https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/03/new-office-tower-gets-underway-downtown-san-jose-google-adobe-tech/ > SAN JOSE — A new office tower has been launched in downtown San Jose by a veteran developer, a billion-dollar endeavor that is one of two projects that are poised to banish a decade-long drought for office high rises in the Bay Area’s largest city. > Jay Paul Co. has begun construction on an office high rise at 200 Park Ave. near South Almaden Boulevard, according to Phil Mahoney, an executive vice chairman with commercial real estate firm Newmark Knight Frank and one of the brokers who is scouting for tenants to lease the project.