Developers have plans for at least four more private office high-rises.
These projects, if built, would nearly double downtown office space. In addition, two major hotel projects are under way, San Jose plans a towering downtown City Hall and the federal government intends to build a new courthouse. All this activity comes after a five-year Silicon Valley economic boom largely left downtown behind. All of the private office buildings now being proposed would be built without assistance from San Jose's redevelopment agency. If all the buildings under consideration actually get built, the 6.2 million square feet of office space downtown today would grow by 90 percent.