Council approves Irvine Company plan for 1,792 homes at 2518 Mission College Boulevard

The Santa Clara City Council voted unanimously to approve a redevelopment plan by the Irvine Company for 2518 Mission College Boulevard, clearing the way for a 1,792-unit residential complex and related public improvements.

City staff presented the project as five five‑story buildings arranged in a wrap‑parking configuration, with roughly 3,500 square feet of retail, 3.48 acres of public parkland on the southern edge of the site and a proposed north–south pedestrian connector to Mission College Boulevard. "The project includes 5 residential buildings, each of which is 5 stories tall," Afsha Hamid, the city’s community development director, told the council during the public hearing presentation.

The council’s action approved four related items together: an addendum to the Freedom Circle Future Focus Area Plan environmental impact report and mitigation monitoring program, a general‑plan text amendment adding a policy to the Freedom Circle focus area, a rezoning from high‑intensity office/research and development to Planned Development (PD), and a vesting tentative subdivision map.

Why it matters: the site lies inside the Freedom Circle focus area, a jobs‑rich part of the city near Levi’s Stadium and Great America Parkway that…