New renderings have been shared for a residential infill at 104 Constitution Drive in Menlo Park, San Mateo County. The eight-story project first surfaced in June using the builder’s remedy to replace planned offices with over a hundred units of housing. Greystar is the project developer.
104 Constitution Drive overview, rendering by Heller Manus Architects
104 Constitution Drive aerial view, rendering by Heller Manus Architects
The 92-foot tall structure will yield around 151,700 square feet, not including space for the three-story podium garage. Parking will be included for 142 cars. By invoking the builder’s remedy, the project will designate a fifth of all 140 apartments as affordable housing. Unit types is not specified.
Heller Manus Architects is responsible for the design. Illustrations show the podium-style complex clad with brick veneer, metal panels, fiber cement, and floor-to-ceiling windows. U-shaped floorplans will wrap around the podium-top courtyard, with landscape architecture by PGAdesign.
104 Constitution Drive, rendering by Heller Manus Architects
104 Constitution Drive lobby entrance, rendering by Heller Manus Architects
104 Constitution Drive had previously been approved for a 35,000-square-foot office and commercial building as part of the Vasara master plan. Leasing has already started for the initial residential component of Vasara, a 335-unit apartment complex rising seven floors at 110 Constitution Drive.
The 0.87-acre property is located at the corner of Constitution Drive and Independence Drive. Residents will be close to the Bedwell Bayfront Park and a mile from the waterfront Meta Headquarters.
104 Constitution Drive, image via Google Satellite
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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Let me guess, another high density “neighborhood” in Silicon Valley built by a large developer, not looking to improve the city in any way but just make money. No grocery stores, no parks, nothing within a few minutes walk, except what might be minimally required. No attempt to create a place people are excited to live in. Instead, just more temporary apartments to house the unserious tech workers that have no vested interest in the future of our communities.
Any housing is good housing, I’m sure if development continues, more businesses will spring up around the neighborhood. More housing is good!
Remember that if Anthony opposes a project, that means it does an excellent job of meeting YIMBY objectives.
Anthony’s ancestors opposed the transition from the Paleolithic (hunter-gatherer) to Neolithic (agriculture) age.
‘Unserious tech workers’; LOL. As opposed to super-serious landed gentry equity extractors who think tech workers exist only to boost THEIR home equity, even as the Anthony types do not have an high enough IQ to work in the tech sector themselves.
It’s not developers’ jobs to create public amenities for the city of Menlo Park. Menlo Park can afford to build parks with tax money, if they want.
Those things are nice to have, but they don’t define the validity of a project.
A great project. It has easy access to both 101 and Dumbarton, and is near the Meta HQ.