SAN JOSE, CA-Making a decision ahead of their projected schedule, redevelopment officials here have selected a master developer to take charge of a much-vaunted 1.6-million sf, five-property chunk of Downtown land. The New York-based Palladium Co. and its local affiliate Chatham Development Partners this week garnered the San Jose Redevelopment Agency’s recommendation, which goes before the City Council Jan. 30.

Redevelopment Agency spokeswoman Peggy Flynn tells GlobeSt.com that community input influenced the group’s developer selection. “We looked at what people were saying, what they would like to have in the Downtown. That was part of our greater Downtown strategy process.”

What has emerged from several months of intensive public-opinion gathering, says Flynn, is the vision of an urbanized, pedestrian-friendly Downtown that doesn’t roll up the welcome mats and shut down the doors after 5 p.m. As a longtime developer of national retail and mixed-use development, Palladium appears to be the right fit. The agency initially estimated that it would make a decision by spring.

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