Bay Center Life Science expansion aerial view, rendering by DGA

Permit Extension Requested for Bay Center Life Science Project in Emeryville

A meeting is scheduled for today to discuss the possible extension of a Major Use Permit and Design Review Approval for 6445 Christie Avenue in Emeryville. Harvest Properties originally brought the project in 2022, but has yet to break ground despite being approved by the City of Emeryville. The meeting today will determine if they are allowed to extend the development timeframe another year or if the project is dead in the water.

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7 Topgolf Drive, rendering by JPark Architects

Meeting Tonight For Affordable Housing at 7 Topgolf Drive, San Jose

The San Jose Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans tonight for a dense affordable housing project at 7 Topgolf Drive in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The development will produce nearly eight hundred units across eight seven-story structures, averaging over 240 units per acre. Los Angeles-based affordable housing developer LH Housing is responsible for the application alongside Genesis Commercial Capital.

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2800 Mitchell Drive Site Plan

Meeting Scheduled for Delayed Project at 2800 Mitchell Drive in Walnut Creek

A new meeting has been scheduled to request an extension for the senior housing project previously planned at 2800 Mitchell Drive in Walnut Creek. The Project was previously reported on by SF YIMBY in August of last year, when it was undergoing its original approvals. A successful bid at the new meeting would extend those approvals to compensate for the project’s delayed timeline.

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425 Broadway aerial view, rendering by Ian Birchall & Associates

Public Meeting Thursday for 425 Broadway, San Francisco

The San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review the eight-story proposal at 425 Broadway in North Beach, San Francisco. The development has been undergoing planning department review since its last change of ownership in 2017, evolving several times and increasing its potential residential capacity to 75 units. San Jose-based Yeh’s Development is the project applicant filing through Montgomery Place LLC.

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