The Belmont Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans tomorrow evening for an office campus at 1301 Shoreway Road in Belmont, San Mateo County. The speculative project aims to build two structures for prospective office, R&D, or life sciences tenants. Los Altos-based Four Corners Properties is the project developer.
1301 Shoreway Road, rendering by DGA
1301 Shoreway Road aerial view facing the central courtyard, rendering by DGA
The master plan will include three structures, including two office buildings and a nine-story garage. The complex will yield a combined 984,725 square feet of floor area, including 542,030 square feet of commercial office space and 442,700 square feet for parking. Parking will be included for 1,626 cars and 92 bicycles between the garage and some surface lots.
DGA is the project architect, with SWA serving as the landscape architect. Renderings show the office buildings will have a curtain-wall facade, while the garage is wrapped with perforated metal panels. Landscaping will include a central courtyard furnished with outdoor seating, a plaza, trees, and a lawn.
1301 Shoreway Road view from Highway 101, rendering by DGA
1301 Shoreway Road site map, illustration by DGA
The 6.9-acre property is located along Shoreway Road between Sem Lane and close to the Redwood Shores Lagoon. The site is a block away from the 200 Twin Dolphin Drive project developed by Trammell Crow Company.
The meeting is scheduled to start tomorrow, Tuesday, January 20th, starting at 7 PM. Public attendance will be possible at Belmont City Hall or online via Zoom. For more information about how to attend and participate, visit the project website here.
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I don’t know why, but seeing the Peninsula infill along the run-down, mostly forgotten space along the highway and El Camino excites me very much. These long stretches of low density warehouses and dusty hotels are the perfect place for high-traffic commercial activity. The bonus is that it leads to cleaner roads, sidewalks, trees, and bay trail upgrades (sometimes).
I appreciate your enthusiasm. In general, development and densification is welcome but imagine how much more favorable this could be if it included fewer parking spaces. As proposed, this project’s nine-story(!) parking garage will accommodate over 1600 cars. So many cars will imperil pedestrians and cyclists who may take advantage of this location’s sidewalks and nearby Bay Trail, discouraging such non-motorized activity while slowing local Samtrans buses – which otherwise serve this area fairly well.
Building for more cars results in more cars, resulting in a less livable and desirable area.
21st-century high-tech and medical miracles delivered to you by slightly improved 2500BCE tech.
Imagine the efficiency and grace if we kept our attention on that 18th-century tech instead of bending over for Henry Ford.
Perfect location for a grand design like that. If you live in Redwood Shores, your home just got more valuable. Genentech grows larger each year, which in turn pushes biotech and pharma companies farther down the peninsula. They need updated labs and room for employees who do not have the luxury of working from home.