Sharon Goe, Gilroy's community development director, told the joint City Council and school board meeting that the city issued about 177 residential building permits in 2024 and is on track for roughly the same volume in 2025.

Goe highlighted completed and in-progress projects across the city, including 29 single-family homes at Kern Cottages, a 120-unit affordable apartment complex (unnamed in the presentation), and multiple developments in Glen Loma Ranch. She said Wilmington Homes is building 19 single-family homes at Sixth Street and Prince Valley and that Renfrew Villa is a 54-lot single-family subdivision at Miller and Santa Teresa.

Goe also described several multifamily and downtown projects: Gilroy Family Apartments, a 94-unit affordable project on Monterey south of Tenth Street, a 42-townhome proposal, and a number of tenant-improvement projects in downtown including restaurants and a food court with four commercial kitchens. She pointed to two nearly complete industrial shell buildings on Cameron Boulevard (each about 200,000 square feet), an upcoming Floor & Decor tenant improvement at the former Walmart site, and a multi-building LogTech distribution project of more than 440,000 square feet in preliminary review.

Council members asked about the status of a previously reported distribution center; Goe clarified that the large site near Camino Royal is a data center undergoing environmental review and building-permit plan checks, not a distribution center. She said the environmental review and infrastructure questions had prompted modifications and that staff expects reviews to continue through the year.

Goe thanked the city's building, planning and fire-prevention teams for processing applications and facilitating projects. Several council members noted the economic and walkability benefits of downtown revitalization recounted in the presentation.

Ending: Goe said several projects are at different stages of plan review or permitting and that staff will return as projects reach council-level approvals.