Westbank and Urban Community have submitted new plans to convert Downtown San Jose’s iconic Bank of Italy tower into housing. The adaptive reuse of the office tower would create well over a hundred apartments across most of the 13-story building. The filing comes as the region struggles with record-high office vacancy rates.
A preliminary application has been submitted supporting a residential project proposed for development at 2730 Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento. The project proposal includes the conversion of an existing office building into a residential building offering multi-unit dwellings. Sutter Capital Group bought the office building.
A preliminary application has been filed to facilitate a residential project proposed for development at 2260-2680 Bancroft Way in Southside, Berkeley. The project proposal includes the construction of a new eight-story infill building offering 115 units. Plans call for the replacement of a surface parking lot across from the UC Berkeley campus. AMI, LLC is the property owner. Daryl Ross, the owner of Bancroft Hotel, is the project sponsor. Studio KDA is responsible for the designs.
Development permits have been submitted seeking the approval of a hotel to housing project proposed for development at 50 8th Street in South of Market (SoMa), San Francisco. The project proposal includes the conversion of some hotel rooms of a tourist hotel into group housing rooms New Civic Company LTD is the project sponsor.
A preliminary application has been submitted seeking the approval of a new residential project proposed for development at 1421 92nd Avenue in Webster, Oakland. The project proposal includes the conversion of a non-residential building to be setup as a residential building offering live-work units. Urban Impression is the architect responsible for the designs.
