Great Mall Parkway view, rendering via the City of Milpitas

Milpitas Considering Zoning for 7,000 Apartments in Transit-Oriented Plan

The City of Milpitas is encouraging the public to comment on a new draft plan to rezone portions of the city, the Milpitas Metro Specific Plan. MMSP would establish five new districts around the city’s BART Station, which opened in June of 2020. Full build-out could produce roughly seven thousand apartments, two and a half million square feet of office space, light industrial space, retail, and hotels to be built by 2040.

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3419 San Pablo Avenue

Permits Filed For a Mixed Use At 3419 San Pablo Avenue In Oakland

Permits have been filed seeking the approval of a mixed-use project proposed at 3419 San Pablo Avenue in Oakland. The project proposal includes the development of a six-story building offering affordable housing units and commercial space. East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) is the project developer. David Baker Architects is responsible for the design concepts.

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Icon Echo Towers, with Miro viewed to the right of image, development by Urban Catalyst

Joint Meeting Scheduled for Icon-Echo Proposal in Downtown San Jose

A joint community and environmental public scoping meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow to review the plans for the Icon-Echo Towers, a mixed-use proposal for Downtown San Jose. The development, by Urban Catalyst, is expected to create two towers connected by a four-story podium, adding over half a million square feet of commercial space and over four hundred new apartments.

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733 Treat Avenue, isometric aerial view of the street-facing facade, rendering by SIA Consulting

CUA Requested for 733 Treat Avenue, Mission District, San Francisco

The development team has requested a conditional use authorization for a multi-family apartment development at 733 Treat Avenue in San Francisco’s Mission District neighborhood. The proposal would replace a two-story commercial building with an unauthorized residence with seven new dwelling units. Vanguard Properties is responsible for the application as the property owner.

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