Formal permits have been filed for the seven-story residential infill at 173 Shipley Street in SoMA, San Francisco. The application has invoked the State Density Bonus Law and Senate Bill 330 to streamline the approval for the 13-unit apartment building. Pew Property Group is listed as the project applicant, filing through a Laguna Beach-based LLC.
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Preliminary permits have been filed for two new homes at 1521 Holly Street in North Berkeley, Alameda County. The application utilizes the city’s recent Middle Housing zoning changes, which provide expedited approval for qualifying projects. Oakland-based designer John Newton is responsible for the application.
Preliminary permits have been filed for a fully affordable development at 2147 San Pablo Avenue in West Berkeley, Alameda County. The project will add nearly a hundred apartments dedicated to workforce residents. Los Altos-based non-profit developer California Supportive Housing is listed as the project sponsor.
Significant construction is now underway at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Campus in Oakland. The award-winning pediatric institution has been undergoing a series of recent modernization projects aimed at expanding and improving care for the region. In 2022, SF YIMBY reported on the proposal of a new administrative support building on the site. Construction for that project is now underway, with completion expected later this year. Meanwhile, plans for a new main hospital building were approved in 2024, with preparatory construction beginning in the following months. Major construction on the hospital building is expected to start this year as well. UCSF BCH and UCSF are self-sponsoring the projects.
CEQA Exemption has been granted for a residential infill project at 700 West Hamilton Avenue in Campbell, Santa Clara County. The development will replace a three-story commercial office and surface parking with 173 apartments across nine new structures. City Ventures is the project sponsor.
