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The site of the old PT’s strip club on Colfax will house an affordable housing complex that will include childcare

Source: Denverite, Desiree Mathurin “Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete?” City officials and community stakeholders gathered on a windy Thursday to break ground on the Rose on Colfax, a housing complex on the corner of East Colfax and Valentia […]

Mile High United Way Early Childhood Education Center breaks ground alongside affordable apartments on Colfax

Mile High United Way Early Childhood Education Center breaks ground alongside affordable apartments on Colfax Source: Mercy Housing The Groundbreaking Celebrates and Demonstrates How Cities, Counties and Communities Can Work Together to Serve Families in Denver DENVER (April 7, 2022) – Today, Mercy Housing Mountain Plains, Mile High […]

Presenting Balboa Reservoir Affordable Housing at CREW SF

Creating Vibrant Neighborhoods with Affordable Housing Please join us for CREW SF's First Real Estate Luncheon of 2022! This year we welcome a group of panelists to share their expertise on the up-and-coming Balboa Reservoir Affordable Housing Development, and expand on the future of this project […]

Denver’s Montbello Community: Small Seeds Can Grow Into Large Trees

Full Source: Denver Foundation By Angelle Fouther   We’re all familiar with the tale about the small seed that is planted and grows into the flourishing tree. Indeed it is an inspiring and miraculous process, whereby a tiny specimen breaks through the surface of dark soil to rise […]

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 […]

Balboa Reservoir’s affordable housing Building E receives funding

A dozen Bay Area projects snag $279M in funding from California Strategic Growth Council Source: The Business Journal By Sarah Klearman  –  Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times [caption id="attachment_9092" align="alignnone" width="720"] A rendering of Bridge's 124-unit affordable project at Balboa Reservoir made public by San Francisco. The project received […]

Balboa Reservoir has won a California Chapter APA California State Merit Award

Balboa Reservoir Design Standards and Guidelines has been selected for an Award of Merit for the 2021 Urban Design Award. The Virtual Awards Ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 15, 2021 as part of the 2021 APA California Virtual Conference: Changing Plans; Changing Planning. Actual […]

Montbello FreshLo, the long-awaited grocery store/affordable housing project, just took a big leap toward funding

Source: Denverite, Desiree Mathurin “I like to say we’re an example of a community who said they were tired of waiting to be rescued, so we’ll rescue ourselves. We’re passionate about Montbello, and it’s important for folks to know we built this.” The neighborhood group behind the […]

Balboa Reservoir was Part of VMWP’s Inception

[caption id="attachment_16413" align="alignright" width="277"] 1989 winning masterplan designed by Tim Van Meter and Rick Williams[/caption] In April 1989, before VMWP was founded, Tim Van Meter and Rick Williams competed and won the design competition for the City College of San Francisco, redesigning the use of the […]

Balboa Reservoir has been awarded the 2021 APA Urban Design Award of Excellence

Balboa Reservoir Design Standards and Guidelines has been awarded the APA Northern California Chapter Urban Design Award of Excellence. It has been an honor to team with PYATOK architecture + urban design and GLS Landscape | Architecture helping to deliver 1,100 homes to a City-owned parking […]

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