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SAN JOSE — Google has added a key piece to the puzzle it is assembling for the land to develop a new transit-oriented neighborhood in downtown San Jose. The tech titan has bought a church site at 56 S. Montgomery St. in downtown San Jose, paying about $11.7 million in cash for the property, according to documents filed on May 28 with Santa Clara County officials. Google has been assembling properties and gaining approvals from city officials for a mixed-use neighborhood called Downtown… Source link

A rendering of a public gathering space for Google’s planned Downtown West campus Google After four years of planning meetings, including over 100 community sessions, the multi-purpose campus for Google received unanimous approval this week from the San Jose City Council. The 80-acre site will bring 4,000 residential units plus 7.3 million square feet of office space. The office buildings are to provide space for an estimated 20,000 workers. While all the land in the project… Source link

After first proposing it in 2017, Google has received unanimous approval from the San Jose City Council to move forward with its Downtown West development plan, CNBC reports. The company and city have reached an agreement to develop around 80 acres of land in downtown San Jose, California that will also serve as a mixed-use residential, retail, and open space for Google employees and the city’s residents. According to the proposed development agreement (PDF), Google will construct 7.3… Source link

San Jose city officials on Tuesday night officially approved a plan for Google to build a massive campus in the heart of California’s third-largest city. For its “Downtown West” project, Google will develop 80 acres of land in downtown San Jose, including 7.3 million square feet of office space for 20,000 workers and thousands of housing units. It’s Google’s first mixed-use campus and will be one of its largest when completed. The San Jose city council unanimously approved the company’s plans… Source link

Downtown San Jose is headed for a kind of revival that has not been seen in decades. San Jose council members on Tuesday night unanimously — and enthusiastically —  approved Google’s master plan to transform 80 acres of land on the western edge of downtown into a vibrant new urban neighborhood complete with blocks full of new office buildings, apartment complexes, shops and parks. “I want to thank everyone at Google for seeing this possibility,” Mayor Sam Liccardo said during the… Source link

In a sudden about-face, the San Jose Sharks — the most vocal opponent of Google’s plans to build an 80-acre urban village and tech campus on the western edge of downtown — have backed down. In a settlement deal announced just moments before the San Jose City Council was expected to grant Google final approval for its monumental development plan on Tuesday night, Sharks Sports & Entertainment has agreed not to sue Google or the city to stop development plans surrounding the arena…. Source link

Google is poised to make San Jose history. The tech giant’s grandiose vision for a new 80-acre mega campus on the western edges of downtown San Jose is headed to the San Jose City Council on Tuesday for possible final approval, launching the largest single development deal ever reached in the city. Dubbed Downtown West, the project would lay the groundwork for decade-long construction of up to 4,000 housing units, 7.3 million square feet of office space, 300 hotel rooms, 500,000 square… Source link

Google is poised to make San Jose history. The tech giant’s grandiose vision for a new 80-acre mega campus on the western edges of downtown San Jose is headed to the San Jose City Council on Tuesday for possible final approval, launching the largest single development deal ever reached in the city. Dubbed Downtown West, the project would lay the groundwork for decade-long construction of up to 4,000 housing units, 7.3 million square feet of office space, 300 hotel rooms, 500,000 square… Source link

With the unanimous approval of the San Jose Planning Commission last month, Google’s Downtown West development took a major step forward. This week, with the signing of Senate Bill 7, helping to speed along projects like this, Gov. Gavin Newsom moved the project’s prospects along — both further and faster. Now, this Tuesday, at the vote by the City Council, we stand at the precipice of possibility and potential. Ahmad Thomas is CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. (Dai… Source link

SAN JOSE — Google intends to rescue and preserve several big reminders of San Jose’s industrial past as part of its plan to develop a transit-oriented new neighborhood on the western edges of the city’s downtown area. An old bakery, 19th-Century Victorian bungalows, a long-time ironworks, a century-old foundry, a historic utility building, and a famed “dancing pig” sign will be all preserved fully or in part by Google as it develops its Downtown West village near San Jose’s… Source link