Detailed plans have been revealed for the residential infill at 400 Saratoga Avenue in Santa Clara. The plans, named the Greens at Pruneridge, will replace a portion of the Pruneridge Golf Club with two apartment structures. Sacramento-based Demmon Partners is the property owner.
Greens at Pruneridge view from Saratoga Avenue, rendering by Kenneth Rodrigues and Partners
Greens at Pruneridge street view, rendering by Kenneth Rodrigues and Partners
Construction will bring two structures rising 55 and 44 feet tall, spanning around 361,170 square feet across 324 apartments. Unit sizes will vary, with 12 studios, 200 one-bedrooms, and 111 two-bedrooms. Parking will be included for 392 cars between two subterranean garages.
Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners is responsible for the design. Illustrations show the podium-style complexes will be stylized with an articulated Spanish Revival-style facade. The exterior will be clad with painted stucco, pre-cast concrete, stone veneer, and wood posts.
Greens at Pruneridge rooftop deck, rendering by Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners
Greens at Pruneridge masterplan overview, illustration by Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners
Guzzardo Partnership is the landscape architect. Both structures will feature ground-level landscaped courtyards. Building One will have a pool deck, hot tub, outdoor dining space, and seating close to an amenity club. Building Two’s courtyard will feature two lawns, dining tables, and more barbeque grills. The courtyard will sit between a fitness center and an amenity club.
Demmon Partners is working with the Morley Brothers for project entitlement. The existing Pruneridge Golf Course layout will be updated while retaining nine holes. The existing driving range will remain untouched. According to the project website, the team expects the city’s review process to span through 2025, including a CEQA environmental study.
Greens at Pruneridge view of courtyards, rendering by Kenneth Rodrigues and Partners
Greens at Pruneridge street view, rendering by Kenneth Rodrigues and Partners
The 4.9-acre site is located along Pruneridge Avenue between Saratoga Avenue and San Tomas Expressway. Future residents will be close to a small retail center and just over a mile from the Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall.
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This is excellent. 324 new apartments near a lot of jobs.
There are a glut of golf courses anyway. Golfers can go to other nearby courses that are at risk of shutting down due to insufficient business.
I really dislike multiple tones architecture built for some time.
I will say, this is a bit better than the uninspired Lego-block architecture being put in along El Camino Real. But better architecture = more cost for the developers!
This area in Silicon Valley needs homes we can buy for reasonable prices. 1.5 million for a home for a family is out of reach even in Silicon Valley. This inflation of home prices causes people to be house poor, stressed out.
These are apartments, so not likely for sale. So not going to help the situation.
I agree, it would be more helpful to put in townhouses, available for purchase by families.
The area is already densely populated. The traffic surrounding the golf course is already very heavy during peak commute, probably the worst in the city. There are so many empty buildings in Santa Clara that are walking distance to Nvidia and other tech companies. Perhaps a reconsideration of where apartments are built so as to evenly distribute traffic, access to employment. Putting apartments in an area with dense population, existing traffic congestion, is just a bad idea. And for those thinking the golf course isn’t used, you clearly don’t golf at pruneridge. It is in constant use, including by local students as an elective in high school. It is a well loved, heavily used recreational space.
False. I live near there, and traffic is not high. Most of the tech industry works from home. The golf course is far less useful than more apartments would be.
You NIMBYs complain about everything. The only constant for you people is ‘don’t build it’.
Actually Joan is correct. I live near there too. And while it’s true that many tech employees used to work from home, that has changed within the last year as most companies are calling their employees back ti the office. The traffic is worse than it’s ever been due to this.
I my comment is not false. And labeling me for having an opinion invalidates your opinion. I have lived near this golf course for 33 years. I drive to work on Pruneridge Ave Monday-Friday for the past 8 years . Since Apple moved to corner of Homestead and Wolf, my commute has gone from 12 minutes to 43 minutes . I am parked alongside the golf course if I leave for work between 8-8:30 am. Pruneridge Ave is not equipped to funnel trafficOnto San Tomas expressway during peak commute time. If residents of the golf site are also driving during this time I believe it is logical that there will be a large traffic issue. It’s the same when driving home only it’s backed up in both directions on pruneridge AND turn lane from San Tomas turning left to pruneridge. This is peak congestion between 5-6pm. There is an emptier part of town that could use redevelopment and it is near Nvidia . Empty land and vacant tech buildings. Bus line also running nearby. Putting dense housing in an already developed area is just a bad idea.
All of you are missing the point here. It’s all about money 💰. More tax dollars for billionaires running the country and the state. The globalist agenda is just starting to kick in. The Current Administration is the beginning of the communist agenda created by the Liberal Democrats to destroy America.
Joan and Nora are correct. I live in the area as well. Plus, there is no fixed mass transit in the nearby area. The only meaningful means of transportation are car-centric, via San Thomas Expwy. In person work has come back with a vengeance (I never stopped going into the office) in the northern part of the area.
One wonders if Kartik actually lives in the area, or is just a virtual bot that puts out the usual developer-promoting propaganda.
This is just ridiculous. We do not need more homes built or traffic in these areas. Use this money to get government funding to get people into homes instead of building more homes when our vacancy rates are so high over 30%!!!