How Hunter Boosted Transit Access at a New Development

Derek Hunter Jr.

Today, transit-proximate land sites are among the most popular for new development—but what is a developer to do when transit isn’t proximate? Hunter Properties expanded a train station at its Coleman Highline project in San Jose to provide comprehensive transit access. Derek Hunter Jr., president of Hunter Properties, discussed the project at the Allen Matkins View From the Top conference this week at the Beverly Hilton.

The Coleman Highline features 1.5 million square feet of office spanning eight buildings as well as two hotels, retail and 1,600 apartments on the Santa Clara/San Jose border and a soccer stadium. The site is adjacent to the San Jose Airport and houses a train station; however, the station serviced only South Santa Clara. After negotiations with the surrounding cities, Hunter was able to add CalTrain, BART and Amtrak service, and built a station and tunnel to support the new lines. The developer, impressively, built the new station in only five days. “Then, we were in business,” said Hunter in its presentation.