Portola Valley has approved plans by Stanford University for Portola Terraces, a new housing project at 3530 Alpine Road in the unincorporated town of San Mateo County. The small proposal would bring 39 units south of the campus. Stanford University‘s Real Estate Department is responsible for the application.
Acclaim Companies has filed an alternative application for what is now a builder’s remedy-assisted plan to develop 3150 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The seven-story project, initially filed this June, aims to build 380 new homes on the 2.55-acre site. Communications with the city’s planning department show the developer is filing the second application in response to the department’s signal of disapproval for the increased housing.
Studio Gang has been selected to design the newest addition to the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the Stanford Sustainability Commons next to Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The firm is tasked with creating the interdisciplinary core for the school to research and tackle issues of climate change and sustainability across the world.
A recent site visit by SFYIMBY reveals that construction is well underway for the mixed-use development at Middle Plaza in Menlo Park, Silicon Valley. The project will bring 215 new apartments beside 10,000 square feet of retail, a new public park, and 276,610 square feet of new office space within walking distance from a Caltrain station. Stanford University is sponsoring the development.
Permits have been filed for a new three-story educational building at 560 Fremont Road on Stanford’s Santa Clara County campus. The development will require over 4,200 cubic yards of land moved for grading, suggesting a sizable footprint. The site is accessible to transit via either Stanford station or Palo Alto station and Caltrain, a busy commuter rail corridor connecting San Francisco to San Jose, along with other suburban towns and cities it passes through.