Local Development

Japantown is growing! Here are some of the local building projects:

Goodwill site development
The SJ Dept. of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement announces a community meeting on Tues., June 27 at 6:30 pm at the Goodwill site (1080 N. 7th) to discuss proposed development.

Read more about the developer's request for rezoning the property
Read more about the S.J. City Council's recent decision the Goodwill site development.

Vendome Place update:
The current approved planning application proposes to amend the approved entitlement for the Vendome Place project by increasing the number of units allowed on the block by 100 units up to a total of 500 units and to increase the maximum height of the buildings by 50 feet to a total of 200 feet.
Read more

Corporate Yard site
Read the latest updates on development of the former Corporate Yard. into retail and housing!

Whole Foods downtown
Read the Mercury News article published Oct 14 2005 about the possibility of Whole Foods coming to downtown San Jose! (pdf)

Ajisai Gardens
Plans are underway for development of a 1.9-acre site on Taylor Street. The site accommodates 138 units of affordable condominiums and 11,400 S.F. of office/retail space.

· Read more details at the ROEM Corporation project webpage
· Read the June 28, 2005 San Jose City Council Memorandum regarding this deveopment