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New Renderings For BIG-Designed Tower in Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on December 12, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

The San Jose Planning Director is scheduled to review updated plans next Wednesday for 35 South Second Street in Downtown San Jose, Santa Clara County. The plans, dubbed the Fountain Alley mixed-use project, have shifted from the previous pants-shaped office-housing complex to a 27-story and 28-story tower with 768 apartments and ground-floor retail. The project is part of the wider San Jose master plan led by Westbank and Urban Community.

Bank of Italy Tower residential conversion pedestrian view, rendering by Bjarke Ingels Group

Permits Filed for Office-to-Housing Conversion for Bank of Italy Tower, Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on March 31, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Project permits have been filed to convert the Bank of Italy office tower into housing at 12 South 1st Street in Downtown San Jose, Santa Clara County. The plans would bring new life to the historic tower as the region deals with high office vacancy rates. RMW Architecture is the project applicant.

Westbank Considers Converting Bank of Italy Tower to Housing

5:30 am on January 4, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Westbank and Urban Community have submitted new plans to convert Downtown San Jose’s iconic Bank of Italy tower into housing. The adaptive reuse of the office tower would create well over a hundred apartments across most of the 13-story building. The filing comes as the region struggles with record-high office vacancy rates.

Google Caribbean, design by Bjarke Ingels Group

BIG-Designed Google Caribbean Offices Facade Installed in Sunnyvale

5:30 am on June 12, 2023 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is wrapping up with facade installation nearly complete for Google Caribbean, the waterfront five-story buildings along West Caribbean Drive in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County. The zigzagging offices will bring a combined one million square feet of new office space for Google next year. The update comes as Google’s parent company, Alphabet, postponed construction of Downtown West in San Jose in April and put 1.4 million square feet of offices up for sublease last month. Bjarke Ingels Group is the project architect.

Nabr view from along South Third Street looking North, rendering by RMW Architecture

Upcoming Director’s Hearing for SoFA by Nabr in Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on December 13, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

The plan for a three-tower development in Downtown San Jose is up for public review at a Planning Director’s Hearing tomorrow, December 14th. The meeting comes after the publication of the initial study for the residential infill. The 474-unit project is a joint development with Nabr, a new direct-to-consumer housing startup, and the established local developers at Urban Community.

The Energy Hub view of the Urban Room at 35 South 2nd Street, rendering by Hayes Davidson and Westbank

Energy Hub Tower Proposal for Downtown San Jose Pushes Forward, Council Vote Expected Next Month

5:30 am on November 10, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

The amended Draft Environmental Impact Report has been published for the 21-story mixed-use proposal at 35 South Second Street in Downtown San Jose. The project, dubbed the Energy Hub Tower, is scheduled for review by the Planning Commission next week, and the city council is expected to consider final approval for the plans in mid-December. If approved, it will bring the development team, Westbank and Urban Community, closer to adding the Bjarke Ingels Group-designed tower to fruition.

Howard Terminal with the San Francisco skyline on the horizon, rendering by BKF Engineers

Council Meeting Today May Put Oakland A’s Howard Terminal on November Ballot

5:30 am on July 5, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

The Oakland City Council will be meeting today at noon to decide if Howard Terminal should be on the ballot this November. If the measure passes, voters can decide if public funds should be used to pay for public infrastructure costs related to the project. The meeting comes days after the project passed a critical vote to allow the port land to be used for non-port-related development.

Energy Hub seen from Post Street, rendering by Bjarke Ingels Group

Draft EIR Published for BIG-Design Energy Hub Tower

5:30 am on June 24, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

The Draft Environmental Impact Report has been published for the Energy Hub Tower, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group for Downtown San Jose. The proposal aims to create nearly two hundred homes, offices, retail, and public open space all inside a 21-story pants-shaped building. The proposal is part of the Westbank Campus for San Jose, developed in partnership with Urban Community.

2000 North Shoreline Boulevard aerial view, rendering via BIG and Heatherwick Studios

Google’s East Charleston Offices Nearly Complete

5:30 am on April 11, 2022 By Andrew Nelson

Construction work is finishing up on Google’s Charleston East, a canopy-covered bespoke office building designed by two international architecture firms, Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios. The 111-foot tall project is located at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard, by the Mountain View waterfront and across from the Shoreline Amphitheatre and the Googleplex. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is the project owner.

Photo Update For BIG-designed Google Caribbean Project in Sunnyvale

5:30 am on November 1, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Excavation work is underway; that is the headlining story from a recent site visit to the 40.5-acre construction site of Google Caribbean in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County. Two Ziggurat-like office buildings will soon rise with design by Bjarke Ingels Group, an internationally renowned architecture firm founded in Denmark. Google has tapped Sares Regis as development manager.

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