Development of this 23-acre site required Synergy to successfully execute a highly complex series of state and local approvals while facing stiff competitive and legal challenges. On the market for 25 years, Synergy created a development concept that uniquely captured the full value of this site, utilizing 16 riparian acres for a creekside park and entitling it for development by CORE and Charities Housing Development Company into 218 apartment units.

PASEO SENTER
Services: Land Acquisition, Entitlement, Disposition
Land Use: Entitled from Agricultural to Multi-Family Housing and Public Parks
Completed: 2008

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Synergy acquired control of this site in 2007 and deftly captured value in a plunging market, switching from a condo concept to conversion of the bow-truss warehouse into a two-story 105,000 sq ft state-of-the-art urban self-storage facility. Situated in the center of a gentrifying urban area with a Japanese flair, customers for these units include residents of the 1,800+ new apartments in a 3-block radius as well as nearby downtown San Jose businesses.

JAPANTOWN SELF STORAGE
Services: Acquisition, Entitlement, Disposition
Land Use: Adaptive Re-Use of an Existing Warehouse into Self-Storage
Completed: 2008

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Synergy acquired control of this one acre site to strategically dominate the development potential of 8.5 acres in Midtown San Jose. By including this site, the developer won approval in 2010 for a mixed use of up to 800 residential units and 25,000 sq ft of retail.

Synergy worked as the political, conceptual, and contract negotiation consultant for The Olson Company in this highly competitive RFQ process. Helping create and present the winning concept and bid, Synergy coordinated and helped negotiate the acquisition agreement with the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Jose.

JAPANTOWN CORPORATION YARD RFP
Services: Creation of Winning RFP Team, Consulting
Client: The Olson Company
Land Use: High-Density Mixed-Use (Affordable & Market Rate Residential; Community Theater; Public Park) – RDA-controlled property
Completed: 2004


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Synergy created a winning team for this competitive RFP process by bringing together The Olson Company and Barry Swenson Builder and guiding their winning bid to acquire this this prominent downtown site from the Redevelopment Agency of San Jose to create 462 condos in three high-rise towers, 138 townhomes and a 1-acre park.

NORTH SAN PEDRO RFP
Services: Creation of Winning RFP Team, Development Proposal Strategy
Client: Barry Swenson Builder, The Olson Company, Urban Housing
Land Use: High-Density, Transit-Oriented Residential – RDA-owned property)
Completed: in process

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Synergy principals, while with Silicon Valley Advisors (SVA), were lead general plan and disposition advisors to the County of Santa Clara for this 16 acre site, helping win San Jose General Plan approval for 200 senior and 300 family apartments on ground-leased land, as well as 43 single family homes and a 55,000 sq ft county health care clinic.

FAIRGROUNDS HOUSING ELEMENT
Services: Development Strategy, Entitlement, Management of RFQ/RFP Disposition Process
Client: County of Santa Clara
Land Use: Mixed-Use (Affordable & Market Rate Housing; Medical Clinic)
Completed: 2002


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Master planning consultants for this sensitive site, Synergy principals overcame strong opposition to win General Plan approval for up to 675 units of high-rise residential housing; 625,000 square feet of commercial/office space; and a park.

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Retained by the County of Santa Clara to manage the development plan and RFP for this 30+ acre surplus property, Synergy principals, while with SVA, helped devise a land use plan, win entitlment approvals and negotiate transactions with developers for a mixed-use development made up of 683 residential units, and 21 acres of freeway-fronting auto sales facilities.

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Lead land consultants for this prime 9.4 acre downtown site, Synergy principals, while working with SVA, produced best-use analyses, a development concept, and worked to help win General Plan change approvals for up to 325 residential units and 1 million sq ft of office space.

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Hired by Good Samaritan Hospital as lead entitlement consultants, SVA, with the assistance of Synergy principals, helped win re-zoning and development approval for this 20-acre site for a 80,000-square-foot hospital expansion, a helicopter landing structure, signage, parking reconfiguration, and landscaping.

KDF Communities, a Newport Beach firm retained Synergy to provide critical advice for its winning state affordable housing tax credit bid. Formerly a blighted 354-unit apartment complex in a gang-infested community, KDF overhauled it into a safe and attractive place to live, making it one of Northern California’s only affordable housing developments completed without city funding.

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As lead political consultant for KDF Communities, Synergy managed all interactions with the City of San Jose, assisted KDF's tax credit application as well as its selection of local architects and consultants for this rehabilitation project.

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This prominent half acre triangular site was acquired by Synergy principal for First Community Housing (FCH) during his tenure as CEO. El Paseo Studios was the first green affordable housing development in completed in California and has won numerous awards, including a Gold Nugget Merit Award for Sustainable/Green Project of the Year, and "Excellence in Design" from Environmental Design + Construction Magazine.

EL PASEO STUDIOS
Services: Land Acquisition, Entitlement, Financing
Land Use: Multi-Family Attached Housing
Completed: 2003

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Finding and overseeing the acquisition and clean-up of this former greenhouse site despite riparian and hazardous contamination constraints, Synergy principal selected the architect and design and led entitlement and funding negotiations with the City of San Jose and tax credit investors. This is one of several FCH LEED-certified environmentally-sensitive developments.

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Finding this site within two blocks of a Caltrain station and shopping, while with FCH, a Synergy principal negotiated the purchase agreement and created a concept tailor-made for Morgan Hill, a city with severe growth limitations. Murphy Ranch is an award-winning 100-unit townhome community built with recycled and environmentally-friendly materials. The development exceeds California's Title 24 energy requirements by 25%, meeting all electricity needs with output from onsite photovoltaic panels.

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Acquiring this property for FCH, a Synergy principal developed a plan embraced by skeptical adjacent homeowners, developing it into a 90-unit senior apartment community, which has won numerous awards, including the Pacific Coast Builder's Conference "Gold Nugget Award of Merit" for best affordable attached housing project, BUILDER Magazine’s Builder's Choice Design Awards, and Senior Housing Council’s Best of Senior Housing Gold Design Award.

CRAIG GARDENS
Services: Land Acquisition, Entitlement, Financing
Land Use: Multi-Family Attached Housing for Seniors
Completed: 2002

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A Synergy principal found this property, negotiated the purchase agreement, selected architect and design, and oversaw public and private financing applications and complete re-design and rehab of this 38-unit development, acquiring adjacent land to develop Parkview Apartments for greater property management efficiency.

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Resuscitating a failed development plan, Synergy's principal while with First Community Housing, gained control of the site, came up with a fresh site concept, selected the architect and design, oversaw its complex affordable housing financing and acquired adjacent land to develop additional units and increase management efficiency.

CREEKVIEW INN
Services: Site Acquisition, Entitlement, Development and Management
Land Use: Multi-Family Attached Housing
Completed: 1999

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