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San Rafael invests in 3301 Kerner office conversion to affordable housing

By ADRIAN RODRIGUEZ | arodriguez@marinij.com Source: Marin Independent Journal San Rafael is earmarking $1.45 million to preserve affordable rental homes and create apartments for the homeless. The City Council voted 4-0 to approve a resolution on Monday to authorize the expenditure. The money came from the city’s Affordable Housing Trust […]

Mayor Breed, Balboa Reservoir is an example of revitalization

Breed asks University of California to consider opening downtown San Francisco campus Source: SFGATE By Alec Regimbal [caption id="attachment_11000" align="alignright" width="300"] San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks onstage during the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 2, 2022, in New Orleans. […]

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 […]

1 Hamilton Drive providing much-needed affordable housing in Mill Valley

Source: MIJ Marin Voice: Mill Valley needs affordable housing now, wherever it fits An architectural rendering shows a affordable housing project proposed at 1 Hamilton Drive in Mill Valley. It would have 45 homes. (Rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP) By JENNIFER SILVA The residents near Hauke Park […]

VMWP’s Fairfax Victory Village is featured on Architizer’s project page

Architizer: VMWP's Fairfax Victory Village Source: Architizer Fairfax Senior Housing is a 54 unit affordable senior housing development nestled in the trees just off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Fairfax, CA. The building is sited between two hills and follows the terraces of the site’s topography with […]

Rise City affordable housing project has been approved in Redwood City

Fully affordable Redwood City housing project approved Source: Daily Journal [caption id="attachment_10730" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Rendering: Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP)[/caption] A 94-unit, fully affordable housing proposal was recently approved in Redwood City through Senate Bill 35, state legislation that allows projects to move forward after city staff […]

Senior and farmworker housing proposed for 555 Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay

Source: SFYIMBY BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:00 AM ON JUNE 30, 2023 [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="777"] 555 Kelly Avenue aerial perspective, rendering by Van Meter Williams Pollack (newest renderings are on VMWP)[/caption] New renderings have been published for a five-story affordable housing infill at 555 Kelly Avenue in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County. […]

Tubbs Fire survivor gets new beginning at former site of Journey’s End Mobile Home Park

A new affordable housing complex is finally complete in Santa Rosa, built on the same site where the Journey's End was destroyed by Tubbs Fire. Source: ABC 7 By Cornell W. Barnard  A new affordable housing complex is finally complete in Santa Rosa, built on the same site […]

Staff Feature: Meghan Kress, CU Denver, and designing for Scientists in Antarctica

Meghan Kress, Master of Architecture (M.Arch) student and VMWP summer intern, is part of the CU Denver team that completed the on-campus design build for a utility space and research lab for use by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fishery scientists in Antarctica. Meghan […]

City of San Carlos unanimously votes to invest in new affordable housing

Source: City of San Carlos   City of San Carlos Takes Action, Invests in New Affordable Housing Acting on its strategic goal to support the creation of new diverse and affordable housing, the San Carlos City Council approved a loan of $12,860,000 Monday night for the construction of […]

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