According to our updated Key Development Projects Report for May, 2021, San Jose is experiencing an encouraging recovery in the construction sector, with 12,236 housing units, 1.19 million square feet of retail space, and 16.3 million square feet of office space under entitlement review.

An additional 3,500 residential units, 6,000 square feet of retail space, 7.69 million square feet of office and 465 hotel rooms are under construction.  For all the details, download the PDF of the list. The list doesn’t include every projects under review, approved, or under construction You can find the key development projects on the development projects map

Several significant projects have completed the entitlement review process in the last quarter, with the following projects approved after hearings before Directors. Planning Commission and City Council

• Garden Gate amendment
• Sobrato Block 8 project
• Pacific West Communities Villa Del Sol Mixed Use project on Alum Rock
• Cypress Equities’ 308,000 square foot office
• 115,000 square foot athletic facility project at 3806 Stevens Creek Boulevard

A number of affordable housing projects have begun review by Building and Public Works: Eden Housing's project at Auzerais, ROEM's project at Meridian, and The Kelsey project on North 1st Street. Insight Realty's Carlysle project in downtown has also begun this stage of review and these four projects reflect 768 residential units (468 of which are affordable) that are moving towards construction. 

The Valley Title project has been submitted to Planning. It will add 1.39 million square feet of office space to the Westbank project portfolio, and Top Golf completed construction and opened with fanfare in Alviso/North San Jose. This 72,000 square foot facility has been underway since 2016 and has taken the patient work of many of the development services staff. 

In addition to these projects achieving significant milestones, more than one hundred other key development projects which have an outsized impact are moving forward. These will significantly contribute to fulfilling our city goals and objectives for housing development, employment development and retention, and catalytic placemaking. 

For questions contact Emily Lipoma, Development Facilitation Officer.