New building permits have been filed for a four-story apartment development at 950 Hough Avenue by the Lafayette BART Station in Contra Costa County. The proposal was approved in March of 2021 with 20 condominiums, including three affordable units. The Griggs Resource Group is responsible for the project, operating through 950 Hough Investors LLC.
New plans have been revealed for a five-story residential infill at 3265 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The proposal will build on a vacant parcel of land between an existing restaurant and a hotel. The local Half Dome Capital real estate investment firm is responsible for the development.
For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. In October, we again broke the news about a proposed residential tower with renderings for the Bay Area, this time to be the tallest building in Oakland. Pre-construction progress was noted across the region, with Core Spaces making a second bid for 2128 Oxford Street to be the tallest project in Berkeley, new renderings for the OMA-designed 730 Stanyan Street, and Alexandria plans to redevelop the BART-adjacent Tanforan Mall in San Bruno. Meanwhile, construction progress was documented for the San Jose City College, 1510 Webster Street, and 2359 Harrison Street.
For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. In September, we saw the official groundbreaking of 30 Van Ness, a tour of the Bristol on Yerba Buena Island, and the topping out of new labs in San Mateo County. The highlight of the month, possibly the year, was when YIMBY broke the story of new renderings for The Cube at 620 Folsom Street and the Foster-designed Redwood supertall at 50 Main Street.
For the last twelve days of the year, SF YIMBY will look back on each month to reflect on the biggest stories we covered. August was a particularly busy month, starting with the approval of Transbay Block 4. Demolition permits were filed for Oakland’s potential tallest tower, and new renderings were found for various projects across the Bay Area, including the reimagined Tishman Speyer proposal for 655 4th Street in SoMa. In Oakland, construction reached halfway for 1900 Broadway. In Santa Clara, Related secured two-thirds of a billion dollars to start construction on a 700-unit apartment tower in Tasman East.