11511 Summit Wood Road aerial view, rendering by OpenScope Studio

YIMBY Exclusive: First Builder’s Remedy Plan For Bay Area Revealed in Los Altos Hills

New preliminary plans have been revealed for a twenty-unit project at 11511 Summit Wood Road in Los Altos Hills, Santa Clara County. The residential proposal is the first seen in the Bay Area to use the highly anticipated Builder’s Remedy, a Zoning Holiday provision enforced by the State for cities with non-compliant housing elements. Sasha Zbrozek is the property owner and applicant.

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300 Kansas Street establishing view, rendering by Steelblue

YIMBY Tours 300 Kansas Street For Official Topping-Out in San Francisco

Spear Street Capital has announced the official topping out of 300 Kansas Street in San Francisco. The unique six-story purpose-built workspace straddles the Design District and Potrero Hill neighborhoods, offering a zero-carbon R&D and advanced manufacturing facility for prospective tenants, with commanding views of San Francisco’s central business district. Webcor, the general contractor, is expected to finish the project this Summer.

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600 7th Street establishing perspective, rendering courtesy Mercy Housing

Affordable Housing Rises at 600 7th Street in SoMa, San Francisco

Construction has started for the new eight-story affordable housing project by Mercy Housing at 600 7th Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The development, named 7th and Brannan, will add 221 new apartments near the Caltrain San Francisco Station railyard and T Third Street lightrail extension connecting SoMa to Union Square and Chinatown. Over half of the apartments will be designated for formerly homeless adults and families.

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