Echo | San Jose, CA

Downtown San Jose, at the edge of San Jose State University, is a place of energy and growth and a natural home for more residents. Urban Catalyst envisions Echo, a 25-story residential apartment building on East Santa Clara Street that will bring 386 new homes to the heart of the city.

Rising to that height on an urban site calls for discipline. Echo is designed with simple massing and a refined palette in Type IA construction, with a 5-story parking structure and basement beneath the homes. That parking is planned to work together with the adjacent building, so the two neighbors can share the demands of the car and leave more of the site for living. BDE Architecture is partnering with Urban Catalyst to bring these pieces together into a clear, efficient tower.

When it opens, Echo will offer residents a generous array of amenities flanking expansive roof decks and a sky lounge, places to gather high above downtown. For the university district and the city around it, Echo promises hundreds of new homes in the center of San Jose, steps from campus.

Address: 145 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA, 95112

Client: Urban Catalyst

Number of Units: 386

Construction Type: IA

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