The City of Millbrae is considering extending approved permits for the proposed Moxy Hotel at 401 East Millbrae Avenue. The development would replace surface parking with 209 new guest rooms across from SFO in San Mateo County. The project, owned by Marriott, would rise next to two existing Marriott hotels, the Westin and the Aloft.
Groundbreaking has officially occurred for the nine-story Balboa Park Upper Yard apartment building, a transit-oriented development poised to create new affordable residences in the Outer Mission area of San Francisco. The proposal would produce 131 new homes for the housing-strapped city right next to the Balboa Park BART station. Mission Housing Development Corporation and the Related Companies are responsible for the development.
Recent permits have been filed for a proposed six-story mixed-use building at 1701 R Street as part of the larger Ice Blocks development in Midtown, Sacramento. The new construction would round out the larger Ice Block development with dozens of new apartments and retail around existing mixed-use buildings. Heller Pacific is responsible for the development.
A preliminary application has been filed seeking the approval of a residential project proposed at 681 27th Street in the Hoover-Foster neighborhood in Oakland. The project proposal includes the development of a three-story residential building on a vacant lot. Gunkel Architecture is responsible for the design concepts.
The eighth tallest skyscraper in the Bay Area planned or built is the Millennium Tower, a 645-foot tall residential building at 301 Mission Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Developed by Millennium Partners, the project was built between 2005 and 2009 opened as the tallest residential tower west of Chicago. Since 2016, the building has garnered international news for both tilting and sinking.
