A site in downtown San Jose could become a new AI research and development center, with elements of both data center and office laboratory. Arena Investors seized the property at 199 Bassett Street after a foreclosure in 2022, and are now floating a proposal for the development of an eight story tech hub.
The City of Oakland’s Planning and Building Department has approved development permits for an eight-story mixed use building on a vacant parking lot in Downtown Oakland. The narrow parking lot is located at 585 17th Street, between Clay and Jefferson. Developers FH1 Investments have brought in BDE Architecture for the project design.
New plans have surfaced for a high-density affordable housing project at Mission Bay South Block 4 East in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. While the proposal is in its early stages and details may change, the plans involve two buildings in two phases, with the taller structure rising 23 floors high. Curtis Development is the project sponsor.
Developer BXP, formally known as Boston Properties, had planned a large new housing development in North San Jose located at the corner of 2830 North First Street and East Plumeria Drive. The development plan, designed by BDE Architecture was slated to include both market-rate and affordable housing on the site of a previously planned tech campus. However, the plans have been paused, and the property was put on the market.
Construction is now underway for the second phase of the Midway Village development by Cow Palace in Daly City, San Mateo County. The affordable housing team celebrated the groundbreaking for Midway Village 2 earlier this month, at the same event as the ribbon cutting for Midway Village I. Once complete, the two structures will bring 260 apartments to the city. MidPen Housing is the project developer.
