A study session to review a proposed Final Development Plan (FDP) of the Marketplace Redevelopment in Emeryville is scheduled today. The project proposal includes the development of a mixed-use transit hub with residential and retail space. Plans also call for the construction of two buildings offering space for Research and Development. Heller Manus Architects is responsible for the design concepts and construction.
The curtain-wall wrapped offices at 555 Mission Street rise to a 487-foot peak, tied as the 34th tallest building in the Bay Area planned or built. The downtown project was built between 2006 and 2008 to become the tallest commercial project in the Bay Area in the 2000s. Tishman Speyer was the project developer.
Development permits were submitted seeking the approval of a new multi-family housing development at 2225 Calle De Luna and 2232 Calle Del Mundo in Tasman East, Santa Clara. The project proposal includes constructing a 371-unit housing development in two mid-rise eight-story buildings on two parcels. The project requires the demolition of the existing two two-story buildings. KTGY Architecture + Planning is managing the design concept and construction of the project. St. Anton Communities is the developer and has partnered with The Irvine Company for this project.
The City of Sunnyvale has approved development plans for the construction of a 479-unit two-building project at 200 South Taaffe Street in Sunnyvale. The special development permit makes a significant step toward construction, ensuring that the existing environmental impact report is sufficient. The structure will be the final phase for the Cityline Sunnyvale project. STC Venture LLC, a joint venture between J.P. Morgan, Hunter Properties, and Sares Regis Group, is responsible for the development.
The fifty-first tallest structure in the Bay Area is Infinity 1 at 338 Spear Street, SoMa, San Francisco. The 423-foot tall tower opened in 2008 as one of the distinguishing symbols for the development south of Market Street, especially given its prominent position beside the Bay Bridge. Its undulating dark cyan curtain-wall facade reflects modernist architecture’s evolution in the new millennium, facing pressure to reject traditional ornamentation and the boxed rigidity of the 20th-century modernist design. Tishman Speyer was the developer for the construction and remained as the property owner.
