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Urban Catalyst Submits Formal Entitlements for Icon/Echo Towers in Downtown San Jose

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021
Architecture, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Finance, Professional services, Urban planning, REIT, Residential Building & Real Estate, Geography of California, California, Downtown San Jose, San Jose, California, Silicon Valley, Cities in the United States, Catalyst, Santa Clara station, Downtown San José station, Santa Clara, California

The transit-oriented development is part of the federal Opportunity Zone tax relief program, and Urban Catalyst--a Qualified Opportunity Zone Fund--is currently accepting investments for the project.

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210727005172/en/
    Urban Catalyst Submits Formal Entitlements for Icon/Echo Towers in Downtown San Jose (Photo: Business Wire)
    Located at 147 E Santa Clara Street in the heart of downtown, Icon/Echo will create more than 300 multifamily apartment units and 420,000 square feet of Class-A office space.
  • Building high-density development near transit is Urban Planning 101, said Erik Hayden, Founder and CEO of Urban Catalyst.
  • Urban Catalyst has purchased two of the four parcels needed for the development and is under contract to purchase the remaining two.
  • Urban Catalyst is focused on ground-up development projects in downtown San Jose.

VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II Extension: Design-Build Industry Engagement Begins for Stations Contract

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Transportation in California, Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, National Register of Historic Places in Santa Clara County, California, Public transportation in San Francisco, Santa Clara station, San Jose Diridon station, Silicon Valley BART extension, Downtown San José station, Caltrain, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Santa Clara

The Stations contract is the third of four contract packages for VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project, with RFIFs for both the systems and tunnel & trackwork packages previously released.

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  • The Stations contract is the third of four contract packages for VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project, with RFIFs for both the systems and tunnel & trackwork packages previously released.
  • A fourth contract, for the street-level Santa Clara Station and Newhall Yard, will be released in mid-2021.
  • VTA's BART Silicon Valley Phase II Project will extend BART service from north San Jose into Downtown San Jose and terminate in Santa Clara adjacent to the Santa Clara Caltrain Station.
  • VTA is eager to receive industry feedback on this innovative infrastructure project, the largest in Santa Clara County history.