Corporate Apartments. The Esplanade offers a distinctive blend of historic flavor and urban vitality, located in the historic Japantown and adjacent to the historic Henlsey District, and mere minutes from downtown San Jose. An apartment village unlike any other, designed to provide you with exciting options to live, work and play. At the heart of The Esplanade lies its historic loft building, once a cannery warehouse built in the early 1900's. With our pedestrian-friendly setting, you can walk to neighborhood shops and restaurants, walk to the farmer's market held every Sunday, or visit nearby attractions like the San Jose Museum of Art, or any of the many parks nearby.