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Former East Colfax strip club property becoming affordable housing

Source: Westword ; Conor McCormick-Cavanagh [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1320"] A lot that once housed a strip joint will soon become affordable housing. Courtesy of Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP.[/caption] The development of a former strip club at 8315 East Colfax Avenue lays bare the changes in this […]

Ella Rohlffs Place, affordable infill housing featured on SocketSite

Source: SocketSite   Plans for a 7-story building to rise up to 75 feet in height upon the St. Mark’s Square and Martin Luther Tower parking lot parcels which front Ellis Street, between Franklin and Gough, have been drawn. As designed by Van Meter Williams Pollack for the […]

VMWP is presenting all-electric affordable housing at the Zero Carbon Retreat

Van Meter Williams Pollack's Laura Shagalov, Pam Goode, and Elaine Uang will be presenting a session on "Case Studies of All-Electric Bay Area Midrise Affordable Housing Construction" at the Redwood Energy's 12th Zero Carbon Retreat! The retreat is on January 27th and 28th, 10am - […]

Santa Clara County wins $22 million to turn hotel into homeless housing

State Homekey grant will transform the Bella Vista Inn Source: The Mercury News, Marisa Kendall SANTA CLARA — The Bella Vista Inn soon will be transformed into much-needed housing for homeless residents, thanks to a $22 million state grant announced Thursday. The project is the latest in a […]

Tenants will be moving into Mountain View’s new affordable housing project this week

Luna Vista's 70 apartments on El Camino Real includes 15 units for adults with developmental disabilities Source: Mountain View Voice , Kevin Forestieri The Luna Vista apartments on El Camino Real in Mountain View. Photo by Magali Gautheir.   Wet paint, heavy equipment and exposed wiring still fill the […]

Let’s Talk Housing

Join Let's Talk Housing, the 21 communities of San Mateo County, Benjamin Grant formerly of SPUR and Karen Murray of Van Meter Williams Pollack for a conversation on 12/1 about infill housing, design and more. We will discuss how San Mateo County communities can evolve to become even more livable while also becoming more […]

St. Elizabeth Place Apartment’s Historic Origins Will Breathe New Life Into Houston’s Fifth Ward

Source: National Equity Fund Congratulations to Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation (FWCRC) on last Friday’s (September 27th) groundbreaking of St. Elizabeth Place Apartments in the Fifth Ward district of Houston, Texas. The development consists of the rehabilitation and repurposing of St. Elizabeth Hospital, which was originally […]

New mixed-income multifamily housing coming to Houston’s 5th Ward

Source: Defender News Service Preservation of Houston’s historic St. Elizabeth’s Hospital leads to new mixed-income multifamily housing development in Houston’s 5th Ward. Built-in 1947 in a racially segregated Houston, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital was the first medical facility dedicated to serving African Americans in Harris County. The hospital […]

St. Elizabeth Place breathes new life into historic Fifth Ward hospital

Source: City of Houston Housing and Community Development Safe and affordable apartments will provide new homes and new opportunities Mayor Sylvester Turner joined community members in Houston’s historic Fifth Ward today for the groundbreaking of St. Elizabeth Place, a new community of 85 apartment homes. Approved as […]

Planning firm with transit expertise selected to lead Gwinnett Place revitalization

Source: Atlanta Business Journal , Grace Donnelly The years-long dream of transforming the former Gwinnett Place Mall into a modern retail center and transit hub is one step closer to reality. The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (CID) selected planning firm Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.(VHB) to lead […]

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