The San Ramon Planning Commission is scheduled to vote on plans tonight for the affordable housing project at 2453 Camino Ramon within the Bishop Ranch master plan. The proposal looks to add two hundred rental units across two structures on a narrow lot across from the City Villages by Summerhill Homes. Eden Housing is responsible for the application.
2453 Camino Ramon senior housing, rendering by Steinberg Hart
The proposal is expected to yield approximately 170,770 square feet across two structures, including 126,060 square feet for housing, parking for 312 cars, and additional space for just 16 bicycles. Apartment types will vary with 68 studios, 70 one-bedrooms, 32 two-bedrooms, and 30 three-bedrooms. The development will include 198 units of affordable housing and two units for on-site property managers. The smaller building will include 80 units for senior housing, while the larger building will provide 120 units of family housing.
Steinberg Hart is responsible for the architectural design, with RHAA overseeing the landscape architecture. New illustrations for the two structures show that they will be distinguished by the colors of wood-laminated panels, redwood, and spruce. The landscaping features include a small lawn between both structures and two podium-top courtyards.
2453 Camino Ramon family housing corner view, rendering by Steinberg Hart
2453 Camino Ramon site map, illustration by Steinberg Hart
Eden Housing has filed the application on behalf of Granada Sales Inc. and Sunset Development Company. Sunset Development is the family-owned company responsible for building Bishop Ranch since the late 1970s. Sunset has worked with the city of San Ramon to pursue the CityWalk master plan. The ambitious vision aims to transform the 585-acre office campus into a mixed-use development featuring approximately 4,500 apartments, retail, and a hotel.
The roughly 2.2-acre property is located along Camino Ramon between Norris Canyon Road and Executive Parkway, near the Iron Horse Trail.
2453 Camino Ramon, image via Google Satellite
The meeting is scheduled to start tonight, June 3rd, at 6 PM. The event will be held in San Ramon City Hall, with public comment allowed for in-person attendees only. The event will also be streamed online. For more information, visit the meeting agenda here.
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San Ramon’s office park era is officially on the downswing. Lots of land to play with in the flats here. I wouldn’t be surprised to see one or more of the golf courses get redeveloped. I count three in San Ramon and one right across the border in Danville. I’m guessing these were built decades ago when demand for housing in San Ramon was much lower. Now that golf is less popular, and the average house goes for $1.5M in San Ramon, feels like a matter of time.
Correction. Golf is not declining. Here’s the ChatGPT estimate of revenue: The San Ramon Golf Club encompasses approximately 126 acres. Estimating Housing Capacity: Approximately 3.5 units per acre, as seen in some Dublin developments. At an average home price of $1.5 million, the total sales revenue would be $661.5M.
Looking at an aerial photo of San Ramon shows that about half the land is dedicated to vast surface parking lots. Such a waste of space. Maybe it’s time to tear them up and replace them with housing like this and at the same time, bring back some of the fruit and nut groves that used to be in the San Ramon Valley.
Yep. San Ramon will eventually be a city of 100K+ people. At 86K now. Plenty of land to build these slightly more dense new construction projects. There are way too many office parks, and way too many big box retail. Both are dying due to the internet.
Looks like a great new complex. I love the outdoor plaza.