Homes on Santana Row: Lofts, Condos, Villas |
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About Santana RowSantana Row has been described as a cutout of Paris' Champs Elysees transplanted to Silicon Valley. Hyperbole aside, its developers deserve credit for creating an unabashedly urban atmosphere, without making the feel contrived or out of place. No, Santana Row is a mixed-use development in its purest form with shops, bars, restaurants, and 219 impressive lofts, townhouses, and villas that sit above the shopping arcade in three distinct buildings: The Villa Cornet, The DeForest Building, and The Margo Building. The Villa Cornet and Recent TransactionsThe Villa Cornet is the easiest to recognize because of the distinctive towers that flank the two corners of the building facing the main thoroughfare, one home to a Borders bookstore. The largest townhouses (called "villas" in Santana Row parlance) are located on its upper floors and both visitors and guests are welcomed by fountains guarding the main courtyard leading to the 21 impressive three-story units.
The DeForest Building and Recent TransactionsThe DeForest Building pays homage to a key figure who changed the course of electronics and ultimately computing. This building is named after Lee DeForest, the inventor of the vacuum tube: his inventions helped lead to radio as we know it today. The building itself has 98 two-story lofts and is reminiscent of industrial buildings in Lee's heyday around the turn-of-the-century. The complex is above the Straits Cafe and is home to some of the most impressive patio spaces in Santana Row.
The Margo Building and Recent TransactionsThe Margo Building is across the DeForest Building on Santana Row. It doesn't have quite the backstory of the DeForest Building, but nonetheless holds 100 high-end one- and two-story lofts, similar in design and construction to the ones in the DeForest Building. Like the Villa Cornet, most units that don't face the main strip have a view of the mountains and downtown San Jose. And like the DeForest Building, the Margo Building sits only a short walk away from Westfield's Valley Fair shopping center on the opposite side of Stevens Creek Blvd.
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