Construction has topped out for San Mateo County Office Building 3, the newest county government building in Redwood City. The project has been designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill to be the nation’s first civic building made of mass timber and be net-zero energy. The building is expected to open next year.
Partial demolition is the likely fate for the California Theatre at 2113 Kittredge Street in Downtown Berkeley. The over century-old theater was closed last year as the property owners now look to redevelop with housing, and reporting suggests the project could be around fifteen stories tall. Gilbane Development is sponsoring the project.
A preliminary application has been submitted seeking the approval of a residential project at 3705 Haven Street Avenue in Menlo Park. The project proposal includes the development of a three-story residential building. The residential building will replace the existing office building on the site. Oliver Davis via March Capital Fund is the project applicant.
New renderings have been published for One Oak, representing the second public design iteration by Solomon Cordwell Buenz for the 40-story mixed-use tower expected to rise in San Francisco’s Civic Center. The project will create 460 new homes, retail, and a public plaza along Oak Street. Build Inc., the property owner.
The University of California Board of Regents has approved plans and a $4.3 billion budget to build 1.5 million square feet for the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus in San Francisco. The master plan expands the medical complex’s constrained capacity with design by Herzog & de Meuron. According to UCSF, construction is expected to start next year.
