H
ats off to the City teammates and City Council who work hard to make our evolving Morgan Hill the best it
can be. Across the city, a variety of new, improved and expanded real estate development projects are fueling
economic growth, tourism, job creation, and more reasons for choosing to live, work and play here.
What follows are highlights from some of the projects generating excitement around town, based on conversations
with Morgan Hill’s Economic Development Manager, John Lang; and Assistant City Manager Leslie Little.
New Development
The Sunsweet Project, expected to be
completed by end of this year, is the
result of a partnership between the
Republic Family of Companies and
property owners Rocke and Glenda
Garcia of Glen Rock Development.
Bassenian-Lagoni were engaged as
project architects. The project was
named Sunsweet to commemorate the
property’s origins as a fruit drying and
packing facility. Along with 83 market-
rate rental apartments, the project also
includes 8,000 square feet of leasing
office and ground floor retail space.
Amenities include a swimming pool, fit-
ness center, indoor and outdoor lounge
areas, grilling stations, an outdoor
playground, and a dog park.
All but one of the retail condo-
minium units at Depot Station are now
sold in this project located on Depot
Street between 2nd and 3rd Streets in
the heart of downtown Morgan Hill.
The 29-unit mixed-use project offers
a range of housing types, from town-
homes, condominiums and live-work
units (where residents can have an
office downstairs and live upstairs). It
also offers retail condos on 3rd Street.
Yoga Source from Los Gatos has already
secured the corner unit.
The Granary District Expansion
project will add roughly 3,500 square
feet of commercial space in a two-story
structure to the south of the property’s
historic grain silos. That brings
the Granary District, a mixed-use
property situated between the Union
Pacific Railroad tracks and Depot
Street, to 40,000 square feet. This
LEED gold project was designed by
Weston Miles Architects of Morgan Hill
and built by Weston Construction. It
combines retail, restaurants, office and
residential space. Project completion is
expected in early 2020, according to
Architect Lesley Miles.
The Latala Group LLC is building 40
townhomes and nine condominiums
along with 3,000 square feet of office
space on the 2.29-acre site purchased
from Hale Lumber. The project will be
done in tandem with the Depot Street
realignment. Morgan Hill’s General
Plan 2035 calls for a rerouting of Depot
Street on the southeast corner of down-
town and connecting across Dunne
Avenue with Church Street to improve
circulation in and out of Downtown.
Lang said there will be no net change
in parking spaces at Morgan Hill’s
Community & Cultural Center.
Frank Léal is developing a much-
anticipated mixed-use hotel, hospitality
and retail project on a one-acre
property in downtown Morgan Hill
alongside his popular event venue,
the Granada Theater, on Monterey
Road. Léal’s project was designed
by KTGY Architecture + Planning of
Oakland. Construction is underway on
the contemporary 60-room boutique
hotel, which is expected to open its
doors in fall 2020. At street level will
be a restaurant, bar, flower shop,
and market. The hotel will feature a
conference room, banquet hall, vintage
wine bar, spa-fitness center, outdoor
pool and lounge area, and a rooftop
garden where organic vegetables will be
grown for the restaurant. Valet parking
will be provided.
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Butterfield Technology Center, a
600,000 square foot industrial park,
is environmentally cleared and was
recently purchased by Braddock and
Logan from Divcowest. The industrial
park will also include 389 apartments
and a large park to support both resi-
dents and businesses. Located along
Butterfield Boulevard between Jarvis
and Digital Drive, it will offer direct
access to rental housing (Butterfield
Village) and retail shopping at
Evergreen Village.
Evergreen Village , a 20-acre com-
mercial zoned property at Cochrane
Road and Butterfield Boulevard is being
developed by Evergreen Devco, a major
player in the diversified real estate
development industry. The “build to
suit” project is slated to include a senior
assisted living/memory care facility, a
grocery market, medical and business
offices, and retail/restaurant operations.
Amenities include green spaces, a traffic
roundabout, and outdoor patio seating
areas where people can gather.
Browman Development Company
submitted to the City a Planned
Development amendment application
for Cochrane Commons – Phase II as
of press time. According to Lang, the
developers are going for more coex-
istence or balance of apartments and
townhomes in a “lifestyle center” mixed
with retail and community spaces.
The idea is to encourage people to
spend time in the Commons by creat-
ing a community village experience.
The amendment is proposing 135,000
square feet of retail and 314 units of
apartments and townhomes.
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