Downtown
Progress
Report
Community and Economic
Development Committee
June 16, 2025
Item (d)3
Blage Zelalich
Deputy Director
City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and
Cultural Affairs
Chris Arkley
Downtown Coordinator
City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and
Cultural Affairs
Clean, Safe,
and Housed
Public Realm
& Activation
Business
Development
& Investment
Downtown Growth Area
Urban Living
2 Downtown By the Numbers: Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Live Work Play
23,000
residents
3,700
residential units
currently entitled
320
residential units
under construction
27,000
jobs in the core
29%
office vacancy
12.8M/$4.37
Office base / Rent
per square foot
368
OCA-permitted
event days
2.1M
OCA event
attendance
+7%
Foot traffic YoY
3 • VTA Headquarter Relocation
• Stimulated Hospitality Industry
o TownePlace Suites Opening
o Hotel De Anza Sale
Business Development & Investment
• Downtown Office Incentive
o Abacus Semiconductor &
Plug and Play Leasing
• AI Incubator Launch
o Plug and Play
Thales Group 4
| Business Development & Investment
The Pressroom
Campus Burgers Sumi Sushi Dental Specialties Institute
Jackie’s Place
6th Street Burger
5 5
Urban Living
• City View Plaza: 680-unit office conversion
• Spartan Village on the Paseo: 700 student beds
• The Fay: 336 units added in SoFA
• 188 West St. James: Sold to new owner
The Fay 6
Clean, Safe, and Housed
• 2,500 Graffiti Tags and 79,000
Pounds of Trash Removed
Monthly by Groundwerx
• SJPD Foot Patrols
• San Jose State University Active
on the Paseo de San Antonio
• St. James Park Stay Away Order
7 Clean, Safe, and Housed
• 2,200 Outreach Contacts
• 645 Clients Served
• 141 Individuals Housed
• 3,478 Outreach Contacts
• 1,309 Hygiene Kits Distributed
• 1,026 Outreach Referrals
8 Public Realm & Activation
• Enhanced Pedestrian Wayfinding
• Post Street Pedestrian Mall
9 Public Realm & Activation: Santa Clara Street Beautification 10 Public Realm & Activation
Steve Aioki
Downtown Farmers’ Market
DJ Fisher
NVIDIA GTC
Downtown Ice
Cathedral Projection
11 12
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Downtown
Progress
Report
Community and Economic
Development Committee
June 16, 2025
Item (d)3
Blage Zelalich
Deputy Director
City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and
Cultural Affairs
Chris Arkley
Downtown Coordinator
City Manager’s Office of Economic Development and
Cultural Affairs