Development permits have been approved for a five-story residential building with affordable housing at 685 9th Street, to be located in Downtown Oakland. Construction would add 117 units to the East Bay housing market, of which 35 would be priced as affordable. Levy Design Partners is managing the design concepts, and construction and Riaz Capital is the owner.
A preliminary project assessment permit has been filed to review a senior housing project at 1200 Larkin Street in Nob Hill, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the demolition of an existing commercial structure and the construction of residences for seniors.
Permits have been filed seeking the approval of a residential project at 2302 Calle Del Mundo in Tasman East, Santa Clara. The project proposal includes the development of a multi-family low-income housing apartment building with on-site parking. Plans call for the demolition of an existing single-story building and adjacent surface parking. Ensemble Real Estate Investments and Rethink Development are the project developers. Bar Architects is responsible for the design concepts and construction.
New plans have been submitted for a small three-story residential building at 1928 21st Street in Sacramento’s affluent Poverty Ridge neighborhood. The project would create six new residences in an area by transit and retail. Mulugeta Ghile is responsible for the development as the property owner.
The 21st tallest tower in the Bay Area planned or built is Spear Tower in SoMa, San Francisco. Rising to a 564-foot pinnacle, Spear Tower is the taller of a two-towered complex, One Market Plaza. Rising across the Embarcadero, the development was completed in 1976, connecting the two new towers with the 11-story 1916-built Landmark Building on Market Street. Welton Becket Associates is the building architect.
