Ensemble Investments has shared new details about two of its projects within the Tasman East master plan in Santa Clara. The team is preparing for the January opening of AVE Santa Clara, an eight-story residential mid-rise with over three hundred homes. Next door, the team has refurbished a Carl’s Junior building with a bar and grill surrounded by landscaping and food trucks.
Demolition permits have been requested for the abandoned grain silos at Pier 90 in San Francisco. The application plans to remove the historic 190-foot structure overlooking Islais Creek to vacate a 2.75-acre site for potential future development. The property is owned by the city and the Port of San Francisco.
The Berkeley Zoning Adjustments Board is scheduled to have its final vote tomorrow evening on the 26-story residential tower proposed for 2128 Oxford Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The proposal, named the Hub at Berkeley, is one of three in the city’s pipeline poised to redefine the city skyline and would be the first to be approved. Chicago-based Core Spaces is responsible for the application, with planning and CEQA consultation from the Rhoades Planning Group.
Alongside the Tuesday ribbon cutting atop Verde, my recent site visit to Mission Rock gave me an opportunity to document the completion of phase one of the ambitious master plan along the San Francisco waterfront. Construction has replaced about half of the 28-acre surface parking lot with over five hundred homes, more than half a million square feet of commercial real estate, new internal streets, shops, and a public park across from Oracle Park. The project has been a joint venture with Tishman Speyer and the San Francisco Giants.
The Palo Alto Architectural Review Board is scheduled to meet this morning to discuss plans to convert a vacant movie theater into office space within the Palo Alto Square office campus. The property, at 3000 El Camino Real, had been occupied by the CinéArts at Palo Alto Square Theater until it permanently shuttered in 2021. Hudson Pacific Properties is the project client.
