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Join VMWP and AIA East Bay: Timber Senior Apartments Design Tour

Timber Senior Apartments Design Tour (1 LU|HSW) Join us for a tour of the recently completed Timber Senior Apartments in Newark.   About the Project Timber Senior Apartments is a 79 unit affordable apartment community for an area transitioning from legacy light industrial to housing. The site is bordered […]

More Housing Now: Prop 123 Funds to Support 11 New Affordable Housing Developments Across Colorado including Sugar Commons

Full Source: Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) DENVER – Today, Gov. Jared Polis, the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT), and Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) announced the selection of 11 new housing developments that will receive funding […]

Casa Canal Wins 2026 PCBC Gold Nugget Merit Award Best Renovated/Restored/Adaptive Reuse Residential Project

We are proud to share that Eden Housing's Casa Canal has received an Award of Merit for Best Renovated, Restored or Adaptive Reuse Residential Project for 2026, recognized for architectural design, innovation, and community impact! We are honored to be chosen by PCBC from an […]

Architecture as Healing: Designing for Wellness, Dignity, and Permanent Support

  The COVID-19 pandemic forced a global conversation on health in the built environment. For those involved in affordable housing development and advocacy, this conversation was especially resonant. Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) invites you to a panel presentation featuring Alicia Gaylord (Senior Vice President, Nor Cal, […]

California Escalates Pressure on Half Moon Bay to Approve Farmworker Housing (555 Kelly)

Author: Adhiti Bandlamudi Full Source: KQED [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="951"] Concord Farms can be seen in the distance in Half Moon Bay on Jan. 3, 2024. Following the 2023 mass shooting at a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay, city officials rallied around housing projects that served […]

New affordable housing communities in Colorado aim to serve families with the greatest need

New affordable housing communities in Longmont and Denver's Berkeley neighborhood are offering larger family units and on-site child care as Colorado expands its post-COVID housing investments. By: Adria Iraheta Source: Denver 7 LONGMONT, Colo. — For Skye Beck and her husband, the decision to uproot their family of five […]

SAP Feature: The Greenest Building is the One Already Built: Why Adaptive Reuse Wins

In the face of a dual global crisis, a shortage of housing and an urgent need for climate action, the construction industry is shifting its focus from new to next. Adaptive reuse, the process of repurposing existing structures like vacant offices, old motels, or disused […]

Mill Valley reapproves city-led affordable housing project: 1 Hamilton Drive

A rendering of the proposed Bayfront Terrace housing project on Hamilton Drive in Mill Valley. (Van Meter Williams Pollack) By Steven Rosenfeld | [email protected] Source: MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL The Mill Valley City Council has reapproved a four-story, 45-apartment complex for low-income families at the edge of Hauke Park. The unanimous vote Monday […]

Dozens of homes built for San Mateo County farmworkers 3 years after mass shooting

Source: CBS San Francisco, By Max Darrow   In the aftermath of a tragedy, hope is often what keeps people moving. In Belinda Hernandez Arriaga's case, it's a hope that farmworkers will have a better life as a result of a day that changed Half Moon Bay […]

Progress Rooted in Partnership: VMWP Minneapolis recognizes the deep and meaningful collaborations of 2025

Celebrating the milestones and community-driven designs that defined our work in Minnesota this year Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) has always believed that the most enduring projects are those built upon a foundation of shared values and collective vision. By blending intentional architecture with forward-thinking urban […]

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