Weekly digestSan JoseWeek of May 18, 2026

San Jose building permits — week of May 18, 2026

A single permit is doing the heavy lifting this week: Duke Realty's $35M tenant improvement at 5853 Rue Ferrari accounts for more than half of San Jose's entire $60.4M in declared value, signaling a major industrial or logistics fit-out in the North San Jose tech corridor. Strip that one deal out and the week looks much quieter, with re-roofing jobs unexpectedly crowding the top of the valuation list. Volume held essentially flat at 577 permits, with single-family and condo activity continuing to drive the bulk of filings.

577

PERMITS FILED

$60.4M

DECLARED VALUE

+1%

VS PRIOR WEEK

289

SINGLE-FAMILY

Top permits this week

5853 RUE FERRARI

$35,000,000

R & D Lab

Duke Realty's $35M fit-out at Rue Ferrari — pulled by DPR Construction — points to a large-scale industrial or R&D tenant moving into North San Jose in a serious way.

Contractor: DPR CONSTRUCTION MATTHEW GUIDRY ·ZIP 95138

560 S WINCHESTER BL

$2,400,000

Office

Alum Rock Union School District is putting $2.4M into Winchester Boulevard, likely a campus renovation or modernization tied to a public-private ownership structure.

Contractor: SWANSON, GARY ·ZIP 95128

3594 EASTRIDGE DR

$1,980,300

Single-Family

Nearly $2M to re-roof a single Eastridge-area property is an unusually large residential roofing job — this may be a large commercial or multi-unit asset despite the owner names.

Contractor: VYN BUILDER Van Nguyen ·ZIP 95148