111 Almaden Blvd

111 Almaden Blvd is a 11-story building in Downtown San José with 82% of its floor area within daylight reach of a facade. This screen estimates 159 homes and scores it 80 out of 100 for office-to-residential conversion suitability.

CA-16 · Screened 2026-09-12 · Strong candidate

111 Almaden Blvd — 82% of each floor sits within daylight reach of a facade. The hatched area is windowless core: 3,337 sq ft per floor that must be renovated but can never be rented as an apartment. Deepest interior point: 59 ft from the nearest window.

This building does not pencil on its own, but a modeled RESIDE Act grant closes the gap.

Every floor carries 3,337 sq ft of windowless core — area that must be gutted, seismically braced and sprinklered but can never be rented as an apartment. Across 10 residential floors that is 33,371 sq ft of cost carrying no revenue.

Modeled conversion metrics for 111 Almaden Blvd, 2026-09-12.
Suitability scoreStrong candidate	80 / 100
Storiesfrom 127 ft LiDAR height ÷ 12 ft floor-to-floor	11
Floor plateper floor, from the city footprint	18,243 sq ft
Daylight efficiencyshare within 35 ft of a facade	82%
Deepest interior pointviability threshold is 80 ft	59 ft
Windowless coreper floor — renovated but never rentable	3,337 sq ft
Estimated homesat 750 sq ft average	159
Conversion cost$405/sq ft all-in on 182,434 sq ft	$73.9M
Gap before grantshortfall against completed value	$6.3M
Modeled RESIDE grantbelow the statutory cap	$9.5M
ZoningDowntown	DC

These figures are a screen, not a feasibility study, and they come from public footprint and height data rather than from plans. See how this was computed and what it cannot tell you, or open this building in the interactive survey to change the assumptions behind it.