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Verana Hill

DESCRIPTION Verana Hill, formerly known as Albany Family Housing, is a 62-unit affordable housing East Bay community built onĀ  a City of Albany-owned site at 755 Cleveland Avenue, formerly owned by Caltrans. The building is cut into the sloped site to effectively minimize the building massing […]

Epic Residence

Affordable Housing, Business Incubators, and Childcare in one Epic Building EPIC+R is envisioned as a mixed-use transit-oriented development located on a long vacant site adjacent to the Emerson & Plymouth D-Line BRT station. The project includes retail and production space fronting Emerson Avenue North as well […]

Bell Street Gardens

DESCRIPTION The Bell St./Islander Revitalization project is a two building redevelopment, focused on establishing a strong sense of community between residents while simultaneously enriching the immediate area. The renovation and adaptive re-use of the existing two-story motel includes the addition of a third-story, for a total of […]

West Alma

Description 544 West Alma is a proposed 100% affordable modular housing development serving low-income families with approximately 90 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments in a five-story building. The ground floor will include parking (about 64 spaces), management offices, and resident services, while amenities such as a […]

Piedmont Objective Design Standards

Description Piedmont is a small community with well-maintained neighborhoods, abundant greenery, attractive streetscapes and varied topography. New state laws incentivize the production of housing leading to the City of Piedmont taking an active role in the planning for new housing units. These Objective Design Standards implement […]

Gwinnett Place Mall

DESCRIPTION An Equitable Redevelopment Plan reflects the new vision for the Gwinnett Place Mall and has guided the redevelopment of the site. The County launched an unprecedented engagement process, led by VHB, to hear from communities around the mall. These voices helped guide the project by […]

Wayzata Design Standards

DESCRIPTION Wayzata was once an ordinary small town in an extraordinary location on the north shore of Lake Minnetonka. In the past two generations the town has been enveloped by the suburbanization of the West Metro. In response to these trends, the Wayzata Comprehensive Plan sought […]

Sugar Commons

Affordable Workforce Housing for Families in Rural Colorado Sterling, Colorado, known as the Queen City of the Plains, is located just over 100 miles northeast of Denver along I-76. As the county seat and largest municipality in Logan County, Sterling has a diverse economy supported by […]

Downtown User Experience Framework

Description The Golden Valley Downtown User Experience Framework arose from a request for improved wayfinding submitted through the Hennepin County Planning Grants Program. VMWP, collaborating with Toole Design Group and Visible City developed a holistic understanding of the economic, mobility, and wayfinding needs for the Golden […]

Islais Place (4840 Mission Street)

Affordable Family Housing Project Description Islais Place at 4840 Mission Street is the one of the first major developments in the Excelsior District of San Francisco in nearly 25 years. 4840 Mission Street proposes to create 137 affordable housing units with the inclusion of over 5,000 […]

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