A Chinese developer’s plans to erect a 50-story office tower and another 35-story housing tower will move forward after the Santa Clara City Council decided the additions to the development do not warrant halting the project. Kylli Inc., a subsidiary of juggernaut Genzon Property Group, wants to turn the 46-acre site formerly owned by Yahoo at 3005 Democracy Way into an ‘urban village.’ The mixed-use development would add more than 6,000 apartments and increase the square footage of the development from 3 million square feet to 10.5 million square feet. ‘Sounds like the developer wants to build a mini Hong Kong is Santa Clara,’ said Suds Jain, who is a member of the Santa Clara Planning Commission. While the proposed development is bigger than City Place project, it takes place on a footprint roughly a quarter the size, Jain said. In order to proceed with the development as proposed, however, the company needs a general plan amendment to increase the allocated square footage and allow

Source: ‘Behemoth,’ ‘Shocking,’ ‘Whopper’ of a Development Set to Replace Yahoo Office Project | The Santa Clara Weekly