San Jose Permits Phased Cambrian Park Village Project

The permit allows phased development of up to 428 homes at 14900 Union Ave., replacing an existing shopping center.

Updated on Nov. 6, 2026 in Commercial

Wide view of a low single-story commercial building with empty storefronts, a cracked asphalt parking lot, a chain-link construction fence, and a yellow excavator at the edge of the site. — Santa Clara County officials in San Jose issued a permit allowing phased redevelopment of Cambrian Park Village at 14900 Union Ave., replacing an existing shopping center with up to 428 homes. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

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San Jose has issued an official permit enabling the phased development of Cambrian Park Village at 14900 Union Ave. The project would replace an existing shopping center with homes and commercial spaces, with up to 428 residences possible at the site.

Why it matters

The permit clears a path for a large residential and commercial redevelopment in San Jose, a city where the project would add housing and commercial space on a site currently occupied by retail buildings. The phased approach means the development will take shape over several stages rather than all at once.

The approved plan envisions up to 428 residences, including 48 single-family homes and 27 accessory dwelling units in Phase 1A, with a 229-room hotel planned for Phase 5. The phase schedule and completion dates for later stages have not been specified.

The players

City of San Jose

The city government of San Jose, California, is the agency that issued the permit and approved the phased development plans for the project.

The details

The project would bulldoze the existing retail buildings at the site and replace them with a phased mix of housing and commercial space. Phase 1B would produce 25 townhome condominiums, while Phase 4 would add 305 apartments above 51,000 square feet of shops and restaurants.

November 6, 2026: San Jose issued the phased development permit.

Market Landscape

The Cambrian Park Village permit follows a pattern of older shopping centers in Santa Clara County being converted into mixed housing and retail sites built in stages. Its scale of up to 428 homes places it among the larger phased redevelopments of this kind in the area.

Residents near Union Avenue and Camden Avenue may see construction activity as the first phase begins, which includes 48 single-family homes and 27 accessory dwelling units. The later phases, including the hotel and apartments, have no confirmed dates yet, so the timing of their impact remains uncertain.

The takeaway

The project shows how older retail sites in San Jose may be reshaped into housing and commercial mixes built over several years. Anyone tracking the area should watch for updates on each phase rather than assuming the full 428-residence plan will arrive at once.