When Google’s Downtown West project received unanimous approval from the San Jose City Council in 2021, the ambitious 80-acre development was heralded as a once-in-a-generation transformation for California’s third-largest city.
Set in the heart of downtown San Jose near Diridon Station, the plan was intended to blend housing, jobs, public transit, parks, and cultural amenities into one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most significant mixed-use urban destinations.
Four years later, questions are surfacing about the project’s progress—and what it means for the local real estate market…