Affordable housing plans are moving for a corner lot at 334 San Antonio Road in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The property recently changed ownership for $10 million to CRP Affordable Housing. The team is now aiming to create a hundred units in an eight-story complex close to the San Antonio Caltrain Station.
334 San Antonio Road aerial view, rendering published by Mountain View Voice
The proposal invokes Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus law to streamline the approval process and increase residential capacity. The existing gas station and service station will be demolished to make way for 100 apartments across eight floors.
Renderings for the project were first shared by Emily Margaretten of the Mountain View Voice in mid-June this year. The illustrations show a podium-style structure with C-shaped floor plans wrapped around a central courtyard. The facade will be articulated by a mix of setbacks and contrasting colors.
334 San Antonio Road prior project, rendering by Robert Becker for SDG Architects
CRP purchased the lot from 334 San Antonio LLC in September of this year. The LLC is led by Bay Area residents Naresh Krishnamoorti and Mircea Voskerician. Reporting by the Bay Area News Group states that the LLC has been seeking a buyer for the 0.6-acre parcel since early 2023. Prior to that, plans had been pursued in 2022 for a five-story market-rate development designed by SDG Architects to replace the gas station.
The site is an eight-minute walk from the San Antonio Caltrain Station or two minutes by bicycle. The neighborhood is dominated by over a dozen podium-style apartments, townhomes, a few parks, some retail, and a grocery store. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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For this intersection, this building should at least be twice the height!
True, but it took decades to get even this height approved. Note that the previous 5-story got upgraded to 8-story.
I don’t know if you know what this segment looked like 15 years ago, but everything was low-slung 1-story retail with no housing. The entire San Antonio segment from El Camino to the Central Expressway hump.
You’re exactly right. This is great progress. People lose context of what this stretch looked like before The Crossings.
“The existing gas station and service station will be demolished to make way for 100 apartments across eight floors.”
So one gas station and garage is enough for 100 high-end apartments. These are not some cramped dormitory-style apartments, but $4000+/month apartments for Google employees.
I drove by this intersection today. The BofA branch that is right next to this construction is still being kept. If that were also demolished, then this complex could be twice as big. To make 100 fewer apartments to save a BofA branch?
Good news and very thankful this project was not obstructed by a NIMBY. Many more apartments are needed, and I hope the number of stories can gradually increase. Eight stories sounds like a lot of progress!
To increase the number of units in the adjacent lot, maybe keep the BofA branch as the ground level , if the BofA branch is still needed, and add new apartments as stories 4-8 above the BofA, which would give the bank four stories to implement security and service etc