State funding has been secured to push forward the Oak Hill Workforce Housing project in the unincorporated San Quentin community in Marin County. State Senate President pro Tempore Mike McGuire announced that the new state budget will allocate $7.5 million towards the 135-unit project, allowing the project to progress. Education Housing Partners is the project developer.
The proposed Marinwood Plaza Housing would build 125 new affordable units at 121-197 Marinwood Avenue in unincorporated land of Marin County. Legal challenges to the project were filed by Marinwood Coalition Against Segregation, which claimed that the project violated the proscribed maximum ratio of affordable units per property. However, the challenge was voluntarily withdrawn earlier this month, clearing the way for the development to move forward.
The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has announced plans to transform the former Birkenstock campus in Novato into a museum for art and design. The Marin County campus spans 88.5 acres of public open space and an extremely distinctive saw-tooth roofline factory warehouse in view of Highway 101. International architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron is responsible for the design.
Planning approval has been granted for the residential infill at 1757 Bridgeway in the city of Sausalito, Marin County. The project is looking to replace four single-family homes with 19 condominiums near the waterfront. Burlingame-based SY Jadines is listed as the project applicant.
The project team and local officials gathered together late last week for the grand opening of Casa Canal at 3301 Kerner Boulevard in San Rafael. The ceremony welcomed 41 new units of permanent affordable supportive housing to the city within the three-story apartment complex. Eden Housing is the project sponsor.
