Item 10.3
San José Innovative Project Pathway Program Early Consideration Project: 300 South 1st Street
File No. H24-051
November 8, 2025
Presenter: PBCE Director Chris Burton
1 Project Description
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2 Development Permit for the construction of a 30-story residential high rise with 1,147 residential units and a 10-level data center (eight floors above grade and approximately 336,799 square feet total) on an approximately 2.84-gross-acre site.
Project Location
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General Plan
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Land Use Designation: Downtown
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Zoning District
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Downtown
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Project Background
Existing Entitlement
• File No. H21-012 (Approved
September 28, 2022)
• 20-story building with two
towers totaling
approximately 1.99 million
square feet, including
60,430 gross square feet of
ground floor
retail/community service
space and 1,319,340 gross
square feet of commercial
office space on a 2.84-gross
acre site.
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San José Innovative Project Pathway Program
Early Consideration of Meaningful Advances in:
• City’s Fiscal Health
• Job Creation
• Housing Production
• Sustainability
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General Plan Policies
• Inconsistencies
• Downtown land use and vibrant urban environment
• Low employment density
• Potential Opportunities
• Spurring construction and housing development
• Higher level of property and utility tax
• Creative Energy Exhibit (District Energy overlay)
• “Essential infrastructure”
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Item 10.3
San José Innovative Project Pathway Program Early Consideration Project: 300 South 1st Street
File No. H24-051
November 8, 2025
Presenter: PBCE Director Chris Burton
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