Plans have been approved for a small five-story residential infill at 579 West Virginia Street in the Gardner neighborhood of San Jose. Once complete, the project will replace a single-family house with 16 apartments, including two affordable units. Philip Beitpoulince is the project applicant.
579 West Virginia Street second-level floor plan, illustration via public documents
The 52-foot-tall structure will contain 16 units above a roughly 7,000 square foot garage. Unit types will vary from two-bedrooms to four-bedrooms, with two affordable units. One unit will be deed-restricted for a very low-income household, and one unit will be dedicated to a moderate-income household. Parking will be included for 17 cars and four bicycles. The rooftop deck will include 3,980 square feet of landscaped open space.
The 0.23-acre property is situated at the corner of West Virginia Street and Bird Avenue, near Gardner Elementary School, and is a short walk from the San Carlos Street thoroughfare. Diridion Station is less than ten minutes away by VTA bus, or 20 minutes on foot. Downtown San Jose is just over ten minutes away by bus or bicycle.
579 West Virginia Street, image via Google Satellite
Public records show the property last sold in 2018 for $970,000, with Nguyen Phuong VY Hoang Trustee listed as the property owner. Construction is expected to start this year, with work lasting 18 months from groundbreaking to completion.
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Pretty soon you won’t know what town your in as all new construction looks the same.
Let me introduce you to the majority of the Santa Clara Valley in the 1960s.