The City of Millbrae has approved plans for 1301 Broadway in Millbrae, San Mateo County. The project will add a seven-story apartment building with nearly a hundred affordable units close to El Camino and in a mixed-use neighborhood with several restaurants, retail, and hotels. AMG & Associates and the Pacific Companies are jointly responsible for the project.
1301 Broadway sidewalk activity, rendering by AO
1301 Broadway site map, rendering by Thomas H. Phelps
The 93-foot tall structure is expected to yield around 125,800 square feet. The final version of 1301 Broadway will include parking for 63 cars, more than the initial 24 cars proposed but significantly less than local zoning’s requirement of 146 cars. The affordable project is able to use the State Density Bonus program to exceed base zoning to add more housing and receive waivers for requirements such as height and parking.
Unit types will vary, with 30 studios, ten one-bedrooms, 30 two-bedrooms, and 27 three-bedrooms. Of the 97 units, ten will be designated as affordable to very low-income households, 66 units for low-income households, and 19 units for moderate-income households. Two market-rate units will be dedicated to on-site managers.
1301 Broadway, rendering by AO
1301 Broadway pedestrian view, rendering by AO
Orange County-based AO is the project architect. The structure is a two-story concrete podium with five wood-frame floors. The historicized design features will reflect Spanish revival architecture. The facade will be clad with stone veneer and stucco. Thomas H. Phelps is the landscape architect. Street improvements will add new trees and planters. A third-floor podium terrace will be furnished with outdoor seating and a playground.
The property is located at the corner of Broadway and Ludeman Lane, close to the county’s busy thoroughfare, El Camino Real. The site is a block from the La Quinta by Wyndham Hotel, a three-story hotel that the county hopes to transform into permanent supportive housing for formerly unhoused people. Earlier this week, the San Mateo Daily Journal reported that the county was denied state funding for the housing project.
1301 Broadway, image via Google Street View
The existing 0.67-acre parcel is currently occupied by a single-story medical center and surface parking. Future residents will be less than 15 minutes by bus from the Millbrae Train Station to the south and the retail-lined San Mateo Avenue to the north. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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We need more affordable housing this is so needed in our community. Who is a apart of this project may God bless them. I hope they make it affordable because their are a lot if families that are in need. The rent are too high and we low income families need more affordable unit. This is very important for us to survive and to feed our families and pay our bills. We need more affordable housing to be able to all people. Thank you so much just make it affordable please we are in need.
I am housing navigator would like resources on affordable housing
How do I get on a waitlist for the very low income apartment
This is awesome. But what is low income in millbrea. What is the income you need to be considered. How do you apply for the housing. There should be more information published so there’s a fair chance for all low income workers.
San Mateo needs more diversity and low income government supported housing that people of color, LBGTQ and homeless people can afford
So far, the Station 16 apartments at the Gateway right above the Millbrae BART station aren’t renting very well. Same problem down the road at the Aperture in San Bruno. Not that many people seem interested in moving to the suburbs only to live in cheaply built apartments next to railroad tracks – especially if they don’t actually have offices to commute to by train. Station 16 might get more traction when the nearby life sciences project is finished and populated (where residents could actually just walk to work). These apartments will probably benefit from that as well. San Bruno, probably not so much.