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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 […]

What will happen to the Bay Area’s millions of square feet of closed mall space?

Source: Bay Area News Group; Author: Chase Hunter Transit-oriented development plans for Bayfair Center, a shopping mall at 15555 E. 14th St. in San Leandro, site concept. (Van Meter Williams Pollack) The death of the Bayfair Center mall in San Leandro came last month with a sheet […]

El Cerrito Plaza TOD Received $39 Million in State Funding

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson El Cerrito Plaza TOD Parcel A South view with the courtyard, rendering by Pyatok The City of El Cerrito and project developer Related California have been awarded $39.1 million in state funding for the El Cerrito Plaza Transit-Oriented Development in Contra Costa County. The financing will allow the […]

Affordable Housing Wrapping Up in the Outer Mission, San Francisco

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Andrew Nelson Construction is wrapping up on a five-story affordable housing complex at 4840 Mission Street in San Francisco’s Outer Mission neighborhood. The project, named Islais Place, will soon bring over a hundred units alongside a health center and retail along the main thoroughfare. Bridge Housing is the project […]

Marin history: Vivalon celebrates 70 years

Source: Marin Independent Journal Vivalon represents how one observation can flourish with committed staff and volunteers for a remarkable long-term impact. In the mid-1950s, Manny Charnow, a retired Realtor, pondered the problems of growing old in Marin. Charnow witnessed many older people visiting stores on Fourth […]

Around Town: Another hurdle down

Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Embarcadero Media Staff Homes inside the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto on Feb. 14, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier.   BUENA NEWS … Palo Alto’s ambitious plan to redevelop the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park continued to hum along this week when the city’s […]

Buena Vista redevelopment advances with council support

Source: Palo Alto Online; Author: Gennady Sheyner After a hard-won fought against displacement, mobile home residents will be guaranteed a place to live The proposed redevelopment of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park includes a 61-unit apartment building and 44 mobile homes. Courtesy Santa Clara County Housing […]

Half Moon Bay waits on senior farmworker housing vote

Source: The Daily Journal; Author: Holly Rusch Planning commissioners trying to balance new state housing laws with local and coastal needs A proposed 40-unit affordable housing development for senior farmworkers in Half Moon Bay is facing concerns over height and density from the Planning Commission, which continued […]

Sonoma County Community Development Commission to break ground on Tierra de Rosas infrastructure in Roseland

Source: County of Sonoma Sonoma County will celebrate a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, May 3 beginning at 9:30 a.m., remarks at 10 a.m., for the Tierra de Rosas project, a mixed-use development planned for 75 affordable housing units, a one-acre public plaza, Mercado Food Hall, a […]

Community Feature: Children’s Council of San Francisco is celebrating 50 years

COMMUNITY FEATURE: Today we recognize the Children’s Council of San Francisco is celebrating 50 years of advocating for quality early care and education, empowering families with information and financial support, and building the capabilities of educators, to ensure that every child in San Francisco has […]

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