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Breeze of Innovation river view, rendering from SMAR Architecture

Urban Confluence Silicon Valley Picks Winner for New San Jose Landmark

5:30 am on March 26, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The non-profit organization, Urban Confluence Silicon Valley, announced yesterday that they chose The Breeze of Innovation as the winner in their international competition for a new landmark in Downtown San Jose. The winning art piece, which the organization will gift to the City of San Jose, has a central structure surrounded by five hundred poles rising two hundred feet above the ground. between the poles, there will be a cafe, exhibition room, and observation decks for the public. SMAR Architecture Studio is responsible for the submission.

Berryessa BART Urban Village plan massing, image via City of San Jose

San Jose Planning Commission Will Vote On Berryessa BART Urban Village Plan

5:00 am on March 23, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The San Jose planning commission will review and vote on adopting the Berryessa BART Urban Village Plan as a guiding policy document in a public meeting tomorrow evening. The plan would rezone 28.9 acres surrounding the newly-opened BART station to allow for over four million square feet of commercial space and roughly 5,100 new residential units.

282 South Market Street perspective across Market and West San Carlos Street, design by Arquitectonica

New Renderings for 282 South Market Street, Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on March 22, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

San Jose’s Planning Commission is scheduled to review updated plans this Wednesday, the 24th, for the proposed office building at 282 South Market Street in Downtown San Jose. The city staff recommends the approval of two resolutions and the commission to file a Notice of Determination for CEQA. The Mountain View-based Sobrato Organization is responsible for the development.

615 Stockton Avenue, illustration from Infinite Investment Realty

New Renderings Revealed for Hotel at 615 Stockton Avenue, Garden Alameda, San Jose

4:30 am on March 19, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New renderings have been revealed for the proposed five-story hotel at 615 Stockton Avenue in Garden Alameda, San Jose. The project, to be known as Victoria Hotel, is right across the street from the northern extension of the 262-acre Diridon Station Area Plan. The proposal will open 80 new hotel guest rooms within walking distance of the Diridon Station transit hub, marking a change from a September draft to shift the project to moderate-income affordable housing. San Jose-based Infinite Investment Realty is the project owner.

The Carlysle at 51 Notre Dame Avenue, rendering courtesy CBRE and Acquity Realty

Demolition Permits Filed for 51 Notre Dame Avenue, Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on March 16, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

New planning permits have been filed to demolish a single-story commercial structure at 51 Notre Dame Avenue in Downtown San Jose. The application is filed in the wake of Acquity Realty’s proposed 21-story mixed-use tower for the same lot. The demolition application was filed by the Livermore-based civil engineering firm Kier + Wright.

Woz Way Tower looking southeast from Woz Way, rendering by C2K Architecture

New Designs Revealed for 280 Woz Way, Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on March 15, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

A recently filed draft has revealed a redesign for 280 Woz Way, a two-towered office proposal expected to rise by the southern corner of downtown San Jose. The most notable design change is removing three sky bridges that connected between six levels. The first stages of construction are expected to begin later this year. Cupertino-based KT Urban is the project developer.

600 South 1st Street Garden Gate tower aerial view, rendering by C2K Architecture

Demolition Permits Filed for 600 South 1st Street, Downtown San Jose

5:30 am on March 12, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Demolition permits have been filed for 618 South 1st Street, one of three properties merged in the 252-foot proposed tower at 600 South 1st Street in Downtown San Jose’s southeast corner. The development was first introduced in 2018 and approved by the city council in November of 2019. Amendment permits filed in June of 2020 seek to expand the number of apartments. KT Urban is the project developer, with Scape as owner since March of 2020 for $16.5 million.

Element Hotel by Marriott, 1130 Champions Drive, rendering from Nexus

Construction Topped Out for Element Hotel by Marriott, 1130 Champions Drive, Newhall, San Jose

5:00 am on March 7, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Construction has topped out for the U-shaped five-story Element Hotel by Marriott, confirmed by a recent site visit to the property at 1130 Champions Drive in Newhall, San Jose. The new building will span 115,000 square feet, producing 175 guest rooms immediately opposite the San Jose Earthquakes soccer stadium and the city’s international airport. The project, led by Nexus Development, is part of a much larger mixed-use plan, the Coleman Highline.

Downtown West, Google's proposal within the Diridon Station Area Plan, rendering via Sitelab

Amendment Expands San Jose’s Diridon Station Area Plan

5:30 am on March 5, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The City of San Jose has published a 267-page addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report of the Diridon Station Area Plan, showing an increase in allowed office space and hotel rooms in downtown San Jose. The Diridon Station Area Plan, or DSAP, is a purposeful rezoning of 262 acres adopted by San Jose in 2014 to build closer to public transit. The plan aims to extend the city’s Central Business District to reach the train station in response to 2008’s successful Proposition 1A to start the High-Speed Rail project from southern to northern California, including the anticipated link with Diridon Station.

1371 Kooser Road residential proposal, image via Bay Area News Group

Preliminary Permits Filed for 1371 Kooser Road, Cambrian, San Jose

4:30 am on March 5, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Preliminary planning permits have been filed for a six-story mixed-use development replacing a single-story Chuck E. Cheese location at 1371 Kooser Road in the Cambrian neighborhood in southern San Jose. The proposal is expected to offer 100% affordable multifamily apartments opposite the Princeton Plaza Mall. Affirmed Housing is responsible for the application.

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