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Agrihood central amenities, rendering by Steingberg Hart

5:30 am on January 22, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Permits Filed for Senior Housing at 76 North Winchester Boulevard, Santa Clara Agrihood

New building permits have been filed to construct a four-story senior housing building and community center at 70 and 76 North Winchester Boulevard, Santa Clara. These addresses are part of the multi-building mixed-use development dubbed Santa Clara Agrihood. The City entered a private-public partnership with Core Companies to construct 1.5 acres of agriculture connected to 361 homes, of which the City will sell 181 as affordable.

Renderings Revealed For 2239-41 Wellesley Street, Palo Alto

5:00 am on January 22, 2021 By Palak Japlot

Development permits were submitted, anticipating the approval of an apartment building on 2239 Wellesley Street in College Terrace, Palo Alto. The project proposal includes constructing twenty-four units in a three-story apartment building on two adjacent lots at 2239 and 2241 Wellesley Street. The new construction, Wellesley Housing, will replace the existing two single-family homes. The project proposes thirteen studios and eleven one-bedroom apartments in the building that will rise to a three-story height.

5700 Stockton Boulevard, rendering by Mutual Housing via Business Journal

Renderings Revealed for 5700 Stockton Boulevard, Fruitridge Manor, Sacramento

4:30 am on January 22, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Renderings have revealed plans for a mixed-use affordable housing project at 5700 Stockton Boulevard in Fruitridge Manor, Sacramento. The project will fill the former San Juan Motel site, which was demolished almost a decade prior. Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency recently selected Mutual Housing California to be responsible for the development.

Jasper at 45 Lansing Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Number 50: Jasper at 45 Lansing Street, SoMa, San Francisco

5:30 am on January 21, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Coming in as the fiftieth tallest tower in the Bay Area built or planned is Jasper, a prominent building along the San Francisco skyline perched on Rincon Hill. The 430-foot tower at 45 Lansing Street, SoMa, was completed in 2016 by Miami-based Crescent Heights and then purchased in the summer of 2019 by Northwestern Mutual for $306 million. The development was made possible by San Francisco’s 2005 Rincon Hill Plan, a neighborhood-focused zoning program that helped pave the way for many of the towers on our list to offer housing in the Central Business District.

The Land Park neighborhood, a single-family zoned neighborhood separated from Downtown Sacramento by a wide-laned freeway specifically mentioned by the city Mayor, image via Google Street View

Sacramento City Council Votes to Change Single-Family Zoning

5:00 am on January 21, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

The Sacramento City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday in favor of a draft plan to change the city’s exclusive zoning for single-unit households. Starting December of 2022, the city will allow the construction of single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes in areas that are currently zoned for single-unit homes only. The City Council voted 8-0 in approval, taking inspiration from the cities of Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon.

135 Post Street, image via Google Street View

Remodeling Planned For 135 Post Street In Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco

4:30 am on January 21, 2021 By Palak Japlot

Development permits have been submitted for requesting the approval to convert the existing retail space in 135 Post Street in Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco. The project proposal includes converting the retail area on levels three, four, five, and six into office use. The conversion will result in 49,000 square feet of retail space being converted into office space. WZ Architecture is manning the design concepts and construction of the project.

1500 S Street corner view, design by HRGA Architecture

Demolition Permits Filed for 1500 S Street, Downtown Sacramento

5:30 am on January 20, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Demolition permits have been filed for two structures at 1500 and 1508 S Street to make way for an eight-story residential building at 1500 S Street, Downtown Sacramento. The five-lot parcel contains an existing low slung commercial structure and a single-story house. They will be torn down for the construction of 137 new homes. Anthem Properties is responsible for the development since purchasing the property in 2019 for $5.1 million.

Renderings Revealed For a New Mixed-Use Building At 955 Alma Street, Palo Alto

5:00 am on January 20, 2021 By Palak Japlot

Development permits have been submitted for a request of pre-screening for a new mixed-use project at 955 Alma Street in University South, Palo Alto. The project proposal includes constructing thirty-six Innovation Micro-Studio residences and adding a new basement for parking use. Heather Young Architects is managing the project plan, design, and construction.

3515 Mission Street, rendering by Schaub Ly Architects

Renderings Revealed for 3515 Mission Street, Bernal Heights, San Francisco

4:30 am on January 20, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Renderings reveal plans for a four-story infill project at 3515 Mission Street in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco. The project will demolish a single-story commercial structure to produce four units, one ADU, and ground-level retail. Blue Birds Construction’s Jun Sheng Lin is listed as the property owner.

88 Grand Avenue skyscraper, rendering by KTGY Architecture and Planning

Seagate Properties Plans 88 Grand Avenue Tower in Downtown Oakland

5:30 am on January 19, 2021 By Andrew Nelson

Seagate Properties is working to build a 395-foot mixed-use tower at 88 Grand Avenue in the heart of Downtown Oakland. The development permits had been filed in 2018 and approved in 2020. The full structure will provide retail and residential housing on the Central Business District’s northern side, half a block from Broadway. With planning approved, the next step to anticipate will be groundbreaking.

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