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Demolition permits filed for 12 structures for Sunnydale HOPE SF, San Francisco

Source: SFYIMBY, Andrew Nelson Demolition permits have been filed for twelve buildings along Sunnydale Avenue as part of Blocks One through Four in the Sunnydale HOPE SF redevelopment plan. The Sunnydale community was originally built during World War Two but has since become one of San Francisco’s most […]

Affordable Housing Planned At 15101 Washington Avenue In San Leandro

Source: SF YIMBY; Author: Palak Japlot 15101 Washington Avenue Site via Google Maps   A new affordable housing project has been proposed at 15101 Washington Avenue in San Leandro. The project proposal includes the development of an apartment complex on a vacant lot near Greenhouse Marketplace. Abode Communities is the […]

Affordable housing project planned for San Leandro

Source: East Bay Times; Author: Peter Hegarty The apartments will be built on a vacant lot near Greenhouse Marketplace SAN LEANDRO — A total of 72 apartments that will be designated as affordable are planned near Greenhouse Marketplace, a project that has gotten City Council support. “Affordable housing […]

VMWP is proud be a sponsor of Housing Colorado 2021

VMWP is proud to a sponsor of Housing Colorado this year. Please come visit the VMWP table, join the workshop presented by Michael Kloefkorn, Brett Jacques, Chris Jedd from Denver Housing Authority, and Michael Levinson from Group 14, on "Four Projects, Four Paths to Tax-Credit […]

Balboa Reservoir has won a California Chapter APA California State Merit Award

Balboa Reservoir Design Standards and Guidelines has been selected for an Award of Merit for the 2021 Urban Design Award. The Virtual Awards Ceremony is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, September 15, 2021 as part of the 2021 APA California Virtual Conference: Changing Plans; Changing Planning. Actual […]

SAP Feature: VMWP’s Jeremy Stock has earned Living Future Accreditation

Congratulations to Jeremy Stock on becoming the first member of the VMWP team to earn Living Future Accreditation. LFA is the professional credential that recognizes proficiency in the world’s most ambitious, advanced, and holistic sustainable design standards, and supports VMWP's commitment to Architecture 2030 in pursuit […]

Staff Feature: Tim Van Meter’s Hacienda Hilda

Tim has an adventurous spirit. He has enjoyed part of his year remotely at HildaHaus, a sustainably built, Net-Zero, Carbon Neutral House designed by Tim in the high Colorado Rockies. HildaHaus and the story behind it was featured in Dwell magazine in July 2019. [caption id="attachment_8745" […]

Ilion selling abandoned Duofold factory to local investors. Officials mum about plans

Source: Times Telegram; Author: Donna Thompson The former Duofold property in Ilion has been sold. The Ilion village board Monday approved the sale of the property, which has been vacant for nearly two decades, to some local investors for $100,000, according to Mayor Brian Lamica. The identity of […]

BART, Berkeley discuss zoning at Ashby, North Berkeley BART stations

Source: The Daily Californian, Riley Cooke BART and Berkeley representatives discussed zoning drafts at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART stations and community concerns during a community workshop Saturday. According to city principal planner Alisha Shen, the drafts for the two stations respond to California AB 2923, […]

SAP Feature: Living Building Challenge, a case study of 180 Jones

As an extension to VMWP’s commitment to the AIA 2030 Challenge and to echo the goals and action items in our most recent Sustainability Action Plan (SAP), VMWP’s staff is busy getting their feet in the field, seeing what it takes to participate in the […]

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