CV6, San Jose - Adaptive Reuse Hotel to Student Accommodation

Adaptive reuse project conversion of gaudy hotel in to student housing and amenities for SJSU. Permitting in many increments to fast track project. Design & Build with Build Group as GC. AHJs included CSU, DSA and health department. Conversion of the Hilton Signia Hotel in downtown San Jose, CA. South tower renovated to house almost 700 students in a living learning community environment. Social and academic spaces are concentrated on levels one and two, with shared working spaces, cafeteria and amenities such as games room and fitness center. The 264 hotel rooms have been converted to residential units, manager units are upgraded with new kitchens, and the linen storage on each floor has been repurposed as shared laundry rooms. Notably, the inherent sustainability of reusing an existing building has kept over 11.770 metric tons of C02e/ 60 years out of the built environment. The project is enhanced by a rigorous focus on "red list" free healthy materials, all electric kitchen, and appliances. Carbon counting using Zero Tool, Care Tool & TallyCAT. Red list free materials by default in this project, not by client request. However, the client very proudly marketed healthy materials in it's literature as a selling point to students when they realized the value of it.