Construction has topped out for the three largest structures in the transit-adjacent development at 1175 Aster Avenue in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County. The project is bringing 741 new units of housing and parking for over a thousand cars directly across from Caltrain’s Lawrence Station platform, connecting residents from San Jose to San Francisco. Olympic Residential Group is the lead developer, with townhomes by the Toll Brothers.
Preliminary plans have been submitted for an eight-story residential project at 2100 Milvia Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The infill would replace the roughly 0.8-acre property with 201 homes. San Francisco-based 4Terra Investments is the project sponsor.
New illustrations have been revealed for the design template of four stations along California’s high speed rail in the Central Valley. Foster + Partners and ARUP are responsible for the project. The Central Valley line is part of the first phase of construction for the highly-anticipated infrastructure project to connect Los Angeles to San Francisco.
Construction has started for the new San Francisco State University student housing project. The official groundbreaking ceremony for West Campus Green was held one week ago. With crews on-site, the university aims to open the new facility just in time for the fall of next year for first-year students.
New illustrations have been revealed and permits filed for the redesigned porte-cochère entrance for the Hilton hotel at 750 Kearny Street, located on the border of Chinatown and the Financial District in San Francisco. The exterior will be renovated once crews remove the Kearny Street pedestrian bridge. Demolition is expected to start later this year with the start of the $66 million Portsmouth Square improvement project.