New building permits have been filed for a four-story residential proposal at 3131 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, to expand Laguna Clara Apartments. 225 units will be added to the existing site to nearly double housing. Equity Residential is responsible for the development.
Urban Catalyst, a Silicon Valley real estate opportunity zone fund, has plans to build a 21-story high-end student housing tower right next to the San Jose State University campus in the fast-urbanizing downtown San Jose. The 250-foot tower will yield 335,260 square feet with capacity for over 850 student residents, parking for cars and bicycles, and shared amenities. Permits filed in June and July of this year are currently under review by the city.
The Oakland City Planning Commission has approved the multi-building mixed-use Mandela Station @ West Oakland BART development, which plans to bring 762 units to 1451 7th Street, West Oakland. The project, so named for surrounding West Oakland BART Station, will culminate with over 75,000 square feet of new park space, retail, 240 affordable houses, and 522 market-rate apartments inside the 320-foot residential tower. JRDV Architects is responsible for the design.
A large 57-unit multi-family project is under construction at 2755 El Camino Real in Palo Alto. This proposed structure rises fifty feet up, or four floors over a busy intersection between El Camino Real and Page Mill Road, in an area already dotted with four-story multi-family projects. Windy Hill Property Ventures is sponsoring the development.
More documents, including a design review and notice of exemption, have been filed with CEQA on behalf of a project located at 2433 Mariner Square Drive in Alameda. Previously reported on by SF YIMBY in 2024, the project is being brought by The Martin Group with plans to transform the West Alameda parcel. The current commercial area would be replaced by high-rise residential with views of downtown Oakland, the Port of Oakland, and across the San Francisco Bay.