Permits have been field seeking the approval of a new suburban development at 20202 Harry Road in Alamaden in southern San Jose. The project will bring well over a hundred homes to the vacant property.
Latala Homes is responsible for the application.
The project site spans an area of 50 acres. The scope of work includes the development of a the project site with 173 new residences designed as a mix of 135 single-family homes and 38 duet homes. The project will yield a total residential built-up area spanning 435,000 square feet and 98,000 square feet for private garages. Of that, 36 will be designated as affordable to low-income households. Proposed site improvements include a private street network, wastewater facilities and common open space.
20202 Harry Road site map, illustration drafted by Lawrence E. Stone
Bassenian Lagoni is listed as the project architect, though illustrations have yet the be shared.
An SB 330 subdivision has been proposed. The Senate Bill 330 pre-application invokes the builder’s remedy to “propose eligible housing development projects that do not comply with either the zoning or the general plan,” as written by ABAG and referenced by Holland & Knight in the pre-application letter.
As covered previously, open space is located where Almaden Expressway meets Harry Road, close to the Alamitos Creek and Calero Creek. The site is next to the Challenger School campus, a storage facility, and several other suburbs. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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Thanks Scott Wiener for doing your part to destroy San José’s green belt. Thanks to your antics, suburban sprawl is enjoying a new heyday in California.
Make California New Jersey Again.
My area of NJ was 2 plus acre lots and no fences. The population was 18K at the time. The property taxes were staggering. The houses were north of 4K sq ft. This was Northwest NJ.
Other than these few counties, , I agree with you.
My family would love to buy a new home in this location.
Why hasn’t there been an amendment to SB330 to prevent this type of sprawl from using it’s benefits? This development is a 180 from the spirit of the law, it should be an easy fix.
STOP DEVELOPING OPEN LAND!! MY GOD….what will it take for you to realize that YOU are DESTROYING our OZONE through taking away the open land that saves it…let alone taking away ALL of the homes of the native animals, insects, etc that live there….SHAME ON YOU!!
Yay for realtors and builders F___You to Almaden citizens and their earned quality of life. 😱😡. Building that many homes will result in Almaden Expressway becoming clogged with cars 24 hours a day and then THEY will want to add two lanes and make it an Interstate Highway. And just think of the chaos and life disruption as the houses are built. Greed. Money. Selfishness. Goodbye Almaden Valley. 😰
The plan has changed. Less SFH, and more duplexes. Ugh!
The idea is that somehow this will help the housing shortage. I can’t imagine any house under 2 million with exception of the 36 supposedly affordable ones.
I was talking to a friend who lives off Fortini. He was talking about the level of traffic he sees daily. At 8AM, it’s work trucks using McKean to bypass 101. At 3PM,, they are just going in the reverse direction. Expanding the expressway only up to Via Valiente or beyond? The whole idea is ridiculous.
No one cares about our quality of life. The county certainly doesn’t care. They did t meet the deadline, so now the only answer is Builders Remedy. It’s disgusting.
Check out the project at 19601 MC Kean. It will be smaller than Harry Road, but townhomes on McKean? Seriously?
The expressway won’t be able to handle the traffic, so we will be impacted on Almaden Road as well. Welcome to the end of our quiet life as we know it.
I’m usually more on top of these developments but looks like this one went under my nose. My residence is located on a local road near McKean and I agree with your friend although I do have things to add. It isn’t just work trucks that use McKean, commuters from down south like Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and Coyote Valley use McKean to bypass 101 via the exit on Bailey Ave. So people start barreling down McKean at around 7 AM. Even through McKean is only a 2 lane road with twists and turns, people just completely disregard the speed limit (40 to 45 mph for context). Cars going around 50 mph is normal but you can always find at least one person going around 70 to 90.
In addition, the intersection between McKean and Harry which is only a stone’s throw away from this housing development can get rather packed during rush hour as these roads were never meant to handle the current amount of traffic. For context, this intersection does not have any signal lights. As an aside, there’s also a food truck on the shoulder of the intersection which thankfully doesn’t clog up the intersection too much. Regardless, my concerns lays with whether the housing development has an access road or driveways on McKean as it would probably throw the intersection into chaos. The previous submission on July 15, 2024 had 11 driveways leading into McKean with 5 of those leading directly into the turn lane that practically every commuter on McKean uses to turn right on Harry during the morning commute and as a result, there can be a decently long line of vehicles waiting to turn.
Thankfully, the more recent proposal on February 12, 2025 instead revises this to 2 cul-de-sacs. However, I still have concerns about the proximity of “Court B” as its entrance is located on the taper leading to the dedicated turn lane. Since “Court B” serves 8 single family homes, we can at least expect 8 cars. Although it technically would not be illegal to make a left turn when exiting Court B, it would be infeasible during rush hour when the northbound lane of McKean becomes a line of cars waiting to turn. However, it becomes even more dangerous when there isn’t a build up of cars waiting and considering the speeds at which motorists drive on McKean, I wouldn’t be too surprised if a fatal T-bone crash occurs. I mean, crashes are already not too uncommon on McKean as we just had a head-on last April which led to traffic being backed up to Almaden Expressway. Only way around is to double back to Santa Teresa Boulevard and take Bailey which is easily a 30 minute detour.
There is the option of making McKean wider as every plot adjacent to the road has an easement, however, the costs of doing so would be high due to the need for landscaping. And frankly, considering the current situation with funding, McKean isn’t going to get any wider any time soon.
I also would not be surprised if the traffic at the intersection between Harry and Almaden Expressway gets worse as 161 households are going to be added to Harry Rd and those 161 cars are probably going to need to make a left turn onto Harry at the end of the day. Considering there’s only one southbound travel lane on Almaden Expressway before the intersection and the fact that the existing commuters who want to turn right on Harry have to share the singular travel lane, there’s going to be quite the build up of cars on that intersection. As a result of the traffic build-up, people will likely attempt to bypass that intersection via Almaden Road (they already do this) and/or Camden Avenue. One comment already gives their grievances about Almaden Road and considering that there’s another development on 19780 Almaden Road that would add 49 single family homes, I just say traffic is definitely going to get worse there. As for Camden, traffic would likely enter either through the intersection between Camden and Almaden Expr. or taking a left at Via Valente. Via Valente itself leads to Bret Harte Middle School and Leland High School. You can probably see where this is going.
Considering all of the housing developments in the area, I would hope that the County and developers put a little bit more thought into the traffic conditions of this area.