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Finances, Parking Among BART Housing Concerns

Source: The Independent; Author: David Jen PLEASANTON — The financial health of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system and concerns about sufficient parking steered discussions of possible new housing at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART station during the Oct. 22 Pleasanton Planning Commission meeting. Representatives of Van Meter […]

Repositioning U.S. Retail: More Malls as Mixed-Use Town Centers

Full Source: Urban Land By Patricia Kirk and Ron Nyren [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1440"] In Cupertino, California, The Rise is a mixed-use project intended to replace a defunct shopping mall near Apple Park. The property is owned by Sand Hill Property Company. (Monolot/Courtesy of KPF) [/caption]   As aging retail malls continue to […]

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 […]

BART Reviews Plans For El Cerrito Plaza BART Station

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors recently reviewed the latest plans for the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station. The public presentation includes a tentative phasing schedule, which says construction on the several-hundred-unit masterplan could start as early as next […]

Preliminary SB330 Permits For Moonlite Shopping Center, Santa Clara

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson; 2610 El Camino Real, image by Google Satellite New preliminary permits have been filed for the redevelopment of Moonlite Shopping Center in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. The application states the project could replace the 14.3-acre strip mall at 2610 El Camino Real […]

Westminster’s Redeveloped Mall Taking Shape in a Growing Corridor

Author: Robert Davis, Bisnow Denver  Source: Bisnow More than 10 years after the Westminster Mall’s closure, the city’s efforts to take the unusual step of acting as developer on the property’s reimagining is bearing fruit. With new retail openings, a hotel and hundreds of residences, the project began […]