Construction is expected to start later this week for Aquino, a dense eight-story apartment complex to rise at 498 West San Carlos Street in San Jose, Santa Clara County. New building permits were filed last week with the city’s planning department, and the team has secured a $112.5 million construction loan for the 278-unit complex. Urban Catalyst is the project developer.
More documents, including a design review and notice of exemption, have been filed with CEQA on behalf of a project located at 2433 Mariner Square Drive in Alameda. Previously reported on by SF YIMBY in 2024, the project is being brought by The Martin Group with plans to transform the West Alameda parcel. The current commercial area would be replaced by high-rise residential with views of downtown Oakland, the Port of Oakland, and across the San Francisco Bay.
Black Mountain Properties and N17 have formed a joint venture to develop a townhouse project at 5976 and 5994 West Los Positas Boulevard in Pleasanton, Alameda County. The proposal would replace an office plaza with 112 for-sale townhomes in a new residential neighborhood to be called Positas Park.
Preliminary permits have been filed for a seven-story senior living facility at 6230 Claremont Avenue in Rockridge, Oakland. The filing aims to create nearly 200 units near a bustling commercial block along College Avenue. Ellis Partners and Spirit Living Group are co-developers behind the elderly housing project.
A new project located at 2154 MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland’s central Dimond District is moving forward with further environmental reviews. Specifically, the project is adding a review of the transportation data for the property and its local effect. The project was most recently reported on by SF YIMBY in Fall of 2024, and there have been no significant changes to the design details made by BDE Architecture. Meanwhile, Dollinger Properties, acting with DD Ventures, is still the active project developer.
