Elan at River Oaks San Jose, CA

Set within a high-tech business park, this apartment and retail complex fulfills the role of village center for a unique 76-acre, masterplanned residential community. The retail center, tucked within the apartments, provides a necessary amenity for the surrounding residential and neighboring commercial districts. The site, formerly zoned for additional R&D space, offered few positive adjacencies, a flooding creek, and in fact, had lost its market need through oversupply. The development team envisioned a "village-type", the creation of a variety of housing opportunities close to employment, with amenities that would take people out of their cars and off the freeway system. Further, its proximity to the regional light rail transit system links the community with downtown shopping, entertainment and businesses.