Cupertino council approves 55‑unit Toll Brothers townhome project at former United Furniture site despite lingering contamination concerns

Cupertino — The City Council approved a residential project for the former United Furniture site on Stevens Creek Boulevard, voting unanimously to accept staff recommendations that condition approval on environmental oversight and monitoring.

The Toll Brothers plan calls for 55 townhome condominium units with 10 accessory dwelling units; 11 units will be designated as below‑market‑rate (six at the medium income level and five at moderate income). Senior Planner John Martier outlined the project and application history, saying the site is roughly 2.68 net acres and the proposal yields about 20.5 dwelling units per acre, below the 25‑du/acre baseline the applicant claims under state density bonus law. "Because it's more than five net new dwelling units and it has about 20% BMR units, it does qualify for density bonus," Martier said.

The council and members of the public spent more than two hours focused on site contamination and cleanup. PlaceWorks senior engineer Terry McCracken described ongoing remediation at the location, reporting that soil vapor extraction has reduced PCE concentrations on‑site "from about 30,000 micrograms per meter cubed now down to about 600 to 1,000 micrograms per meter cubed," and noting…