Laurel at Perennial Park and Casa Roseland Featured in The Press Democrat

Just over 1,300 units have been built this year — nearly twice the number of new homes added last year to the city’s housing stock, which stands at some 72,000 units.

Another 352 units are nearly complete and have cleared an occupancy check with the city and 389 units are under construction, a city spokesperson said.

Santa Rosa must plan for 4,685 new units by 2031 under state-mandated housing goals. Longer term plans call for adding as many as 24,000 new homes by 2050, mostly in downtown and neighborhood centers, to keep pace with projected slow population growth.

The bulk of the new construction, about 71%, are apartments, city data shows, and many are affordable units that have sprung up in south Santa Rosa and along key corridors, including College Avenue.

Projects include the long-awaited Cannery development near Railroad Square and hundreds of units on the northern end of Mendocino Avenue that represent the largest redevelopment in the 2017 Tubbs Fire burn area.

Here’s a look at some of the projects transforming the city’s skyline.

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Mendocino Avenue and Fountaingrove Parkway

Burbank Housing and Related California are building 162 apartments for low-income seniors 62 and older catty-corner to the Fountaingrove Inn site at the former Journey’s End mobile home park.

Construction of the first two phases was completed last year and new residents began moving in July 2023.

Another 260 market-rate homes being built by Quarterra, a subsidiary of housing giant Lennar, will round out the 13.3-acre property now known as Perennial Park.

The garden-style one- and two-bedroom apartments will include a clubhouse with a pool and fitness center and a 1-acre park.

Construction began in June.

Southwest Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa nonprofit affordable housing developer Burbank Housing is building 64 apartments at 1780 Burbank Ave. just south of Roseland Creek Community Park.

The project includes one- to three-bedroom units across four buildings and features a community room, on-site laundry and bike storage on a 2-acre site.

A quarter of the units are reserved for people at risk of becoming homeless.

Construction is expected to be completed by summer and the project is estimated to cost $44 million.

A mile north on Sebastopol Road and West Avenue, construction on the long-awaited Casa Roseland project is expected to start in January.

The project calls for 75 affordable apartments for households earning 30% to 60% of the area median income. It’s being developed by MidPen Housing, one of the largest affordable housing developers in Northern California.

It’s part of the larger Tierra de Rosas development envisioned more than a decade ago as a mix-use hub in Roseland.

The project, once complete, will include 100 market-rate apartments, a community plaza and a mercado at the 7.4-acre site.

City, county and state elected officials celebrated the groundbreaking in May as infrastructure work got underway.

Construction is expected to be completed in August 2026.