New planning permits have been filed for a proposed six-story affordable housing complex at 45021 Warm Springs Boulevard in Fremont, Alameda County. The application is a significant step forward for the project less than a month after the city awarded the developers $12 million in funding. Maracor Development and the Pacific Companies are jointly responsible.
Construction has topped out for 7th and Brannan, an affordable housing project underway at 600 7th Street in SoMa, San Francisco. Crews have brought the concrete structure to its 84-foot pinnacle, preparing the future 221 units for a potential opening later this year. Mercy Housing is the project developer.
Public comment has started on repurposing a former United States Coast Guard site at 100 Commodore Webster Drive into affordable housing in Point Reyes Station, an unincorporated town in Marin County. The project will bring new life to the county-owned property next to the local population center, which includes two grocery stores, restaurants, and the West Marin Elementary School. Eden Housing and the Community Land Trust Association of West Marin are jointly responsible for the development.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote later today to provide a $115.8 million construction loan for affordable housing at Transbay Block 2 East. The proposal is expected to rise 17 stories tall and bring 184 below-market-rate rental apartments to 200 Folsom Street in the heart of the densely-developed Transbay neighborhood. Mercy Housing is the project sponsor.
Construction is starting today on 101 East 12th Street, an affordable housing infill near the southern end of Lake Merritt in Merritt, Oakland. Members of the project team and public officials will gather later this morning to witness the groundbreaking for the six-story complex, completing a winding narrative that stretches back over a decade.
