Construction has officially started for the six-story affordable housing complex at 1701 San Pablo Avenue in Northwest Berkeley, Alameda County. The groundbreaking ceremony was held by the Berkeley Unified School District in partnership with the non-profit developers Abode Communities and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates. Once complete, the project will offer over a hundred units for educators in the city.
SteelWave has proposed a 144,500 square foot development on the Alameda-Oakland Estuary waterfront to be used for laboratory and life sciences. The project is located on the old Alameda Shipways site that has sat vacant for years. The plan replaces a previous residential project proposed by SteelWave in 2018 on the same site. The new project will be designed by MBH Architects.
Plans have been approved for housing at 777 Sunnyvale Saratoga Road in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County. With the green light from the city’s Planning Commission, the project is expected to add well over two hundred dwellings to the former Orchard Supply Hardware location between Saratoga Road and South Mathilda Avenue. Valley Oak Partners is responsible for the application.
Formal permits have been filed for a 17-story high-density infill project at 550 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. The application could bring 140 apartments, including 16 units of affordable housing, a block and a half from the tallest hotel in the city. HGA is responsible for the application and design.
The City of Mountain View has approved a large mixed-use masterplan development at 675-685 East Middlefield Road within the East Whisman Precise Plan. The proposal would replace an existing low-slung office with a six-story office block and over eight hundred apartments. San Mateo-based Prometheus Real Estate Group is the project developer.