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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

SAP Feature: VMWP Sustainability Action Plan 3.0

In preparation for today, Earth Day 2025, VMWP has been reflecting on its sustainability goals and successes these past three decades, including our progress since signing on to AIA's 2030 Commitment. From that, our team has updated our Sustainability Action Plan and are sharing it […]

SAP Feature: 2024 DDX Summary

Since 1989, VMWP has worked hard to design sustainable, healthy homes for the future residents of our buildings. A sustainable home offers clean indoor air quality, thermal comfort, lower utility bills and quieter spaces. Beyond the benefits sustainable spaces bring to our residents, our efforts […]

AVi at Olde Town wins NAHRO 2024 Agency Awards

Source: NAHRO   AVi at Olde Town is a 100-unit, transit-oriented, service-enriched, urban infill project serving households earning 30-70% AMI with 30 units reserved for emancipated foster youth and 10 units reserved for unhoused veterans. Nominated for Excellence in Affordable Housing - AVi at Olde Town The youth and […]

Vivalon Hosts Holiday Lunch at New Headquarters

By Marin Independent Journal   Guests sing along and snap photos while the Bread and Roses Holiday Swing Band performs during Vivalon’s annual Holiday Celebration at their Healthy Aging Campus in San Rafael, Calif. on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)   Vivalon held a holiday lunch on […]

Mall Conversions, a Once in a Generation Opportunity

By Andrew Faulkner, Associate, Architect, and Senior Urban Designer Over the past 20 years VMWP has worked with communities around the United States to reimagine regional malls and large format retail centers, transforming them into vibrant connected communities, resilient anchors for local economies, and revitalized centers […]

Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of 100% Affordable Housing, Islais Place

Today, Mayor London N. Breed joined City officials, community leaders, and housing advocates to celebrate the grand opening of Islais Place, a new 100% family-oriented affordable housing project in District 11. The project includes 137 apartments affordable to households making between 30% and 103% of […]

Celebrating the Ribbon Cutting of BRIDGE Housing’s Islais Place

Today we celebrate the ribbon cutting of BRIDGE Housing's Islais Place at 4840 Mission Street in San Francisco, California. It is one of the first new 100% affordable housing developments built in San Francisco’s District 11 and one of the first major projects in the […]

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