Housing tower could sprout next to Google village in downtown San Jose
A housing highrise could sprout in downtown San Jose next to Google's proposed transit village.
SAN JOSE — A housing highrise that’s slated to include affordable units could sprout in downtown San Jose next to the footprint of Google’s proposed transit village, city public documents show.
The 11-story project would add 80 units on a parcel at 101 Delmas Avenue in downtown San Jose.
The development site’s perch at the corner of Delmas Avenue and West San Fernando Street places it across the street from the footprint of Google’s proposed transit-oriented neighborhood near the SAP Center and Diridon train station.
Google has proposed a transit village that would include office buildings, homes, shops, restaurants, hotel facilities, open spaces, cultural loops and entertainment hubs. Google has launched a reassessment of the project’s timeline, prompting a pause in the development effort.
The proposed 11-story residential tower is also near the four-building Adobe headquarters campus in downtown San Jose, an office complex that recently added an eye-catching new highrise called Adobe Founders Tower.
The housing development site is located in San Jose’s Lakehouse district, a residential area that includes city landmarks.
The Lakehouse neighborhood includes many older homes that are well over a century old and were built from 1885 to 1925. A number of the residences are one-story units that were built in the Queen Anne style.
The development would replace the existing Delmas Market and Imperio Taqueria and an adjacent surface parking lot.
The parcel is modestly sized, about 0.2 acres, according to Santa Clara County assessment records. Given the size of the development lot, the apartment complex has the appearance of a slender tower.
At present, a trust headed up by Paramjit Kaur and Surinder Singh owns the two-parcel site where the apartments could be built, county property records show.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the Singh and Kaur group would develop the highrise if San Jose city officials approve the project.
The applicants are seeking San Jose government approval of the project through a streamlined review process made possible by provisions of SB 330, a state law.
The units in the project would be studios, plans on file with city officials show. An estimated 64 of the 80 studios would be market-rate units while 16 would be affordable units set aside for low-income residents.
A retail space totaling about 1,300 square feet would be located on the ground floor right at the corner of West San Fernando and Delmas, according to the proposal.
Plenty of developers are eyeing the area, mindful that Google intends to build its huge transit village, regardless of the current timeline reassessment.
Multiple residential projects are under construction in the vicinity of the Google village footprint. Others are being planned or have been approved but have yet to be built.