SAN JOSE — A project to convert an existing hotel into a new residential complex could produce more than 100 apartment units in San Jose.
Documents on file with city planners show the conversion of the Caravelle Inn & Suites hotel at 1310 North First St. would occur in two phases.
58-unit apartment complex at 1310 North First Street in San Jose, concept. (Bay Area Project Pro)
Caravelle Inn & Suites, a 58-unit hotel at 1310 North First Street in San Jose. (Google Maps)
The first would convert the existing 58-room hotel at the corner of North First Street and East Rosemary Street to 58 apartments, planning files show. These would consist of 52 residential studios and six other housing units.
The second phase envisions the development of a five-story, 45-unit apartment building on a section of the site that’s behind the existing hotel, according to city documents.
A growing number of hotel sites are being actively considered for conversion to housing as a sour lodging market in the region persists.
In other instances, such as with the Bank of Italy tower in downtown San Jose, office sites are slated to become residential hubs.