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Lawrence Station, Santa Clara Homes for sale, recent sales and a Property Nerd’s guide
Santa Clara's newest neighborhood: a former industrial park between Kifer Road and Central Expressway, rezoned in 2016 for up to 3,500 homes, next to the Lawrence Caltrain station.
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Calculated in your browser from MLS data for Lawrence Station: the city's plan area, Lawrence Expwy to Calabazas Creek, Kifer Rd to Central Expwy (approximate). Sales are single-family homes, townhomes and condos.
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Homes for sale, for rent and recently sold in Lawrence Station
Every active listing, rental and closed sale in Lawrence Station from the MLS, updated automatically, with a map of the neighborhood outline.
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Listings come from MLSListings and other MLSs through IDX and show their listing brokerage; confirm details with the listing agent. The map outline is the neighborhood boundary used by our listing search (Lawrence Station: the city's plan area, Lawrence Expwy to Calabazas Creek, Kifer Rd to Central Expwy (approximate)); it may not match every local definition.
the story
How Lawrence Station came to be
The name is older than the neighborhood by about 160 years. When the San Francisco and San Jose Railroad opened its line in 1864, a stop here appeared in timetables as "Lawrence's" by 1866, named for Alfred Chester Lawrence, who donated the land and served as station agent until his death in 1886. The road to the station became Lawrence Station Road, today's Lawrence Expressway, and a 1927 newspaper item placed a new school "at Lawrence Station." Southern Pacific closed the stop in 1945 and Caltrain reopened it in 1982 or 1983.
For most of the late 20th century the Santa Clara side of the station was an industrial park of one- and two-story buildings; county records index a subdivision map titled Kifer Industrial Park to its east end. On November 29, 2016, the Santa Clara City Council adopted the Lawrence Station Area Plan, a specific plan for the 72 acres bounded by Lawrence Expressway, Central Expressway, Calabazas Creek and Kifer Road. It allows up to 3,500 homes at 45 to 56 per acre, about 100,000 square feet of neighborhood retail and about 6.3 acres of public open space. Sunnyvale adopted its own, larger Lawrence Station Area Plan for its side of the tracks the same year.
SummerHill Homes' Nuevo was the first project to use the plan: about 994 homes on a 27-acre site at 3505 Kifer Road, with parks, a community center and ground-floor retail. A 2022 report described it as near full build-out. The plan is not finished. The city lists a 328-unit, four-story apartment project at 3069 Lawrence Expressway as under construction, and older industrial buildings still stand toward Calabazas Creek.
streets and homes
The streets and the houses
Inside the rectangle, a new grid of short streets and paseos replaced the industrial lots: La Rambla Avenue, Feliz Road, Copper Road, Ryder Street and Corvin Drive, with short places such as Noyce, Toomey, Pancoast, Lamory and Boyter. The apartment buildings face Lawrence Expressway, and the townhome blocks fill the middle, wrapped around a chain of small public parks.
Nuevo's housing types, per a 2022 construction report: 41 four-story detached homes with rooftop terraces (about 2,460 to 2,990 square feet, three or four bedrooms), 117 three- to four-story townhomes, 176 two- to three-story terrace townhomes, about 120 condominiums, six live/work units and 537 apartments. County records show about 375 new home parcels dated 2020-2021 and 126 condominium units dated 2022. Many homes here have three or four levels, so expect stairs and outdoor space on decks, terraces and rooftops rather than yards.
Ownership here usually means a homeowners association, and in a mixed project you may find layered associations for the overall community and for a building or townhome cluster. Because the whole district is new, the most useful comparisons are usually recent sales of the same floor plan in the same community.
streets in lawrence station
- Kifer Road
- Lawrence Expressway
- Central Expressway
- La Rambla Avenue
- Rambla Place
- Feliz Road
- Copper Road
- Copper Place
- Ryder Street
- Corvin Drive
- Noyce Place
- Toomey Place
- Pancoast Place
- Lamory Place
- Boyter Place
- Sanor Place
- Milkin Place
- Eichers Place
parks and places
Parks, shops and landmarks near Lawrence Station
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Nuevo parks
The city's park GIS lists eight small public parks here, Nuevo Parks A through H, from about 0.2 to 0.9 acre each and about 3.3 acres together, on La Rambla Avenue, Feliz Road, Copper Road and Ryder Street. A 2022 report describes a central lawn, basketball court, picnic area, large playground, dog run and community garden.
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Costco and Kifer Road
Costco is directly across Kifer Road on the Sunnyvale side, at 150 Lawrence Station Road, where the old road name survives. Nuevo's plans include about 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and dining.
- landmark
Lawrence Caltrain station
The station, at 137 San Zeno Way in Sunnyvale, has two side platforms serving a four-track section and 122 parking spaces; it is about 0.4 mile from the middle of the neighborhood (straight line).
- landmark
Mission College and California's Great America
Mission College is about 1.2 miles north and the Great America amusement park about 1.7 miles (straight line), both reached by Lawrence Expressway or Bowers Avenue and Great America Parkway.
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School districts and getting around
School districts
Lawrence Station is in the Santa Clara Unified School District for TK-12, per Census school-district boundaries and the city's parcel data; schools across Kifer Road in Sunnyvale belong to other districts. No public school sits inside the plan area. The nearest Santa Clara Unified campuses are Adrian Wilcox High on Monroe Street, about 0.8 mile south (straight line), and Bracher and Briarwood elementary schools, about 1.1 to 1.2 miles. Attendance boundaries change, so confirm the assigned schools for a specific address with the district.
Getting around
- Lawrence Caltrain station is next to the neighborhood, just south of Kifer Road at Lawrence Expressway in Sunnyvale, about 0.4 mile from the middle (straight line). Local and Limited trains stop there and Express trains pass through; check Caltrain's current timetable.
- Lawrence Expressway (west edge) runs north to US 101, about a mile away (straight line), and south to El Camino Real, Stevens Creek Boulevard and I-280; Central Expressway (north edge) runs east-west between Mountain View and San Jose.
- VTA light rail's Orange Line stops at Old Ironsides and Great America stations on Tasman Drive, about 2 miles north (straight line).
- Mission College and the Great America/Levi's Stadium district are about 1.2 to 2.2 miles north (straight line).
- San Jose Mineta International Airport is about 3.5 miles east (straight line).
nerd notes
Buying or selling in Lawrence Station: what we check
Buying here
- Read every layer of HOA documents: master association and any building or sub-association budgets, reserve studies, insurance, and what dues cover. New communities often have short reserve histories.
- Ask what is still to be built nearby. The plan allows up to 3,500 homes and only part is done; the city lists a 328-unit apartment building under construction at 3069 Lawrence Expressway, and older industrial lots toward Calabazas Creek can still redevelop.
- Check the flood zone for the exact unit. FEMA's current layer (September 2024) shows most of the plan area as zone X, reduced flood risk due to a levee, with a strip near Calabazas Creek in zone AH, a special flood hazard area.
- Look at noise and air exposure for units facing Lawrence and Central expressways and the rail line, and visit at rush hour and when trains pass.
- Builder warranties on 2020-2022 homes may still apply; ask for the warranty documents and any open service requests or construction-defect claims.
Selling here
- Use the floor-plan name or number from the builder. Buyers here compare like-for-like plans across the community, so recent sales of the same plan carry more weight than street location.
- Have the HOA resale package ordered early, including any special assessments and the builder-warranty status.
- Show the stairs-to-terrace flow and the rooftop or deck space, since yards are small or absent in this format.
- Mention the walk to Lawrence Caltrain and the Costco across Kifer Road in plain terms; both are real daily-use features of this location.
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faq
Lawrence Station questions, answered
Is Lawrence Station in Santa Clara or Sunnyvale?
The neighborhood covered here, between Kifer Road and Central Expressway east of Lawrence Expressway, is in Santa Clara. The Caltrain platforms and the land south of Kifer Road are in Sunnyvale, which has its own Lawrence Station Area Plan.
When was it built?
The city adopted the Lawrence Station Area Plan in November 2016. County records date most new home parcels to 2020-2021 and the first condominiums to 2022, and more buildings are under construction.
How many homes will there be?
The plan allows up to 3,500 homes. Nuevo, the largest project so far, accounts for about 994 of them, and the city lists another 328-unit apartment project under construction at 3069 Lawrence Expressway.
Why is it called Lawrence Station?
For the railroad stop that has been here since the 1860s, named for Alfred Chester Lawrence, who donated the land and served as station agent. Lawrence Expressway was once Lawrence Station Road, and a street by that name still runs past Costco in Sunnyvale.
Which school district serves Lawrence Station?
Santa Clara Unified School District, TK-12. There is no public school inside the plan area, so confirm the assigned schools for any address with the district.
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