Two New Affordable Housing Communities Topped Out at Sunnydale Hope SF

Mayor London Breed and the city celebrated the topping out of two new affordable housing communities at Sunnydale HOPE SF. The buildings now can be seen with structural frames taking shape and form. Mercy Housing California and Related California are part of the project team. Local firms David Baker Architects and Baines/Nibbi Joint Venture are also enlisted in the development of Amani and Nia.

A part of Hope SF, the projects, Sunnydale Blocks 3A and 3B will bring 170 apartments for low-income families, including two manager units. 127 units will be set aside for Sunnydale residents living in public housing. Construction on both communities began in Spring 2023 and is expected to reach completion in early 2025.

Sunnydale Blocks 3A and 3B will serve families between 50% and 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI), with 75% of the homes set aside for existing Sunnydale public housing households, subsidized by a 20-year Section 8 Project-Based Voucher (PBV) contract.

With approximately 24,000 square feet of combined ground-floor commercial space, Sunnydale Blocks 3A and 3B represent the largest commercial developments at any HOPE SF site.

Sunnydale Block 3A (Amani) 

Sunnydale Block 3A via David Baker Architects

Sunnydale Block 3A, to be called Amani, is located on the southwest corner of Sunnydale Avenue and Hahn Street and will serve as the most prominent building at the Sunnydale HOPE SF revitalized community’s gateway entrance. In addition to the building’s 80 apartments, the ground floor includes approximately 20,000 square feet of retail and neighborhood services, which are planned for a grocery retail space, food hall, neighborhood resource center, health and wellness center operated by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and an early childhood education center operated by the Felton Institute.

Sunnydale Block 3A Rendering via David Baker Architects

Sunnydale Block 3B (Nia) 

Located immediately next to Amani along Sunnydale Avenue, Block 3B, to be called Nia, will provide 90 apartments as well as approximately 4,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a parking garage comprised of 134 parking spaces serving residents of both Amani and Nia. The retail frontage along Sunnydale Avenue will include seven shops, which will be subleased to a combination of experienced commercial tenants and new entrepreneurs from the community to spur economic development opportunities for the largely BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) community. A bike room will also be located in Nia for residents of both buildings.

Sunnydale is one of four former public housing sites that comprise San Francisco’s HOPE SF initiative, the nation’s first large-scale community development and reparations initiative aimed at creating inclusive, mixed-income, and thriving communities without the mass displacement of existing residents.

Major financing for both communities was provided by a $55.7 million investment from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD). Additionally, funding from the State Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC), Housing Accelerator Fund, and Infrastructure Infill Grant programs, administered by the California Strategic Growth Council and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), are supporting the development, as well as contributions from the San Francisco-California Housing Finance Agency Bond Recycling Program, the San Francisco Department of Public Health, and support from Citibank and Wells Fargo Bank.

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