SAN JOSE — A high-profile San Jose development that originally was floated as adjacent housing and office towers has now evolved into a midrise project that would produce well over 600 homes — and no offices — new plans on file at City Hall show.
Urban Catalyst, a real estate firm that is active in downtown San Jose, has proposed two buildings, each of them eight stories, that would sprout in downtown San Jose, plans that would replace towers with shorter buildings.
“Wood-frame housing makes the most economic sense, and eight stories is the highest you can build with wood frame,” said Joshua Burroughs, chief operating officer and partner with Urban Catalyst, the developer and the principal owner of the development site. “It’s very expensive to build concrete and steel frame high-rise housing.”
Together, the two residential buildings would produce 626 apartments, according to the project files. Each of the buildings would contain approximately 300 units…