Formal permits have been filed for a 14-story mixed-use tower at 1 East 4th Avenue in Downtown San Mateo, San Mateo County. The filing is a crucial step towards adding over two hundred rental units, offices, and retail space into the heart of the city. Mike Field of Mecah Ventures is responsible for the application as the project developer.
The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity has announced plans to transform the former Birkenstock campus in Novato into a museum for art and design. The Marin County campus spans 88.5 acres of public open space and an extremely distinctive saw-tooth roofline factory warehouse in view of Highway 101. International architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron is responsible for the design.
The Oak Knoll Site at 8750 Mountain Road in East Oakland has recently announced a new strategy for development. The planned project to replace the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital has been ongoing for nearly 30 years, leaving a large area of developable long since land vacant. However, the new strategy indicated that expedited work on infrastructure could begin within the next months.
Plans for the 47-story mixed-use tower at 30 Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco are still on hold. However, a construction crane has returned to the site for limited work on the two-year-old foundation as the project developer, Lendlease, continues to wait before restarting work. The activity will ensure the existing site is stable with improvements to the sidewalk fencing.
Construction has wrapped up with retail spaces now occupied at 433 Main Street in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County. The project has replaced a long-vacant parcel at a highly visible corner lot in the oceanside town with two three-story structures. Anthony Uccelli is the project developer working for property owner Ozella Cardoni.
