Preliminary permits have been filed for a townhouse infill at 110 Glenwood Avenue in Atherton, San Mateo County. The application is using Senate Bill 79 to streamline the approval process for 30 apartments close to the Menlo Park Caltrain Station. Cupertino-based AlphaX RE Capital is responsible for the development.
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The developer Eden Housing is celebrating the groundbreaking for one of its most recent affordable housing developments located at 700 East Saint John Street in San Jose. Several notable figures will be in attendance for the ceremony, including US Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, and CA State Treasurer Fiona Ma. The ceremony celebrates the successful progress of a project expected to deliver 68 new units of affordable housing to the area.
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.
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.
