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Joint Groundbreaking Ceremony for Affordable Housing at 750 Golden Gate Avenue and 850 Turk Street, San Francisco

5:30 am on June 19, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

The official groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday morning by MidPen Housing to celebrate the construction of 167 units of affordable housing at 750 Golden Gate Avenue and 850 Turk Street in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. The ceremony was held at 750 Golden Gate Avenue, where the first floor of concrete is already complete. One block away, demolition work is nearly complete at 850 Turk Street.

Midway Village 2, rendering by David Baker Architects

Construction Starts on Second Phase of Midway Village, Daly City

5:30 am on May 27, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is now underway for the second phase of the Midway Village development by Cow Palace in Daly City, San Mateo County. The affordable housing team celebrated the groundbreaking for Midway Village 2 earlier this month, at the same event as the ribbon cutting for Midway Village I. Once complete, the two structures will bring 260 apartments to the city. MidPen Housing is the project developer.

920 Shasta Street Site Rendering, image by David Baker Architects

Notice of Exemption Filed for 100-Unit Affordable Housing Project in Redwood City

5:30 am on May 8, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

A new affordable housing development was approved at 920 Shasta Street in Redwood City. The project is linked to the development of a six-story commercial office building at 901 El Camino Real. In the office building application, developers agreed to donate the property to Abode communities as part of a plan to meet the city’s low-income housing requirements for new development. Both the office building and affordable housing complex were approved in the same meeting before the city council last month.

Sheldon Farms North Site Plan, image via Adobe Communities

Abode Communities Plans New Affordable Housing Project in Elk Grove

5:00 am on March 26, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

One of Adobe Communities’s latest projects, Sheldon Farms North, is located at 8851 Bruceville Road in Elk Grove, Sacramento County. The five-acre grassland lot is planned as the site for future low-income housing, designed by David Baker Architects, and developed in partnership with The City of Elk Grove.

430 Broadway Building B seen along 4th Street, rendering by David Baker Architects

New Affordable Housing Approved at 430 Broadway, Jack London Square, Oakland

4:30 am on March 7, 2025 By YIMBY Team

A new affordable housing project has been approved for development at 430 Broadwayin Jack London Square in Oakland. The project proposal includes the development of a new five-story building offering 100% affordable housing options. The…

Isle House seen from the Maceo May paseo, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

YIMBY Tours Isle House Apartments on Treasure Island, San Francisco

5:30 am on February 24, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

Late last month, YIMBY was invited to tour Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco. Construction is pushing ahead on the first of several phases that will transform the two islands into a mixed-use neighborhood with roughly eight thousand apartments, retail, and public parks, and among the latest buildings to open includes the 22-story Isle House designed by David Baker Architects.

3001 El Camino Real aerial view, rendering by David Baker Architects

Demolition Permits For Affordable Housing at 3001 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

5:00 am on February 3, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

Demolition permits have been filed for a five-story affordable housing proposal at 3001-3017 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The application will remove the existing single-story commercial structure in preparation for building over a hundred residences. Charities Housing is the project developer.

1101-1123 Sutter Street establishing view, rendering by David Baker Architects

New Building Permits Filed for 1123 Sutter Street in Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco

5:30 am on January 7, 2025 By Andrew Nelson

New building permits have been filed for the market-rate component of 1111 Sutter Street in Lower Nob Hill, San Francisco. The application follows affordable housing permits submitted in late November of last year. Martin Building Company is responsible for the development.

1633 Valencia Street construction activity, image by author

Construction Underway at 1633 Valencia Street, San Francisco

5:30 am on December 17, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Construction is moving forward for an affordable housing project at 1633 Valencia Street across from the Mission District in San Francisco. That’s the major update from our recent site visit after crews have been working since the July groundbreaking ceremony. Mercy Housing is the project developer.

850 Turk Street, rendering by David Baker Architects

Demolition Permits Filed For Affordable Housing in Fillmore District, San Francisco

5:00 am on December 16, 2024 By Andrew Nelson

Demolition permits have been filed for the existing parking garage at 850 Turk Street in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. The application follows the late-October new building permits being issued for the eight-story affordable apartment complex with nearly a hundred units. MidPen Housing and Tishman Speyer were selected to be co-developers of the state-owned property made available through the California Surplus Land Act.

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