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Veterans Village

DESCRIPTION The Veterans Village is a 66 unit affordable housing community in Colma, California. Situated between Cypress Lawn and Holy Cross cemeteries along Mission Road, the project is a new three story residential building and the preservation of the historic pump building for use by residents. […]

Hana Gardens

DESCRIPTION Hana Gardens Senior Apartments is a 63 mixed-use senior affordable housing community adjacent to City Hall and within El Cerrito’s mid-town area. The development includes a new public plaza which celebrates the legacy of the Japanese American flower growing community of El Cerrito as well […]

NFUMC WorkForce Housing

Description The development is a forty-six unit mixed-use workforce rental housing community in downtown Napa on the property of the Napa First United Methodist Church (NFUMC) using the new SB4 legislation allowing Affordable Housing by right on religious organization’s property. The project, which fronts triangle park […]

2175 Market

DESCRIPTION 2175 Market sits at the nexus between three distinct neighborhoods in San Francisco: the Castro; Duboce Triangle; and the Mission. This 88-unit, six level, LEED Platinum, mixed-use building creates a dramatic marker at this crossroads location. Our process involved an analysis of the surrounding blocks, […]

El Camino Real Precise Plan

DESCRIPTION VMWP has provided urban design expertise to the Precise Plan process for 3.9 miles of El Camino Real in Mountain View. The analysis and design guidelines build the framework necessary to reposition ECR from a typical low-density suburban arterial into a ‘Grand, multi-modal, mixed-use Boulevard […]

Del Corazon

DESCRIPTION Del Corazón is located along Morrison Road, a revitalizing area with a strong Latino influence that was used as the main driver for the project. Focusing on the importance of family structure and community building, Del Corazón addresses the needs of the residential community.  The developments […]

Albany Family Housing – Under Construction

DESCRIPTION Albany Family Housing is a 62-unit affordable apartment community proposed for a City of Albany-owned site at 755 Cleveland Avenue, formerly owned by Caltrans. The building is cut into the sloped site to effectively minimize the building massing and hide the parking podium below grade. […]

Mural at MacArthur BART Station

DESCRIPTION Mural provides 90 units of affordable family housing located at the MacArthur BART Station. The project occupies Parcel D of the MacArthur Transit Village, which is a master plan to redevelop the existing parking lot into a mixed-use transit oriented development. The project consisted of […]

St. Joseph’s Redevelopment Phase I

DESCRIPTION Phase I of St. Joseph’s Redevelopment includes the adaptive re-use and extensive renovation and revitalization of the historic St. Joseph’s building built in 1912 by the Little Sister’s of the Poor as a home for the indigent. The project will include 84 units of affordable […]

Terraza Palmera at St. Joseph’s

DESCRIPTION Terraza Palmera is the second phase of the redevelopment of the historic St. Joseph’s property and comprises 62 one, two and three-bedroom affordable family rental units. It is directly adjacent to the newly completed St. Joseph’s Senior Apartments. Terraza Palmera plans to include amenities such […]

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