{"id":398607,"date":"2026-07-15T00:09:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398607\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T00:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T00:09:27","slug":"meeting-tomorrow-for-470-west-san-carlos-street-san-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/398607\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Tomorrow For 470 West San Carlos Street, San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Jose Planning Director\u2019s Hearing is scheduled tomorrow morning to review the site development permits for the eight-story residential project at 470 West San Carlos Street just outside <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/downtown-san-jose\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown San Jose<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/santa-clara-county\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara County<\/a>. The project could add 276 apartments and parking to a cleared parcel, formerly occupied by an auto shop and three single-family houses.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/urban-catalyst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Urban Catalyst<\/a> is responsible for the application and had previously announced that construction was scheduled to start late last year.<\/p>\n<p>The roughly 89-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 232,000 square feet, including roughly 163,000 square feet of housing and 23,600 square feet for parking. The complex will feature five levels of wood frame over a three-story concrete podium. Of the 276 units, 14 will be deed-restricted for very-low-income households. Unit sizes will vary with 75 studios, 135 one-bedrooms, and 66 two-bedrooms. The podium garage will provide capacity for 217 cars utilizing stackers and 72 bicycles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47101\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/470-West-San-Carlos-Street-vertical-cross-section-illustration-by-BDE-Architecture.jpg\" alt=\"470 West San Carlos Street vertical cross-section, illustration by BDE Architecture\" width=\"1500\" height=\"941\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">470 West San Carlos Street vertical cross-section, illustration by BDE Architecture<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/470-West-San-Carlos-Street-second-level-floor-plan-illustration-by-BDE-Architecture.jpg\" alt=\"470 West San Carlos Street second-level floor plan, illustration by BDE Architecture\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1012\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">470 West San Carlos Street, second-level floor plan, illustration by BDE Architecture<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/bde-architecture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BDE Architecture<\/a> is responsible for the design. Illustrations show a bare podium-style complex with a flat roofline, some balconies, and a rounded window edge overlooking the corner of San Carlos Street and Gifford Avenue. Facade materials will include stucco, metal panels, and floor-to-ceiling windows.<\/p>\n<p>The roughly 0.9-acre property is located at the corner of West San Carlos Street and Gifford Avenue, about a quarter mile from Downtown San Jose and about half a mile from Diridon Station. The application has been streamlined and increased by Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus law<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-46009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1470-West-San-Carlos-Street-image-via-Google-Street-View.jpg\" alt=\"1470 West San Carlos Street, image via Google Street View\" width=\"1500\" height=\"855\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">1470 West San Carlos Street, image via Google Street View<\/p>\n<p>The San Jose Planning Director Hearing is scheduled to review the plans tomorrow, July 15th, starting at 9 AM. The event will occur online only, with participation possible by phone or via Zoom. For more information about how to attend and participate, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sanjoseca.gov\/your-government\/departments-offices\/planning-building-code-enforcement\/planning-division\/commissions-hearings-and-developers-roundtable\/planning-director-hearings\/planning-director-s-hearing-agendas-minutes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hdjqhz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https%3A%2F%2Fsfyimby.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google_preferred_source_badge.png\" width=\"245\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Make YIMBY preferred on Google\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/470-west-san-carlos-street\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">470 West San Carlos Street<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/bde-architecture\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BDE Architecture<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/urban-catalyst\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Catalyst<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Planning Director\u2019s Hearing is scheduled tomorrow morning to review the site development permits for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398608,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-398607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=398607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}