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Updated Plans Filed For Moonlite Center Redevelopment, Santa Clara

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Moonlite Center condominiums street view, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack The formal application has been filed with a minor plan increase for 2610 El Camino Real in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The update now aims to replace the existing Moonlite Center strip mall […]

What will happen to the Bay Area’s millions of square feet of closed mall space?

Source: Bay Area News Group; Author: Chase Hunter Transit-oriented development plans for Bayfair Center, a shopping mall at 15555 E. 14th St. in San Leandro, site concept. (Van Meter Williams Pollack) The death of the Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro came last month with a sheet […]

El Cerrito Plaza TOD Received $39 Million in State Funding

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson El Cerrito Plaza TOD Parcel A South view with the courtyard, rendering by Pyatok The City of El Cerrito and project developer Related California have been awarded $39.1 million in state funding for the El Cerrito Plaza Transit-Oriented Development in Contra Costa County. The financing will allow the […]

Affordable Housing Wrapping Up in the Outer Mission, San Francisco

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Construction is wrapping up on a five-story affordable housing complex at 4840 Mission Street in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood. The project, named Islais Place, will soon bring over a hundred units alongside a health center and retail along the main thoroughfare. Bridge Housing is the project […]

Marin history: Vivalon celebrates 70 years

Source: Marin Independent Journal Vivalon represents how one observation can flourish with committed staff and volunteers for a remarkable long-term impact. In the mid-1950s, Manny Charnow, a retired Realtor, pondered the problems of growing old in Marin. Charnow witnessed many older people visiting stores on Fourth […]

‘Looking Out For All Of Them’: Gwinnett County Plans For A Multimodal Transportation Future

Source: Bisnow; Author: John Krukowski A rendering shows the proposed transformation of Ring Road to accommodate pedestrians, bikes and cars for the Global Villages development.   While the automobile was a driving force in the rise of suburbs like Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, today it is not the only transportation option […]

New, 75-unit apartment complex in Longmont will feature childhood center

Source: Colorado Hometown Weekly; Author: Matthew Bennett The future site of the 75-unit rental housing project Ascent at Hover Crossing at 1764/1780 Hover Street. (Matthew Bennett/Times-Call) Workers are expected to start building the 75-unit Ascent at Hover Crossing at 1764/1780 Hover St. in August – a new […]

Around Town: Another hurdle down

Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Embarcadero Media Staff Homes inside the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto on Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier.   BUENA NEWS … Palo Alto’s ambitious plan to redevelop the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park continued to hum along this week when the city’s […]

Buena Vista redevelopment advances with council support

Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Gennady Sheyner After a hard-won fought against displacement, mobile home residents will be guaranteed a place to live The proposed redevelopment of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park includes a 61-unit apartment building and 44 mobile homes. Courtesy Santa Clara County Housing […]

Half Moon Bay waits on senior farmworker housing vote

Source: The Daily Journal; Author: Holly Rusch Planning commissioners trying to balance new state housing laws with local and coastal needs A proposed 40-unit affordable housing development for senior farmworkers in Half Moon Bay is facing concerns over height and density from the Planning Commission, which continued […]

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