{"id":95335,"date":"2025-12-15T15:28:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95335\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:28:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:28:07","slug":"vision-emerges-for-san-jose-housing-towers-planned-for-parking-lot-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/95335\/","title":{"rendered":"Vision emerges for San Jose housing towers planned for parking lot"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE \u2014 A veteran real estate firm has disclosed its vision for building well over 700 residential units in downtown San Jose, a pivot that scrubs a proposal for offices at the site.<\/p>\n

The towers would feature hundreds of balconies and outside \u201crooms,\u201d according to the latest concepts for the San Jose project, which is proposed by Canada-based Westbank, a mega-developer with a global reach.<\/p>\n

\"PlazaPlaza area of two housing towers with a total of 768 residential units, located within the Fountain Alley area at 35 South Second Street in downtown San Jose, image concept.\u00a0(Bjarke Ingels Group)<\/p>\n

A proposed 768 residential units would sprout on what is now a surface parking lot<\/a> at 35 South Second St. in San Jose, the project plans state.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Westbank proposed a curving tower with 194 housing units on 10 floors and 314,000 square feet of office space<\/a> on another 10 floors.<\/p>\n

\"Ground-levelGround-level view of two residential towers, on the left side of the image, with a total of 768 housing units, located within the Fountain Alley area at 35 South Second Street in downtown San Jose, as seen from Post Street, image concept.\u00a0(Bjarke Ingels Group)
\n\"ViewView from East Santa Clara Street of two housing towers with a total of 768 residential units, located within the Fountain Alley area at 35 South Second Street in downtown San Jose, image concept.\u00a0(Bjarke Ingels Group)<\/p>\n

The aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak and the tech industry\u2019s wide-ranging downsizing, however, forced countless developers nationwide to scuttle their plans for new speculative offices built without tenants in tow.<\/p>\n

Housing demand, however, remains elevated, especially in regions such as the Bay Area with its shortage of housing.<\/p>\n

As a result, Westbank now wants to build a 28-story housing tower next to a 27-story residential high-rise, the plans show.<\/p>\n

The project also would contain 10,700 square feet of ground-floor retail and 26,100 square feet of residential lobbies and amenities.<\/p>\n

Five underground levels would be built below the main buildings, including four levels of parking, plans on file with San Jose city officials show.<\/p>\n

The ground level will include alleyways. The project will also contain what is called an \u201curban room.\u201d The residential levels will include landscaped balconies. Roof terraces are also envisioned, according to the proposal.<\/p>\n

The walking surfaces will include brick pavers, green islands, water features and curved bands of granite, the project plans show.<\/p>\n

Street furniture and outdoor seating areas will complement the storefronts, according to the proposal.<\/p>\n

The residential floors will feature alternating outdoor \u201crooms\u201d and balconies, the city documents show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE \u2014 A veteran real estate firm has disclosed its vision for building well over 700 residential…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95336,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3895,30070,49108,383,1073,9172,7215,388,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-95335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-apartment","tag-build","tag-develop","tag-economy","tag-home","tag-house","tag-property","tag-real-estate","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\/95335","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=95335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}