is only going to decrease the ease of everyone thats already here. Should build in san jose or put to use some of those huge empty business buildings that have been empty for 10+years before ruining morgan hill and other what used to be small towns… Let’s be real here. They’re not building to house people that are already down here.. they’re building to bring people from outside the area down here, something that’s just going to congest the area and make the overall comfort of everybody down here horrendous. It already takes way too long to drive 3 to 5 miles than it ever should! And crime is just increasing and increasing.. so let’s just add more people to the mix right? 🤷
There is nothing wrong with people moving to Morgan Hill.
Obviously new housing is not for people who “already live there”…they already have houses.