The Mountain View City Council has approved plans for a seven-story apartment complex at 296 Tyrella Avenue in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The plans look to replace a single-family home with eighty apartments. Tower Investment LLC is listed as the project applicant.
The application invoked the Builder’s Remedy provision to streamline the approval process. By utilizing the State Law, the team was able to increase the residential capacity since the 33-unit plans filed in 2022.
296 Tyrella Avenue street view, illustration by Berry and Associates
The 96-foot-tall structure will produce 80 units on the half-acre property, including 16 units of affordable housing. Apartment sizes will vary with 20 studios, 31 one-bedrooms, 26 two-bedrooms, and three three-bedrooms. Parking will be provided for 83 cars and 144 bicycles.
Berry & Associates is listed as responsible for the design. Illustrations depict an articulated facade composed of varying colors, materials, and balconies. Additional open space will be included for a rooftop deck.
296 Tyrella Avenue, image via Google Street View
The 0.48-acre property is located at the corner of Tyrella Avenue and East Middlefield Road. The property is an eight-minute bus ride or a nine-minute bike ride from the Mountain View Caltrain and VTA Station.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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This one really emphasizes how land subsidies distort housing markets. Although we’ve failed to confront the elephant in the room, at least we’ve found mechanisms to work around it
Wow, yea 1 unit to 80 unit conversion will be really impactful. If just a fraction of well located single family homes in the bay area were converted to similar buildings we would end the housing crisis.
One single family home gives way to 80 apartments.
That was an incredible waste of land, that is thankfully finally being corrected.
To be fair, this house was built in 1928, and was last sold in 1991, so it’s not like the “waste of land” was intentional. I’m 100% behind increasing density (especially in neighborhoods like this where there’s already a lot of multi-family housing), but your wording makes it sound like whomever was living there was making some previous mistake that needed to be “corrected.”
*grievous mistake, not previous mistake