East San Jose’s longtime Duino family is ready to let go of its 115-acre former golf course. But they’re caught between clashing visions over the future of the property. City leaders want more density than developers and some neighbors had in mind.
A letter obtained by San José Spotlight shows city planners earlier this year told real estate developers Mark Lazzarini and Tony Arreola — whose development firm Lakeside Community is poised to buy the land from the Duinos — their proposal for 1,700 homes on the former Pleasant Hills Golf Course is too small. The city’s July 3 letter said their initial proposal did not provide high enough density and came up short on affordable housing. The city plans to annex the site, which is unincorporated county land.
“The housing units associated with the proposed development present a (state housing needs) shortfall that the County must account for to meet state law requirements,” the city’s letter to Lazzarini and Arreola reads. “The proposed project would result in a shortfall of 1,129 residential units, including 68 lower-income units.”…