News, Awards, Features, and History

Fremont unveils Bell Street Gardens – affordable housing built on site of motel used to house homeless persons

Full Source: CBS News Bay Area  By John Ramos The site of a former Fremont motel, once used to house homeless individuals, is now a gleaming new affordable housing complex that was unveiled on Wednesday.The opening comes after the city recently caught a lot of flak for adopting […]

Four New Housing Projects Delivering Affordable Homes

Source: SV@Home Despite rising construction costs and financing hurdles, affordable housing development is still pushing forward in Santa Clara County. We are spotlighting four promising projects—two of which SV@Home formally endorsed—that are creating hundreds of much-needed homes across the region.In today’s challenging development landscape, breaking ground […]

Groundbreaking Soon For 1371 Kooser Road, San Jose

Source: SF YIMBY By: Andrew Nelson 1371 Kooser Road establishing view, rendering by VMWP Architects The San Jose City Council has approved a $73.7 million bond for the affordable housing infill at 1371 Kooser Road in the Cambrian neighborhood of San Jose, Santa Clara County. The project will soon replace a former Chuck E. […]

Supportive Housing Opens at 3301 Kerner Boulevard, San Rafael

Source: SFYIMBY By: Andrew Nelson    The project team and local officials gathered together late last week for the grand opening of Casa Canal at 3301 Kerner Boulevard in San Rafael. The ceremony welcomed 41 new units of permanent affordable supportive housing to the city within the three-story apartment […]

Montbello FreshLo HUB has been awarded the 2025 Housing Colorado Eagle Award

Source: Alliance Construction Services   Sponsored by Housing Colorado , the Eagle Awards are presented annually and represent the best of what the affordable housing industry has to offer. With three categories of awards, the Eagle Awards recognize a diverse cross-section of the people, programs, and projects […]

Affordable homes project in San Jose makes progress with property deal

Source: East Bay Times; Author: George Avalos About 100 homes would sprout in Willow Glen district 90-unit affordable housing development planned for a San Jose site with addresses of 520 and 544 West Alma Avenue in the Willow Glen district, concept. SAN JOSE — An affordable housing project […]

Colorado’s 25 Top Projects: Montbello FreshLo Hub

ColoradoBiz celebrates its first-ever Top Projects winners Source: ColoradoBiz ColoradoBiz honored 25 construction projects during its first-ever Top Projects awards and networking event on May 22 at Social Capitol in Arvada. The event was an opportunity to honor those in the built industry whose projects exceeded expectations this […]

Lake Street rebuild: Latino developer has big plans for four razed lots near former Third Precinct

Colombian-born entrepreneur Wilmar Delgado is moving forward with plans for his Viva project, which would have 100 housing units and ground-floor retail space.   Full Source: Sahan Journal by Alfonzo Galvan   Wilmar Delgado, a developer at Life Fountain, pictured on May 12, 2025. Credit: Dymanh Chhoun | Sahan Journal   For years, the […]

City Council Supports Affordable Housing Development at El Cerrito BART Station

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson El Cerrito Plaza aerial view, preliminary rendering of design by Pyatok and Van Meter Williams Pollack The El Cerrito City Council has started to support the next phase of affordable housing as part of the El Cerrito BART Station redevelopment in Contra Costa County. […]

180 Jones Wins 2025 PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Award Best Supportive/Transitional Housing

  VMWP is thrilled to announce that 180 Jones was awarded a 2025 PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Award Best Supportive / Transitional Housing! “Gold Nugget Award winners reflect our industry’s best, brightest and most innovative architects, planners and builder/developers,” said Judging Chairman and Gold Nugget ceremonies administrator […]

Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP