The San Jose City Council is scheduled to review plans today for a district of the multi-project Berryessa BART Station redevelopment in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The project aims to replace the transit-adjacent lot at 1655 Berryessa Road with over eight hundred apartments, alongside some retail and open space. Robert Facchino at Terracommercial Real Estate is the master plan developer.
1655 Berryessa Road site map, illustration by Swenson
Construction of the Facchino District is expected to be split into three phases, adding around 850 units across a 13-acre lot. The first phase will add the lowest-density portion of the area to add 48 for-sale units, with 24 rowhomes and 24 townhomes across three blocks. Phase two will construct a 260-unit affordable housing complex. The final phase will add 542 apartments on Blocks F and G. The plans do not specify when the public park on Block E or the commercial office building overlooking Berryessa Street on Block I will be developed.
Swenson Builders is sponsoring the affordable housing component on behalf of Terracommercial Real Estate Corporation. The below-market-rate project will rise six floors over a 2.38-acre property. Unit types will vary with 85 one-bedrooms, 110 two-bedrooms, and 65 three-bedrooms. Unit types will vary with 10% for very low-income housing, 51% for low-income households, and 39% for moderate-income households.
1655 Berryessa Road site, outlined by Swenson
City staff are recommending approval for the project, including rezoning, a resolution to certify the EIR, adopting the vesting tentative map, and the affordable housing complex. The meeting is scheduled to start today, August 12th, starting at 1:30 PM. For more information about how to attend and participate, you may download the meeting agenda here.
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What happened to housing density in San Jose?
“…adding around 850 units across a 13-acre lot.”
This development should be at 5X the density, since it’s on a large urban parcel.
You want to bring ridership to Bart and all VTA transportation? Why does San Jose keep building low density? Why not add high rises 15+ stories high bring the dense and you’ll have more people riding public transit. It’s shame your building this 5-6 stories cookie cutter boxes.
Wow, you couldn’t make this any uglier if you tried. I agree with other comments that this would be an appropriate site for a high rise.
Is there a reason so many developments in the Bay Area seem to go through neverending community meetings for years? As someone who doesn’t fully know the process it doesn’t make much sense to me that the first meeting would be in August 2021 and the project doesn’t even have council approval by August 2025. Could someone explain?
Please don’t forget Seniors units. You keep building only for new generation with too many stairs nothing more flexible for kids and adults….Need to change your closed – business minds