99 Vista Apartment 2/2

99 Vista Apartment 2/2


 

Market-Rate Residential Project finalist: Vista 99 Apartments

 

Vista 99 Apartments has 554 spacious units, luxury finishes, resort-style outdoor spaces, fire pits, rooftop dining areas, clubhouses, a pet spa and a bicycle repair station.

But “it’s the subtle things you wouldn’t put in an advertisement that make this project great,” said Vince Chupka, regional director at Humphreys & Partners Architects LP, the project’s architect. Developer Equity Residential tends to include “wide corridors to make people feel comfortable,” “open and airy” elevator lobbies with a view, large windows, and recessed entries to each of the units.

“It’s a very high-quality project in terms of the construction,” Chupka said. Vista 99’s buildings and space are “very walkable” and going in and out of the units is a “nice daily experience,” he said.

The project sits on 6.96 acres at 99 Vista Montana, near the intersection of North First Street and West Tasman Drive in North San Jose. The area has blossomed with dense mid-rise residential ever since a city plan allowed homes to sprout in the jobs-heavy district. But Vista 99 marks the beginning of the end of this boom, as the plan’s 8,000 units get built out.

Vista 99, with a price tag of $240 million, is leasing one building and the remaining three are near ready. Vista 99 will have one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 740 to 1,430 square feet. One-bedroom unit rents currently start at $2,700, two-bedroom at $3,275, and three-bedroom units at $4,175.

Vista 99 shares a park with its sister development, Domain Apartments.

Originally conceived of as a condo building, EQR brought Humphreys & Partners in to “re-envision” Vista 99 as apartments. The resulting project is painted in vibrant colors while maintaining “a little bit of an industrial feeling” as an homage to North San Jose’s history.

Vista 99 Apartments

  • Developer: Equity Residential
  • Architect: Humphreys & Partners Architects LP
  • General contractor: Palisade Builders Inc.

 

Vista 99 Apartments: | 99 Vista Montana, San Jose | Project cost: $240 million | Notable features: Close to Levi’s Stadium and to Highways 237 and 101, and I-880, plus the Tasman VTA light rail station.