SAN JOSE — More than 100 affordable homes might sprout on a commercial site in San Jose that’s near The Plant retail hub and State Route 87, according to very preliminary plans on file at City Hall.
The proposed development is slated to produce up to 115 affordable homes at 195 Curtner Avenue in San Jose, a filing with city planners shows.
Site of proposed development of affordable homes at 195 Curtner Avenue in San Jose, shown within the outline. Boundaries are approximate. (Google Maps)
At present, an Enterprise Rent-A-Car building occupies the 0.5-acre site, which is at the corner of Curtner Avenue and Stone Avenue.
Other proposals have emerged in recent years to develop homes on office or retail sites as a result of the fading fortunes of some commercial properties and the ongoing demand for housing.
The proposal for the Curtner and Stone site is considered to be very preliminary and might be modified as a result of the city review process.
“The property owner at 195 Curtner is hoping to understand more about its viability for a potential affordable housing development with a small amount of retail on the ground floor,” the preliminary proposal states.
A Sunnyvale-based company whose principal members are Bay Area real estate executives Alan Bogomilsky, Ahron Bogomilsky and Bernard Mirkin owns the property, state government business files show.
A prior proposal for the site envisioned ground-floor retail totaling 2,900 square feet and a street-level parking structure. The residences would be developed in a three-story building on a podium atop the housing.
The applicants suggested that the proposal is being presented as a trial balloon.
“The new project would not need to match this description and is presented solely as an example of the potential scale of proposed development on the site,” the planning documents state.