Articles by Andrew Nelson



Balboa Park Upper Yard housing, rendering courtesy Mithun

Affordable Housing Opens by Balboa Park BART Station, San Francisco

The project team and city officials gathered last week to celebrate the grand opening of Kapuso at the Upper Yard, a nine-story affordable housing project at 2340 San Jose Avenue in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood. The project has created 131 low- to moderate-income family homes on public land owned by BART and developed in partnership with Related and the Mission Housing Development Corporation. State Senator Scott Wiener, author of Senate Bill 35, which provided Kapuso a clear path for approval, attended the event.

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87 East Evelyn Avenue, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack

Mountain View Decides on Developer for Affordable Housing Site

Affirmed Housing has been selected as the future developer for 87 East Evelyn Avenue, a surface parking lot owned by VTA in Mountain View, Santa Clara County. The team plans to build a seven-story and twelve-story apartment midrise containing a total of 268 affordable homes, including some for the county’s Rapid Rehousing program. The proposal is expected to cost around $225 million.

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