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VMWP is a Finalist in C40’s Reinventing Cities Competition

Van Meter Williams Pollack has been shortlisted to proceed to final phase of the Reinventing Cities Competition, for Hallidie Plaza in San Francisco. Last week we announced the 82 teams of architects, urban planners, developers, entrepreneurs, environmentalists, and neighbourhood collectives that will compete in the final […]

VMWP’s Elaine Uang to Receive an ATHENA Award

Elaine Uang will be honored with an ATHENA award for her contributions in the Palo Alto community. The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce recognizes Ms. Uang as a role model in the architectural field and acknowledges her exceptional dedication to serve the community. “The ATHENA Award […]

Crossing Pointe Groundbreaking

THORNTON, CO. – Wednesday, August 8, 2018, elected officials; community leaders; and senior, housing, and health advocates came together today to celebrate the groundbreaking of Crossing Pointe North at 104th and Colorado in Thornton. City of Thornton Mayor Heidi Williams; Cris White, Executive Director and CEO of […]

VMWP Among Best for Colorado 2018 Honorees

The "Best for Colorado Honoree” is an award given by the non-profit company B Lab in recognition of VMWP meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. VMWP received a score of 106.9 and was boosted into the top percentile by the work we […]

Cardinal comes home with $35M apartment purchase in Boulder

Source: Colorado Real Estate Journal ; Author: Jill Jamieson-Nichols A Denver company with thousands of apartment units across the country paid $35 million, or $301,724 per unit, for its first Boulder asset. Cardinal Group Investments purchased Uptown Broadway from an affiliate of Los Angeles-based CityView. The transaction […]

The first wave of new affordable apartments in Westwood are already leased out

Source: The Denverite Posted by Adrian D. Garcia | Nov. 08, 2017 “The demand for affordable housing in Denver is off the charts.” The first of seven affordable apartment buildings officially opens Wednesday in Westwood, but don’t expect to find any of the 39 units available. The need for affordable […]

Denver celebrates opening of first phase of new affordable housing development in Westwood

Source: The Denver Channel Wednesday, November 8, 2017 DENVER – City officials are celebrating the opening of Denver’s newest affordable housing complex. Del Corazon is a $40 million, 4.5-acre development at 4400 Morrison Rd. in the Westwood neighborhood that replaces two mobile home parks the city said were “highly distressed.” Del Corazon […]

Rick Williams, Presenter at Housing Leadership Day

"Practical Steps to Creating Teacher Housing" HEART welcomed over 60 educators and housing supporters to a “nuts and bolts” workshop on how to prepare a feasibility study of a teacher housing project. Four distinguished guest panelists described the critical steps districts need to take to asses […]

Development Team selected for Balboa Resevoir

As design team members of the AvalonBay Communities and Bridge Housing partnership, we have been selected as the development team for the 17-acres of the Balboa Reservoir site.       http://news.theregistrysf.com/san-francisco-selects-avalonbay-bridge-housing-development-proposal-balboa-reservoir-project/ […]

Colorado Park Rehab in the News

Colorado Park made the news recently about the grand re-opening hosted by  Palo Alto Housing. Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff, City Council Members, and other local leaders were there to celebrate the successful rehab of the project. "The City of Palo Alto is proud to be a longstanding […]

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