San Jose: Rosendin Electric, VTA Get $19.2M Office Buildout Permits

San Jose issued office tenant improvement permits worth a combined $19.2 million for Rosendin Electric and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, four days apart this month.

Permit 2026-140557-CI, recorded October 19, declares a $12,574,415 office tenant improvement for Rosendin Electric at 3030 Orchard Pkwy, a 73,043-square-foot building. Permit 2026-142466-CI, recorded October 15, declares a $6,596,004 office tenant improvement for VTA at 488 Almaden Blvd, a 60,360-square-foot building near downtown. Both permits list the work class as tenant improvement, not new construction: the declared amount is the applicant’s stated project cost, not a sale price, loan or appraisal.

Rosendin Electric is a San Jose-based electrical contractor; the Orchard Parkway site is in North San Jose. VTA is the regional transit agency serving Santa Clara County. Neither permit appeared in our October 30 morning San Francisco Bay Area Out to Bid roundup.

Why it matters

Two office buildouts above $6 million apiece, issued days apart, point to near-term interior work for general contractors and subcontractors in San Jose. Issued TI permits of this size typically mean electrical, mechanical and finish trades are being bid and scheduled now. Neither filing states a construction start date or names a general contractor; what the record shows is valuation, address and permit status, not a timeline.

The numbers

• $12,574,415: declared valuation, Rosendin Electric TI, 3030 Orchard Pkwy, permit 2026-140557-CI, recorded October 19
• $6,596,004: declared valuation, VTA TI, 488 Almaden Blvd, permit 2026-142466-CI, recorded October 15
• $19,170,419: combined declared valuation across both permits
• 73,043 and 60,360 square feet: the two buildings’ footprints per the permit record

What’s next

Both permits are recorded as issued in the city’s system; neither record states a construction start date, completion timeline or general contractor of record. The San Francisco desk is tracking the San Jose permit wire for the next filing tied to either address or applicant.