Redwood LIFE: Evolve aerial perspective of phase two over N3 with N4 and N5 finished, rendering by HOK

City Council Pushes Forward New Redwood City Life Sciences Campus

The Redwood City City Council has unanimously voted to start the environmental review process for Redwood LIFE: Evolve, the redevelopment of an 84-acre mixed-use site in Redwood City, San Mateo County. The decision is a step forward to create a life sciences campus alongside a hotel, amenity center, and 47 acres of green space and trails. Longfellow Real Estate Partners is responsible for the project.

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800 Dubuque Avenue, rendering by Perkins+Will

Office-R&D Project Approved At 800 Dubuque Avenue In South San Francisco

The updated designs have been approved for a new office and R&D development proposed at 800 Dubuque Avenue in South San FranciscoSan Mateo County. The project proposal includes the construction of three new office and Research and Development (R&D) buildings, offering spaces for parking and events. Plans also call for the demolition of all existing buildings and site improvements. IQHQ is the project developer. BKF is consulting on civil engineering, and Magnusson Klemencic Associates will consult on structural engineering. Perkins+Will is the project architect. Surfacedesign Inc will oversee the landscape architecture.

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2700 Sloat Boulevard aerial view with the San Francisco Zoo and Ocean Beach in the background, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz

San Francisco Board of Appeals Reviewing 2700 Sloat Boulevard Today

The San Francisco Board of Appeals is scheduled to review an appeal filed by the developer behind 2700 Sloat Boulevard regarding the zoning code interpretation by the city’s Zoning Administrator. The department argues that calculations behind the 50-story skyscraper in the Sunset District were an inaccurate interpretation of city code. In their appeal, CH Planning has provided examples of over a dozen approved projects that they say used similar methods of calculator.

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