Formal development permits have been filed for the seven-story senior housing facility at 6230 Claremont Avenue in Rockridge, Oakland. The application invokes Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus law to streamline the approval process, though the project does not use a density bonus. San Francisco-based Ellis Partners is the project applicant and co-owner with Spirit Living Group.
A Notice of Exemption was recently filed with CEQA, permitting the construction of a large infill project at 555 West Midfield Road in Mountain View. The project is brought by the existing site owners, AvalonBay Communities, who currently manage 404 apartment units at the address. The new project will add an additional 323 units, for a total of 727 on the site.
Construction is progressing for an affordable housing project at 33435 Mission Boulevard in Alameda County’s Union City. The development is being led by MidPen Housing, looking to produce 81 units across a four-story complex with community-serving retail space to be operated by Union City’s Youth & Family Services. The project is the first affordable development in decades for the Decoto neighborhood.
This morning, San Francisco’s Environmental Review Officer will hear presentations on the proposed project at 875 Sansome Street. The project, first reported on by SF YIMBY in February of 2024, will require the demolition of an existing commercial structure to make way for a new residential building. The meeting today will discuss the environmental impacts and reasonability of the project.
New affordable housing has officially opened at 1221 Lick Avenue next to Tamien Station in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The Tamien Station Apartments is a 135-unit transit-oriented development built to replace a surface parking lot owned by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. The Core Companies is the project developer.
