San José Development News

[robertee]

Originally Posted by SantaTeresaHills

Symphony Development is poised to buy the lot across the street from San Jose City Hall.

David Hilliard is Symphony's president and here is an excerpt from the San Jose Business Journal.

"I like what I see in Silicon Valley in general, and the downtown San Jose area," he said. Hilliard said the bid was based on an anticipated high-rise housing development that would reach 12 stories. It's still early in the process, he said, so the details could change. The plan would likely include retail on the ground floor. The rest of the building could be market-rate rental apartments or student housing. Assuming the sale is appoved, escrow would close Jan. 25, 2013.

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Great news....hopefully it pans out. This, along with the new First United Methodist Church across the street, will definitely change the area surrounding the City Hall for the better.

[fieldsofdreams]

Originally Posted by bobby_guz_man

I was in India a few weeks ago, and it seems like Delhi Airport has an extremely long runway. We cruised for at least 10 good minutes after landing, before arriving at the gates area. I have not looked at the design of Delhi Airport, but it seems like their runways sit far away from their airport.

Anthony R. on Josh's blog has commented that it would take hundreds of millions, and likely more than a billion, to re-locate the runways. What do you guys think? How far would we need to relocate the runways to at least, with current FAA standards, go up to 500 ft around the downtown core?

Anthony, if you're on here, can you elaborate on the money amount?

Here are just my estimates:

- To move a runway would also mean resurfacing the existing runway to either become a taxiway or be closed permanently, as well as moving the navigational aids to the new runway. Estimates: $300,000,000 or more, depending on circumstances and how much movement will be made, as well as the runway length and materials used.

- The move also requires Environmental Impact Statements and Reviews necessary to account for future aircraft navigation through new areas, such as residential communities. Estimates: around $100,000, if not more, depending on how many cities will be involved because it will involve air rights.

- The move will also require clearing of the old runway's markings and realigning the lights and directional arrows to make sure that aircraft will operate safely, as well as providing a new set of navigational maps for the ATC, pilots, and airport personnel. Estimates: around $50,000,000 or more.

[SantaTeresaHills]

San Jose City Council meeting 12/18 will discuss trading affordable housing units with market rate units in phase 1 of the North San Jose plan.

If you read the letters, Barry Swenson Builder had an initial loan to start one of the 2 Century residential towers near the airport, but they could not get the rest of the financing because the 2 towers shared a base and the amenities.

They along with Mill Creek Residential Trust are proposing to do a swap of housing types in the North San Jose Plan and they will give the city of San Jose 2.6 million for affordable housing units. If they get an approval from the city, they will submit a developer permit for Century Towers in early 2013.

[Lee Ho Fook]

Originally Posted by SantaTeresaHills

San Jose City Council meeting 12/18 will discuss trading affordable housing units with market rate units in phase 1 of the North San Jose plan.

If you read the letters, Barry Swenson Builder had an initial loan to start one of the 2 Century residential towers near the airport, but they could not get the rest of the financing because the 2 towers shared a base and the amenities.

They along with Mill Creek Residential Trust are proposing to do a swap of housing types in the North San Jose Plan and they will give the city of San Jose 2.6 million for affordable housing units. If they get an approval from the city, they will submit a developer permit for Century Towers in early 2013.

There is a lot of wheeling & dealing that goes on with these developers and the city. Irvine are working their way out of a commitment to build a multi-story apartment building in North San Jose that involved them giving a lot of money (quite a few million) to the city.

BTW, did anyone see the early drawings of the Samsung campus...it's quite different (see SJ Business Journal).

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/b...-samsungs.html

[JoshuaSantos]

I love the Samsung buildings. Make sure you see all 4 of the photos and not just the first one, this thing is actually pretty damn impressive. When it's done, I think this will be the most iconic non-high-rise office building in San Jose.

Originally Posted by Lee Ho Fook

There is a lot of wheeling & dealing that goes on with these developers and the city. Irvine are working their way out of a commitment to build a multi-story apartment building in North San Jose that involved them giving a lot of money (quite a few million) to the city.

BTW, did anyone see the early drawings of the Samsung campus...it's quite different (see SJ Business Journal).

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/b...-samsungs.html

[SJSharks DowntownGuy]

Originally Posted by JoshuaSantos

I love the Samsung buildings. Make sure you see all 4 of the photos and not just the first one, this thing is actually pretty damn impressive. When it's done, I think this will be the most iconic non-high-rise office building in San Jose.

Could be the most iconic period, sad to say. Would be a nice modern design for downtown. Wasn't there supposed to be two 10 story towers? Maybe I misread that in previous articles.

[MetropolisMayorII]

Ok Skyscrapers,

What are everyone's SJ development predictions for 2013? What will break ground? What will never see the light of day? What will (and won't) surprise us?

Predictions, please.

[SJSharks DowntownGuy]

Originally Posted by MetropolisMayorII

Ok Skyscrapers,

What are everyone's SJ development predictions for 2013? What will break ground? What will never see the light of day? What will (and won't) surprise us?

Predictions, please.

Will break ground: 1 S. Market, Carlysle, Samsung, property across from City Hall.
Never see the light of day: Ohlone Project, North San Pedro re-routing of streets.

Surprises? The Meridian mixed-use project

[MetropolisMayorII]

Originally Posted by SJSharks DowntownGuy

Will break ground: 1 S. Market, Carlysle, Samsung, property across from City Hall.
Never see the light of day: Ohlone Project, North San Pedro re-routing of streets.

Surprises? The Meridian mixed-use project

I would be happy as a clam with 1 S. Market, Carlysle, and the Symphony property across from City Hall. Not to mention the convention canter addition.

What about Swenson's Park View Towers? Think the Carlysle will happen before that? Seems like that project had a lot of traction a couple of years ago then nothing.

[SantaTeresaHills]

I think the low vacancy with apartments combined with the popularity of San Pedro Square Market means the Carlysle will be built.

I haven't heard anything about North San Pedro or Park View in a long time so I don't expect them to happen in the near future.

[Lee Ho Fook]

Originally Posted by SJSharks DowntownGuy

Could be the most iconic period, sad to say. Would be a nice modern design for downtown. Wasn't there supposed to be two 10 story towers? Maybe I misread that in previous articles.

PRE12-142 (from city's website) states 680,000 sq ft. That has to be 2 towers....these things have floor plates of 30K - 35K sq feet. That would require 2 towers of 10 stories each to reach 680K. At least that is my math

I just noticed PRE12-135 on the same website (4305 N 1ST ST SAN JOSE) ... 4 x 5 story buildings .... that's pretty big too. Where is this? Is this that piece of Cisco land that recently changed hands?

[SF1977]

Originally Posted by Lee Ho Fook

PRE12-142 (from city's website) states 680,000 sq ft. That has to be 2 towers....these things have floor plates of 30K - 35K sq feet. That would require 2 towers of 10 stories each to reach 680K. At least that is my math

I just noticed PRE12-135 on the same website (4305 N 1ST ST SAN JOSE) ... 4 x 5 story buildings .... that's pretty big too. Where is this? Is this that piece of Cisco land that recently changed hands?

The renderings show two 10-story buildings bound together by three overhanging horizontal planes - working floors in themselves - that seem suspended at regular intervals from the structures.

Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/b...-samsungs.html

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by MetropolisMayorII

Ok Skyscrapers,

What are everyone's SJ development predictions for 2013? What will break ground? What will never see the light of day? What will (and won't) surprise us?

Predictions, please.

not much of a prediction, but...

[Lee Ho Fook]

Originally Posted by krudmonk

not much of a prediction, but...

Bring it on...

Go Quakes!!!!

Here's a prediction - MLB will make no further progress on A's to San Jose decision

[SJSharks DowntownGuy]

Originally Posted by MetropolisMayorII

I would be happy as a clam with 1 S. Market, Carlysle, and the Symphony property across from City Hall. Not to mention the convention canter addition.

What about Swenson's Park View Towers? Think the Carlysle will happen before that? Seems like that project had a lot of traction a couple of years ago then nothing.

From what I'm hearing the Carlysle is all ready to go, could break ground in 2-3 months, its definitely ahead of 1 S.Market which seems to be moving quickly along as well.

As for Parkview, I don't see it ever being built. I think they were ambitious to try to renovate the church, but that is the reason the project is being stalled IMO. I actually wrote a piece taking a creative approach to the church and what it could mean for the city, in the upcoming RITUAL issue of Content Magazine. It comes out next week, check it out and let me know what you think.

[fieldsofdreams]

Looks like the Earthquakes Stadium and the Samsung Campus preliminary designs are bright and promising indeed. I might even consider San Jose as my future home, if not San Francisco, because it's like the city is progressing pretty fast.

[JoshuaSantos]

Originally Posted by fieldsofdreams

Looks like the Earthquakes Stadium and the Samsung Campus preliminary designs are bright and promising indeed. I might even consider San Jose as my future home, if not San Francisco, because it's like the city is progressing pretty fast.

It's definitely fun to see firsthand how San Jose evolves. SF is already a great city... there are a lot of interesting projects going on there but overall it is not going to be much different in 20 years. San Jose on the other hand will be a dramatically different place in two decades than it is today.

[fieldsofdreams]

Indeed. I actually have some pictures from the upcoming 49ers Stadium...

[Lee Ho Fook]

Great shots! It just blows me away how fast this has gone up!

What you have done - intentionally or not - is show the great public transit connections to this new stadium. There is also a station along Lafayette that serves Amtrack & ACE (that I'm aware of). I know a lot of SF people are unhappy with the move, but for a lot of people the stadium will be a lot more accessible. And let's not forget we are in the running for a Super Bowl in the next couple of years

Originally Posted by fieldsofdreams

Indeed. I actually have some pictures from the upcoming 49ers Stadium...

[fieldsofdreams]

Originally Posted by Lee Ho Fook

Great shots! It just blows me away how fast this has gone up!

What you have done - intentionally or not - is show the great public transit connections to this new stadium. There is also a station along Lafayette that serves Amtrack & ACE (that I'm aware of). I know a lot of SF people are unhappy with the move, but for a lot of people the stadium will be a lot more accessible. And let's not forget we are in the running for a Super Bowl in the next couple of years

I actually have intentionally taken those shots because I happened to be in the area at the time (last month!) that I wanted to see how close I was to the Stadium -- and lo and behold, there it was, slowly being constructed, and I took those shots from Great America Pkwy and Tasman Street since I was about to ride the LR to Downtown San Jose.

Thanks for the complements too.