Palo Alto Square Building 6, rendering by HGA

Morning Meeting About Theater-to-Offices Conversion of CineArts at Palo Alto Square

The Palo Alto Architectural Review Board is scheduled to meet this morning to discuss plans to convert a vacant movie theater into office space within the Palo Alto Square office campus. The property, at 3000 El Camino Real, had been occupied by the CinéArts at Palo Alto Square Theater until it permanently shuttered in 2021. Hudson Pacific Properties is the project client.

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Verde view from the Giants parking lot, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson

Ribbon Cutting For 23-Story Verde in Mission Rock, San Francisco

Tishman Speyer and the Giants gathered the project team and elected officials yesterday afternoon to celebrate the ribbon cutting of Verde, the 23-story residential addition in San Francisco’s Mission Rock master plan. The green tile-clad tower is the fourth and final structure in phase one of the multi-phase redevelopment of the Giant’s 28 acres of surface parking. The building offers 254 apartments alongside 59 units of affordable housing.

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Creekside Residences pedestrian view from across El Camino Real, rendering by Lowney Architecture

Formal Application For Creekside Hotel and Residences in Palo Alto

The formal application has been filed for the Creekside Hotel and Residences at 3400 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The filing comes less than six months after the builder’s remedy-assisted preliminary application was submitted, following state law to streamline the approval process for projects with a certain amount of affordable housing. Oxford Capital is the project applicant.

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