Formal application permits have been filed for the six-story residential complex at 4095 Pacific Boulevard in San Mateo, San Mateo County. The development will produce 202 apartments on a corner lot close to the city’s border with Belmont. McLellan Company is the project applicant and property owner.
4095 Pacific Boulevard view looking north, rendering by AO
4095 Pacific Boulevard corner view from Laurie Meadows, rendering by AO
The roughly 79-foot-tall structure is now expected to yield around 324,240 square feet, including 218,390 square feet of housing and 92,140 square feet for the podium garage. Unit sizes will vary with 24 studios, 111 one-bedrooms, and 67 two-bedrooms. Parking will be included for 207 vehicles and 234 bicycles across the two-story podium garage. The application has been streamlined by Senate Bill 330 and expanded by the State Density Bonus law. Of the 202 dwelling units, 25 will be deed-restricted for below-market-rate residents.
AO is responsible for the design. Illustrations show a very familiar podium-style design with a mix of articulation, a brick base, and private balconies. The exterior will be clad with stucco and thin brick veneer.
4095 Pacific Boulevard facade elevation, illustration by AO
4095 Pacific Boulevard, image via Google Satellite
The roughly 1.6-acre property is located along Pacific Boulevard between 42nd Avenue and Laurie Meadows Drive. Demolition will be required for an existing gas station and a low-slung shopping center. The property is across from the Caltrain tracks and a block away from a grocery-anchored shopping center.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.
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Long overdue. Look at the waste of land presently there.
Funny, they mention that it is a block away from a grocery store yet fail to mention that grocery store and possibly the entire shopping complex are also on the list of places to be turned in to tall apartment buildings. The Trader Joe’s at Hillsdale mall is also on the chopping block, so no, there is not going to be a grocery store within walking distance.
Hillsdale is DECADES in the making, and the other Trader Joe’s is planned for relocation.
The pearl-clutching will never cease to cause a laugh and an eye roll. If the mall were smart, it could use some of its many empty storefronts to make space for a permanent grocer. The ground floor of the movie theater has been empty since construction. A block away is an empty car dealership. The Trader Joe’s off Grant has that empty sprawling hotel complex or the office complex with for-lease signs and half-empty parking lots.
If we spent just a quarter of the time wasted on fighting housing, we might actually form urban environments that are pleasant and maximize potential.
Sad.
Ha, a block away from Caltrain but no passenger access. Closest is Belmont.
Hillsdale and Belmont stations are 5 minutes biking.
10 minutes by bus if crossing two intersections isn’t too difficult.
20 minutes walking at a brisk pace if adverse to technology.
Some people just do not want housing built near them, or in their town, or anywhere it could make the area different than the 1950s.