Foundation work is currently underway for the ten-story affordable housing complex at 825 Berryessa Station Way, San Jose, Santa Clara County. Construction officially started in June of this year, and now the crane is fully built, with some site preparation underway before foundation work begins. Affirmed Housing is the project developer.
Berryessa BART affordable housing construction, image courtesy YIMBY tipster
Berryessa affordable housing podium deck, design by Dahlin
The 10-story structure is expected to yield around 217,500 square feet, including 155,330 square feet of housing, 1,940 square feet for assembly space, 4,520 square feet for the eight-car garage, and 4,280 square feet of ground-level commercial business area. Dahlin Group is responsible for the design.
Erin Curtis, Executive Director of the California Strategic Growth Council, which is partially responsible for funding the project, said during the groundbreaking ceremony, “We’re thrilled to join our partners and the community to witness the groundbreaking of the 195-unit Berryessa development. This project demonstrates exactly what the California Strategic Growth Council and our partners are working to achieve throughout California—thriving neighborhoods with walkable, affordable communities near public transit.
Berryessa BART aerial view, rendering by Dahlin Group
The 0.8-acre property is located next to the elevated BART tracks, the VTA parking garage, and Berryessa Station Way. The site is close to the sprawling surface parking lot partially occupied by the busy San Jose Flea Market. The property, owned by the Bumb Family, is approved to be developed into a dense mixed-use district with over three thousand units of housing and offices, with the city agreeing to establish a commercial financing district to finance infrastructure improvements. The project, part of a large Berryessa Urban Village master plan, has yet to start construction.
HA Builder Group is listed as the general contractor responsible for the project. Construction started in May of this year after securing $38.5 million from the state’s Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program. The program is run by the California Strategic Growth Council. Completion is expected as early as Spring 2028.
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In the first rendering, there are translucent mass surrounding this building.
Are those represent other entitled projects/buildings or just potential future projects?
Thank you
I believe that the translucent areas indicate the future buildings they plan on getting too.
It should be taller with more housing units.
San Jose is becoming a Concrete Jungle. Our once beautiful thriving orchards and vegetable growing soil is a thing of the past.
I think it’s “HORRENDOUS” that we are Importing fruits and vegetables from other Countries. Shame on Everyone for allowing that to happen.
Bit late for that now that SJ is 94% SFH.
I mean if we’d started building stuff like this in the beginning we could’ve left 80% of the land as orchard.
Any sane environmentalist is a proponent of high-density living. That’s how we keep most of the planet useful for nature and agriculture.