Preliminary plans have been filed for a six-story apartment complex at 2455 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The project will replace an existing hotel with 76 apartments on a corner lot near the California Avenue commercial thoroughfare and Caltrain Station. San Francisco-based Bayhill Ventures is the project sponsor.
2455 El Camino Real facade elevations, illustration by OTJ Architects
The roughly 65-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 132,500 square feet, including 86,150 square feet of housing and 27,900 square feet for the two-level basement garage. Parking will be provided for 152 cars and 80 bicycles. Unit types will vary with five studios, 48 one-bedrooms, and 23 two-bedrooms. The development invokes a 100% density bonus with the inclusion of six very low-income units and six moderate-income units.
OTJ Architects is responsible for the fairly uninspired design. Illustrations published alongside the pre-application show a boxy structure wrapped in brick veneer and painted stucco. The San Francisco-based firm has a more compelling portfolio than this project suggests, leaving hope that the conceptual design might change.
2455 El Camino Real, image via Google Satellite
The 0.4-acre property is on a block bound by El Camino Real, Sherman Avenue, California Avenue, and Ash Street. Future residents will be on the southern end of the retail-rich California Avenue thoroughfare, and only a few blocks from the neighborhood’s train station. At the northern end of the commercial strip is a Mollie Stones grocery store, which REDCO Development filed plans to replace with a 17-story mixed-use project in 2023.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.
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