600-plus homes are being eyed on adjacent plots of empty San Jose land

SAN JOSE — Projects that could produce more than 600 homes on two adjacent plots of empty land in North San Jose have been proposed, according to preliminary plans that envision the creation of additional housing near one of the city’s major tech hubs.

The potential development sites are located near the corner of Baypointe Parkway and Zanker Road, according to an application SummerHill Apartment Communities filed with city planners.

“These projects implement San Jose’s vision for North San Jose to place housing near the city’s key technology job center,” said Erik Schoennauer, a San Jose-based land-use and planning consultant.

SummerHill Apartment Communities aims to buy the two parcels, which have addresses of 240 Baypointe Parkway and 255 Baypointe Parkway, from current owner Del Rey Investment Co. Del Rey shares the exact Palo Alto headquarters address as Bay Area real estate firm Peery Arrillaga.

SummerHill filed a separate proposal for each site.

The two project sites, which are across the street from each other, would produce a combined 616 apartments if San Jose officials give final approval, planning files show.

SummerHill Apartment Communities plans to develop 315 apartments in a six-story building on the 3.7-acre property at 240 Baypointe and 301 apartments in an eight-story building on the 2.6-acre parcel at 255 Baypointe.

The 240 Baypointe apartment complex is expected to contain a club room, lounge, fitness center, and roof deck amenities on two levels, according to the proposal.

The 255 Baypointe residential hub is slated to include a fitness center, bike room, lounge, pool deck, and roof deck amenities, the filing shows.

Currently at a very preliminary stage, the timeline to build the projects wasn’t immediately known.

Separately, the developer’s corporate sibling SummerHill Homes proposed a project of 446 homes less than a mile away at 3550 North First St. That project would bulldoze an office building on the site to make way for apartments and townhomes.

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This story was originally published June 18, 2026 at 8:44 AM.