Rivermark
Rivermark is a master-planned community in the northern part of the city near Levi's Stadium and Great America.
Rivermark Real Estate Market Snapshot
Living in Rivermark
Rivermark is a master-planned community on the north side of Santa Clara, bounded roughly by Tasman Drive, Lafayette Street, Montague Expressway, and the Guadalupe River corridor. Built out in the early 2000s on the former Agnews Developmental Center grounds, the neighborhood combines townhomes, condominium courts, and detached single-family homes around a Town Center anchored by a Safeway, Starbucks, restaurants, and a public library branch. The pedestrian street grid and central plaza give the pocket a walkable rhythm uncommon in greater Santa Clara, where most residential blocks were laid out for cars first.
The pocket sits within walking distance of Levi's Stadium, the Great America VTA light-rail line, and the corporate campuses along Tasman, including Intel and Marvell. Day-to-day life centers on the Town Center plaza, the Rivermark Library, the Don Callejon K-8 school site, and the Guadalupe River trail, which connects north to Alviso and south through downtown San Jose. For broader context on the surrounding city, see the Santa Clara overview.
Schools
Rivermark addresses fall inside the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD), which serves the city's central and northern neighborhoods (Santa Clara Unified School District). Don Callejon School, located on Rivermark Parkway, is the K-8 attendance-area campus and was built specifically to serve the master plan. High-school students attend one of the SCUSD comprehensive high schools, with assignment based on address. Buyers should confirm current attendance boundaries with SCUSD directly, since the city is split among four districts and boundary lines have shifted as enrollment patterns moved.
Lifestyle
The Rivermark Town Center plaza concentrates daily errands within a short walk of most front doors: Safeway, a small library branch, casual restaurants, a coffee shop, and neighborhood services. The Guadalupe River trail forms the eastern edge and links to a regional trail network. Levi's Stadium event traffic on game and concert weekends affects access along Tasman and Lafayette, which is a known trade-off for this address. The Rivermark HOA governs common landscaping, the central park, and shared amenities; mandatory dues vary by sub-association (City of Santa Clara Planning Division).
Commute
Rivermark sits at the intersection of three commute spines: US-101 via the Great America Parkway and Montague interchanges, SR-237 to the north, and the VTA Tasman light-rail corridor (Great America and Old Ironsides stations are walkable from most of the pocket). The Lafayette Street arterial connects south to El Camino Real and downtown Santa Clara. Caltrain access is via the Lawrence or Santa Clara stations, both about a 10-15 minute drive. The location places residents inside the cluster of major North Santa Clara employers (Intel, Marvell, Applied Materials, NVIDIA's nearby Santa Clara campus) without requiring a freeway commute.