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estbank, a Canada‑based global developer, has pivoted its 35 South Second Street project in downtown San Jose from a mixed‑use office plan to a 768‑unit residential complex. The new design features two high‑rise towers—one 28 stories, the other 27—surrounded by 10,700 sq ft of ground‑floor retail and 26,100 sq ft of lobby and amenity space. Five underground levels will provide parking and support the towers. Each residential floor alternates between landscaped balconies and “urban rooms,” with roof terraces, brick pavers, green islands, water features, and curved granite bands enhancing the streetscape. Street furniture and outdoor seating will complement the storefronts. The project, envisioned by Bjarke Ingels Group, reflects a post‑pandemic shift away from speculative office space toward housing, driven by sustained demand in the Bay Area. Westbank’s earlier 2021 proposal for a 10‑floor tower with 194 units and 10 floors of 314,000 sq ft of office space has been abandoned.