Article: San Jose, Calif., may waive height limits on office towers.

Byline: Barry Witt

Dec. 2--San Jose thinks one downtown is not enough.

Acknowledging constraints on the growth potential of the city's central core, officials want to allow the sprawling high-tech campuses of North San Jose to become a high-rise superpower, breaking decades-old development rules intended to avoid overwhelming Silicon Valley's roads with traffic.

City leaders say recent requests by eBay and BEA Systems for high-rises on North First Street show that Silicon Valley's future -- structurally speaking -- will be to grow up and not out, and they want to accommodate companies that aren't interested in downtown.

The city ...

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