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3210 Shoshone

Description 3210 Shoshone, at 32nd & Shoshone, is a .77 acre, 53 family oriented dwelling redevelopment of an obsolete 10 unit urban public housing project. The site is located within the Lower Highlands neighborhood, a mixed used urban district. The site is reorganized as a secure […]

Islais Place (4840 Mission Street) – Under Construction

Description Islais Place at 4840 Mission Street is the one of the first major developments in the Excelsior District of San Francisco in nearly 25 years. 4840 Mission Street proposes to create 137 affordable housing units with the inclusion of over 5,000 sq. ft. of retail […]

Rebuild Potrero, 1101 Connecticut

DESCRIPTION 1101 Connecticut, also named Block X, is the first building in the redevelopment of the 38 acre Potrero Public Housing site in San Francisco. It is the result of a multi-year effort working with the residents and surrounding community to shape the redevelopment master plan […]

231 Grant Teacher Housing – Under Construction

DESCRIPTION Recognizing the difficulty of Santa Clara County communities to retain and recruit talented teachers, the County Board of Supervisors identified 231 Grant Avenue in Palo Alto as the future home for over 100 educators. The building is structured as two c-shaped buildings connected by an open […]

Clara Gardens

DESCRIPTION Clara Gardens at 3555 El Camino Real, will be a rental community with 120 deeply affordable rental apartments in Santa Clara The proposed development will consist of the renovation of an existing 2-story motel and the development of a new 7-story building. Once completed, the […]

Sunnydale Hope SF Master Plan

DESCRIPTION The Sunnydale community, originally built as a visionary housing solution for wartime ship builders, is now a dilapidated assembly of disconnected buildings. Its leftover spaces are difficult to police and difficult to access. The new Sunnydale will be redeveloped incrementally to create a network of […]

Pleasanton Objective Design Standards

DESCRIPTION As a prospering suburb in the Tri Valley just over the hills from the Bay Area, Pleasanton has a complicated relationship with growth. VMWP previously authored Transit Oriented Development Design Guidelines and Housing Design Guidelines for Pleasanton. Spurred by a statewide mandate to provide Objective […]

Casa Roseland

DESCRIPTION The Casa Roseland project is a part of the larger proposed Tierra de Rosas Development that seeks to create a vibrant neighborhood center with affordable housing, a park, a Mercado building, and a plaza at the site of the current Roseland Village shopping center. Casa Roseland […]

Rebuild Potrero SFHA Master Plan

DESCRIPTION The Potrero Housing Authority site is located on the edge of Potrero Hill, a steep site with dramatic views of the city and the San Francisco Bay. The transformation of this obsolete public housing site reconnects the street grid with a series of blocks similar to the surrounding […]

Central Louisiana State Hospital Campus Redevelopment

DESCRIPTION The 409 Acre parcel formerly home to the Central Louisiana State Hospital, is owned by the Louisiana Department of Health. After the hospital moved to its new location the community wondered what the future holds for this large site. It became apparent upon the site […]

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