SAN JOSE — A housing growth proposed for south San Jose has slimmed down and is now pivoting to townhomes forward of a public evaluate of its potential environmental impacts.
If constructed, the challenge at 5670 Camden Ave. would produce 108 townhouse models a couple of block from Blossom Hill Street, metropolis planning information present. When the challenge first got here to mild in 2023, the developer had initially proposed 136 residences and a self-storage middle.
The self-storage unit is not talked about in present plans.
The townhomes can be unfold over 32 buildings on the location. The proposal states that 20 would comprise three models and 12 would accommodate 4 models.
The 2023 proposal had sketched out plans for greater than 100 inexpensive models. Now, the bulk will probably be market-rate choices.
“A total of eight units would be maintained as extremely-low-income dwelling units,” a report ready in April for town Planning Division report states. “These units would be interspersed with the market‐rate units and would be located in multiple buildings throughout the project site.”
The challenge would additionally take away a number of sports activities fields, in addition to a number of buildings related to their operation.
Venture developer Mana Investments has initiated a builder’s treatment plan to streamline the evaluate course of for the proposal, metropolis officers state in public paperwork. The challenge was proposed earlier than state authorities officers gave remaining approval in January 2024 to San Jose’s citywide housing blueprint.
Underneath a builder’s treatment strategy, cities that shouldn’t have a state-approved housing component can’t deny approval of qualifying initiatives even when the proposals are inconsistent with a normal plan or zoning legal guidelines.
The challenge is at the moment starting a public evaluate course of for the proposal’s draft environmental influence report.
Initially Revealed: August 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM PDT
