Preliminary permits have been filed for a potential multi-house development at 1631 5th Street in West Berkeley, Alameda County. The application seeks to subdivide an existing narrow parcel to produce four single-family houses on a currently vacant parcel close to the retail-rich stretch of Fourth Street. The City of Berkeley is listed as the current property owner.
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California Attorney General Robert Bonta has weighed in on the prolonged planning process for 80 Willow Road in Menlo Park, San Mateo County. More than two years have passed since N17 filed plans for the 665-unit development, dubbed Willow Park, and the most recent progress shared by the city in May was the latest determination of ineligibility for processing under Assembly Bill 2011. In the recent ten-page letter from the Attorney General to the city, Bonta declared that the reasons for delay range from improper to unlawful.
An unconventional approach to housing is appearing at a site in Sacramento, with plans to build 100 tiny homes on an empty parcel at 2809 Rio Linda Boulevard. The project developer, Vignocchi, is bringing the idea as an alternative approach to affordable housing in the area.
Permits have been filed for a small apartment complex at 465 Liberty Street in the Eureka Valley neighborhood of San Francisco. The project would replace a single-family residence with three units, while retaining the property’s historic earthquake refugee shack. San Francisco-based Conterra Capital LLC is responsible for the application.
Construction is expected to start soon for the massive seven-story apartment complex at 3150 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. City approval was granted last summer for the 368-unit project. Acclaim Companies and Stanford University are jointly responsible for the development.
