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Vast redevelopment of San Jose golf course gains community support

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Vast redevelopment of San Jose golf course gains community support

Pleasant Hills Golf Course in the Berryessa district of San Jose, 2022.

SAN JOSE — A potential vast redevelopment of a shuttered San Jose golf course has drawn support from residents who largely preferred low-density housing instead of high-density apartments for the project.

The possible development could replace the former site of the Pleasant Hills Golf Course at the northeast corner of South White and Tully roads in the Lake Cunningham area of San Jose.

Pleasant Hills Golf Course in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
San Jose’s shuttered Pleasant Hills Golf Course, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

Residents were asked about their preferences for development on the site during multiple engagements this year with the community.

City officials and developers sought to ascertain neighborhood preferences regarding residential, commercial, open spaces, amenities, transportation, sustainability, green buildings and community programs.

Pleasant Hills Golf Course in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)
Elevated view of Pleasant Hills Golf Course in the Berryessa district of San Jose, 2022. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group)

San Jose-based Lakeside Community, a real estate venture headed by veteran Bay Area executives Tony Arreola and Mark Lazzarini, has proposed the redevelopment.

“This is a rare opportunity to plan such a large site,” Lazzarini said.

The site totals roughly 114 acres. The land has been fallow since the golf course closed two decades ago.

“We are grateful for the time and thought that local residents and business owners have invested in the community workshops and online surveys,” Arreola said. “We have been eager to hear their vision” for the site’s future.

The potential redevelopment of the old golf course arrives at a time when state mandates oblige San Jose to craft and launch the development of 62,000 housing units over the next eight years.

“Community members prioritized a variety of new market-rate homes and emphasized home ownership,” Lakeside Community stated in a prepared release.

The nature of the Lake Cunningham area played a big role in what the residents who participated in the in-person and virtual meetings expressed as preferences.

“Among their range of priorities, participants envisioned a development that is cohesive with the character of the existing neighborhood, which is comprised primarily of single-family homes,” Lakeside Community stated.

A number of other priorities emerged, in addition to housing.

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