San José planners are quietly sifting through early plans that could bring more than 600 new homes to two long-empty Baypointe parcels at the corner of Baypointe Parkway and Zanker Road in North San José. The initial concepts sketch out mid-rise apartment buildings with shared amenities and bike storage aimed at commuters heading to nearby tech campuses. The proposals are still in an early review phase, and there is no construction timetable on the books yet.
According to The Mercury News, developer SummerHill Apartment Communities has submitted preliminary applications for about 315 apartments in a six-story building at 240 Baypointe Parkway and roughly 301 apartments in an eight-story building at 255 Baypointe Parkway, for a combined total of more than 600 homes. The early filings describe features such as club rooms, fitness centers, bike rooms and rooftop decks, and indicate that SummerHill is seeking to acquire the two sites from Del Rey Investment Co., according to the report.
Planning materials from the City of San José show the Baypointe parcels were previously flagged as potential sites for an Affordable Housing Overlay, with lot sizes listed at about 3.7 acres and 2.6 acres. Those maps and memos helped put the corner on developers’ radar as the city pushes denser, transit-adjacent housing in North San José.
What's proposed
Under the preliminary concepts, 240 Baypointe is drawn as a six-story apartment building and 255 Baypointe as an eight-story building, each stacked over podium-level parking with shared outdoor areas. "These projects implement San José’s vision for North San José to place housing near the city’s key technology job center," Erik Schoennauer told The Mercury News. The team is pitching the projects as transit-oriented infill meant to serve nearby employers and the Baypointe VTA station.
Nearby plans and context
The Baypointe applications are the latest in a line of housing plays on office and commercial land in North San José. SummerHill previously floated swapping out the office building at 3550 North First Street for hundreds of homes, a move covered when a developer targeted 444 Baypointe homes. The office property at that address was later sold in 2025 to an affiliate of LBA Realty, according to The Real Deal.
Why it matters
City planners have been leaning on tools such as overlays and rezonings to push more housing into North San José as part of the city’s Housing Element targets, and the Baypointe lots show up on those maps largely because of their proximity to jobs and transit. Those policy priorities, combined with a tight supply of buildable land in the region, are part of why developers are circling these mid-rise concepts now, according to documents from the City of San José.
What comes next
For now, both projects sit at a very early stage. Each would still need formal application intake, environmental review and public hearings before getting anywhere near an approval vote. City staff typically work the proposals through intake and community outreach over the coming months, and any schedule will hinge on how extensive the environmental review is and what they hear from the public along the way.
