San Jose approves permits for boutique hotel near Santana Row

While the economy has slowed Silicon Valley hospitality establishment projects, one developer is bucking the trend and moving forward with plans for a boutique hotel near Santana Row and Valley Fair.

San Jose signed off Wednesday on the special use permits for KT Urban’s seven-story, 85-foot tall, 176-room project named the Olin Hotel, replacing a gas station at 425 S. Winchester Blvd., but not without the neighboring homeowners expressing their longstanding gripes against the proposal.