A hearing is to be conducted later today by the Sausalito Zoning Administrator’s office to review the request for an extension on the permits for a development at 2015 Bridgeway, on Sausalito’s main commercial corridor. The project plans to convert an existing three-story office building into a multi-unit residential building. The process requires a full interior remodel and some external refinishing. After experiencing some delays, the property owner has appealed to the city for an extension of what may still be a viable and beneficial project.
Once completed, the project would bring twelve new units of housing to a central area of Sausalito. Furthermore, two of the units are to be set aside for affordable housing, creating opportunities for more income-diverse residents in an ordinarily pricey location. All plans and unit totals are consistent with the project’s initial application.
2015 Bridgeway Sample Floorplans, image by Sean Bailey Design
2015 Bridgeway Sample Elevation, image by Sean Bailey Design
The building’s designs are being handled by Sean Bailey Designs. Floor plans show a straightforward division of the interior layout, utilizing the existing exterior walkways as circulation spaces for residents and maintaining the building’s envelope. The facade is to be refinished with natural cedar shingle siding, replacing the currently painted exterior. New windows will also be placed to add better light and airflow to the units.
2015 Bridgeway Courtyard Rendering, image by Sean Bailey Designs
The project is located within walking distance of Sausalito’s central shopping areas, providing future residents with easy access to a variety of stores and restaurants. The building will also maintain its existing lower parking lot area, allowing residents the option of vehicle transportation for commuting or errands.
For information on how to view today’s hearing, you can follow the link here.
2015 Bridgeway Current Site, image via Google Streetview
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“Creating opportunities for more income-diverse residents in an ordinarily pricey location.” So how are theses low-income individuals going to afford pricey Sausalito’s restaurants, grocery stores and other amenities? Oh, they can take the Ferry to SF – oh yeah, it is expensive there, too, or the bus. No BART. Oh yeah, they can ride their bike to Marin Cty. Sausalito is a niche location. This is sad to me. I used to live on a houseboat in Sausalito back in the 80s and it was expensive then.
And now you live in a gated community on the expats of society.
This affects you how?
Come back to your rock, Teri.
No, I don’t live in a gated community. I live in a rural area with a fire department manned by two people and no ladder truck, no police (we have the county sheriff and CHP that occasionally patrol our area), no public transportation, no medical services (or addiction services), one very expensive grocery store, and we are 18 miles from BART (an e-BART service that takes you another 10 or so miles to the actual BART station) yet our county wants to put a three-story low income housing development right smack in the middle our small town. Does that make sense to you? Go back under your rock, Drew. I feel sorry for Sausalito. Marin City is better suited for low income housing as it already has plenty of it.
Teri,
I applaud Sausalito for being amenable to providing housing for lower income individuals. This effort will provide residents access to safer housing locations with more services like good schools, libraries, parks and shopping. Thankfully, some CA suburban cities and towns are creating affordable housing so that our low income residents are not concentrated in and restricted to housing in places like Marin City.