A slender residential tower of 27 stories is being planned in downtown San Jose at a key spot where a future BART stop is expected, plans on file with city officials show.
Eterna Tower, a housing high-rise proposed near the corner of East Santa Clara Street and North First Street, is envisioned by its developer and architect as a dramatic addition to a key section of downtown San Jose.
The residential tower would add 96 residential units, described as studios, to a site at 17 E. Santa Clara St., according to documents filed with the city by developer Roygbiv Real Estate Development and project designer Anderson Architects.
“It’s a great location, right in the middle of the downtown,” said Kurt Anderson, a principal executive with Campbell-based Anderson Architects.
Eterna Tower would be perched next to a BART station that would be just one stop away from the location of a transit village that Google has proposed near the Diridon train hub.
“It is a true transit-oriented development,” Anderson said. “A BART station will be right there. You could live in Eterna tower, go downstairs, catch a BART train, and be on your way.
Much of that stretch of East Santa Clara Street, particularly on the north side of the thoroughfare between First and Second streets, is dominated by empty retail sites and boarded up windows.
However, numerous plans are underway to revive the area of First and Santa Clara streets. Major projects are underway for renovations of buildings on three of the four corners of that intersection.
“There is so much going on in downtown San Jose and close to Eterna Tower,” Anderson said. “There are so many opportunities in this part of the downtown and elsewhere.”
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