SAN JOSE — Hundreds of homes — potentially including affordable residences — could replace surface parking lots on a site just east of downtown San Jose, documents on file with city officials show.
The housing would be built on several parcels whose addresses include 95 North 17th Street.
An estimated 213 units would be built on the project site, which is at the corner of North 17th Street and East St. John Street, according to the development plans.
The Core Cos., a veteran real estate firm, and Eden Housing, which specializes in affordable residences, have teamed up to develop the housing project, which is in San Jose’s Julian-St. James neighborhood.
The 213 units would consist of 113 large-family apartments that would be affordable, 64 apartments for seniors, and 36 for-sale townhomes that would be offered at affordable prices, the project plans show.
The family apartment section of the development would include 8,300 square feet of amenities and an open-space courtyard.
The senior apartments would be accompanied by 10,400 square feet of amenity spaces as well as a courtyard for the open spaces.
The for-sale townhomes would include an open-space paseo.
The developers are also considering ways to accomplish an “adaptive reuse” of IBM’s first operation on the West Coast, an 80-year-old structure at East St. John Street and North 16th Street dating back to 1943 that is known as IBM Building 800.
“The architectural details will be determined through our ongoing dialogue with the community,” said Rich Truempler, a senior vice president with the Core Cos.
The 213-unit development being crafted by Core Cos. and Eden Housing is part of the East Santa Clara Street Project envisioned by the County Housing Authority.
This massive mixed-use development would feature several hundred residences and would be a way to activate this section of East Santa Clara Street and create a more lively neighborhood.
Eden Housing and Core Cos. aim to work closely with an array of community and government stakeholders as the real estate firms fine-tune the development plans and the appearance of the buildings.
The Schoennauer Co., a land-use consultancy, is helping to steer the project through the city approval process and neighborhood engagement efforts.
“We look forward to continuing our work with the community, county, and city to provide a range of affordable housing types for families, seniors, and home ownership,” said Dixie Baus, Eden Housing’s director of real estate.