Janet has worked with the Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority (VTA) TOD Division since 2018 through an on-call contract to provide real estate development advisory services to implement VTA's affordable housing policy. Her work primarily focuses on review of developer submittals and negotiation support for long-term ground leases on multiple projects. 

 

Janet’s work included review of VTA's property portfolio to identify high-scoring affordable housing sites, tracking housing legislation, conducting several feasibility studies, managing developer solicitations, negotiation support for long-term ground leases for several sites, and additional support to outreach and partnership formation. Most recently Janet has also prepared VTA's Affordable Housing Newsletter and Annual Report to its governing board.  

 

Janet's work has supported pre-development at 6 sites for VTA including:

• Evelyn Site in Mountain View

• Santa Clara Transit Site in Santa Clara

• Capitol in San Jose

• Branham in San Jose

• Berryessa sites in San Jose

• Gilroy Station in Gilroy

 

Janet and her associate Jessica Hitchcock also recently completed a comprehensive assessment of Emergency and Interim Housing opportunities at VTA sites throughout its system including case studies, site assessments, and recommendations for implementation.