"With the 2010 update of Santa Clara's general plan, the city council had the foresight to plan for this area to convert from light industrial to high-density residential," Katia Kamangar, SummerHill Housing Group's executive vice president/managing director tells GlobeSt.com. "The fact that the property is within walking distance of the Lawrence Caltrain station makes this a very compelling place to build housing. Also, the site is surrounded by various large employers, Apple , AMD, Applied Materials , Nvidia, LinkedIn , Intuitive Surgical, Fujitsu, etc., and residents from the planned 3,500 units will be able to walk to the station and commute to other employment centers on the peninsula. To outline the requisite design elements needed to support this new housing, the city created a specific plan for the 65-acre area that included things such as 6 acres of new parks, 100,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail and affordable housing as well. We actively participated in the specific plan process and designed our 26 acres to meet the city's vision for creating a walkable, bicycle-friendly and vibrant new high-density housing community for this once-in-a-lifetime location in Santa Clara."

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General Plan Converts Site from Industrial to High-Density Residential

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