SAN JOSE — A plan for two new residential towers to rise near a proposed transit-oriented Google village would bring a touch of Manhattan and big-city dwelling, along with badly needed housing, to downtown San Jose.

Together, the two high rises would bring up to 124 residential units. Both would be within a block of the proposed Google office campus near Diridon Station and the SAP Center.

“This is happening right across from Google village,” said Kurt Anderson, principal executive with Campbell-based Anderson Architects, which designed the towers.

The high rises are being developed by a group of Bay Area realty investors, Anderson said.

One residential tower would be 10 stories, built at 565 Lorraine Ave. near the corner of South Montgomery Street. It would contain about 54 residential units and ground-floor retail, according to city planning documents submitted by Anderson Architects. The high rise, known as Montgomery 7, would have minimal parking, primarily for customers of the retail shops.

The other tower, planned for 543 Lorraine Ave., near Montgomery Street, would be 11 stories high and have 70 residential units, according to Anderson. This project, known as Montgomery 2, would have no car parking, although it would include ground-floor retail.

An advantage for residents of the towers would be their proximity to the Diridon transit station, where plans to tie additional rail links into the station would give residents more commuting options without relying on vehicles.

“These are transit-oriented developments,” Anderson said. “They are completely urban projects.”

The Montgomery 7 project would have studio apartments with what Anderson called convertible living spaces that would make it easier to fit a bed, couch and closet into a relatively small space with all modern appliances.

To compensate for the lack of parking, residents of each tower would be given transit, biking, and other transportation-related passes, Anderson said.

“It will be exciting to see if this works out,” said Bob Staedler, principal executive with Silicon Synergy, a San Jose-based land use and planning consultancy. “Developing these without parking is an interesting case study for downtown San Jose. If they can get financing for something this innovative, it will show what would really be possible for the downtown.”

These towers would be built next to the urban campus proposed by Google and its development ally, Trammell Crow. Google hopes to build a transit-oriented village consisting of 6 million to 8 million square feet that could accommodate 15,000 to 20,000 Google workers.

Mountain View-based Google has been drawn to the location because the Diridon transit station — already a hub for Caltrain, Amtrak, the ACE Train, light rail vehicles and buses — might someday add stops for BART trains and a high-speed rail line.

The developers of the towers say they will engage San Jose residents in their proposal for the second high rise, Montgomery 2.

“We will reach out to neighborhood groups to get their input and, hopefully, their support,” Anderson said.

The builders are closing in on a financing deal to bankroll construction of the Montgomery 7 tower.

“We anticipate breaking ground in the next four to six months” on Montgomery 7,” Anderson said.