New Planned Development Permit Amendment (File No. PDA20-007-01)

Project Scope: Planned Development Permit Amendment for the Cambrian Park Plaza Mixed-Use Village project to implement phasing plan. No changes to land use, number of residential units, or total square footage of commercial use proposed.

Application Information

• Submittal Date: February 13, 2026
• Owner Name: Weingarten Nostat, Inc.
• Applicant Name: Michael Strahs, Kimco Realty
• Applicant Project Webpage: https://cambrianvillage.com/village-plan/
• More Information: Use www.SJPermits.org and search for File No. PDA20-007-01

Architectural Plan Sets and City Comment Letters

• February 13, 2026 Plan Set
• First comment letter due on March 28, 2026

Originally Approved Project Scope

This project consists of:  

Annexation (File No. Cambrian_37) of two unincorporated parcels (APNs 419-08-012 & 419-08-013) totaling 18.13 acres from the County of Santa Clara into the City of San Jose.

Planned Development Pre-zoning (File No. PDC17-040) from unincorporated to CP(PD) Planned Development Zoning District.

Planned Development Permit (File No. PD20-007) to allow the demolition of 168,460 sf of existing commercial strip mall and surface parking lot, the removal of 17 ordinance-sized trees and 34 non-ordinance trees, and the construction of a mixed-use project including the following:

• Building 1 - 50,990 sf of retail/restaurant use on the ground floor and 305 multifamily residential units on the upper floors
• Building 2 - 229 hotel rooms and 4,610 sf of commercial use
• Building 3 - 125,740 square feet of assisted living (110 beds) and 50 senior independent living units
• 25 townhouse residential units and 48 single-family homes, including 27 accessory dwelling units (ADUs)
• 4.0 acres of open space
• 94 surface parking spaces, 1,012 underground parking spaces, and 146 garage parking spaces for a total of 1,252 parking spaces

Tentative Map (File No. PT21-007) to allow the subdivision of two existing parcels into 48 single-family residential lots and 7 parcels on an approximately 18.13-gross acre site. 

Visit the Signature Project page to learn about this project's status as a Signature Project.

Planning Staff Contact

Laura Meiners, Planner: Laura.Meiners@sanjoseca.gov  

**Please submit comments to the email address above and include project file number PDC17-040 in the subject line of the email.** 

Site Location Data

• Address/Street Location: 14200 & 14420 Union Avenue, San Jose, CA 95124 (Southeast corner of Union Ave and Camden Ave)
• Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 419-08-012 and 419-08-013
• City Council District: 9
• View Google Map

Architectural Plan Sets and City Comment Letters

• PD Plan Set (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) - final submittal on 1/20/22
• Cambrian Park PD Zoning Plan Set (Part 1, Part 2) - 1/20/22
• Tentative Map - 1/20/22

Environmental Documents

An environmental impact report (EIR) is being prepared for the project. Information regarding the environmental review process and documents for public review are available in the Active EIRs website. 

Contact for Environmental Analysis:
Environmental Project Manager, Kara Hawkins
Kara.Hawkins@sanjoseca.gov 

Public Outreach & hearings

Following community meetings and taking public input, this project is now proceeding through a public decision-making process as follows:

July 13, 2022 - Planning Commission Meeting
Recommended to City Council to:

• Certify project EIR (File No. ER20-189)
• Adopt and prezone the site to Planned Development Zoning (File No. PDC17-040)
• Initiate annexation proceedings (File No. Cambrian No. 37)

August 9, 2022 - City Council Meeting
Council approved Planning Commission’s recommendation to:

• Certify EIR (File No. ER20-189)
• Adopt and prezone the site to Planned Development Zoning (File No. PDC17-040)
• Initiate annexation proceedings (File No. Cambrian No. 37)

September 13, 2022 - City Council Meeting
See Agenda Item 22-1341

• Order annexation of county land for proposed project (this action is about annexation only and does not include approving the project itself)

Date to be determined – LAFCO Certification
LAFCO will consider certification of the annexation as an administrative decision. 

November 2, 2022 – Planning Director Hearing, 9:00 a.m.
Zoom link: https://sanjoseca.zoom.us/j/98872750116
To consider Planned Development Permit (PD20-007) and Tentative Map (PT21-007) (per Section 20.100.130 of the Zoning Code).

COMMUNITY MEETINGS 

In addition to the formal project community meetings below, the District 9 Council Office and Project Applicant hosted several community meetings and gathered input.

Community Meeting - Thursday, November 5, 2020

• See Video of Joint Community and Environmental Scoping Meeting, 11/5/20.
• See Summary of Q&A from the meeting. The questions are listed verbatim in Column B and the staff responses are in Column C.
• See Agenda and additional details 

Community Meeting - Monday, March 5, 2018
See summary of Community Meeting Comments

Language Translation

For this webpage, alternate languages may be selected through the Google Translate option located at the top of the page. If you have additional questions regarding this project and need a translator:

• Para información en español, llame al (408) 793-4100 o visite www.bit.ly/SJ-guia-espanol.
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