Front views of a section of a housing development being proposed for the site of the Berryessa Flea Market at 1590 Berryessa Road in San Jose, concept.SAN JOSE — Houses will be built on a San Jose flea market site after coronavirus-linked economic upheavals prodded developers to ditch the concept of a huge tech office campus on the property, new city plans show.
This means the project planners have ditched the concept of a vast office park geared towards big tech companies. The new proposal for the Market Park site will create a lively and vibrant urban scene in this section of San Jose’s Berryessa district, in Schoennauer’s view. One point of controversy arose from concerns raised by flea market vendors who were concerned they would be displaced without compensation or assistance as a result of the redevelopment of the site where they now operate.
The current economic conditions brought on by an uneven return to the workplace as a result of the business shutdowns helped to doom plans for a big tech campus. “The proposal will include housing types that are more likely to get financed and built in this market,” Schoennauer said.