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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Source: Bisnow; Author: John Krukowski A rendering shows the proposed transformation of Ring Road to accommodate pedestrians, bikes and cars for the Global Villages development. While the automobile was a driving force in the rise of suburbs like Atlanta’s Gwinnett County, today it is not the only transportation option […]
Please join us to tour VMWP San Francisco' s architectural and urban design firm Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is an award-winning Architecture and Urban Design firm based in San Francisco, Denver, and Minneapolis. VMWP specializes in affordable housing, mixed-use and market-rate housing, master planning, land […]
Van Meter Williams Pollack (VMWP) is proud to be an annual supporting sponsor, volunteer, and charrette leader of the 2024 Housing Colorado Conference in Keystone, Colorado, October 9-11, 2024. VMWP supports Housing Colorado an industry resource for all aspects of affordable housing, including professional advocacy, issue expertise, and […]
Urban Designer, Rick Williams, will be presenting "It's Not Just a Dream: The Joys and Struggles of Realizing a Transit-Oriented Vision" at Mpact Transit + Community Conference 2024
The Mpact Transit + Community Conference (formerly Rail~Volution) focuses on the interplay of transit, mobility, land use and […]
Source: KQED Cassandra Garibay and Hiram Durán, El Tímpano This story was produced by El Tímpano, a bilingual nonprofit news outlet that amplifies the voices of Latino and Mayan immigrants in Oakland and the wider Bay Area. The original version of the story can be found here. Farmworkers sat in the crowd, […]
Mall Conversions, a Once in a Generation Opportunity
Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of 100% Affordable Housing, Islais Place
Celebrating the Ribbon Cutting of BRIDGE Housing’s Islais Place
Affordable Housing Wrapping Up in the Outer Mission, San Francisco
Marin history: Vivalon celebrates 70 years
‘Looking Out For All Of Them’: Gwinnett County Plans For A Multimodal Transportation Future
AIASF BAYA Firm Tour: Van Meter Williams Pollack
VMWP at Housing Colorado 2024
Save the date: Rick Williams to speak at Mpact 2024
For Half Moon Bay’s Aging Farmworkers, New Affordable Housing Projects Offer Opportunity to ‘Rest With Dignity’