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3301 Kerner Blvd – Under Construction

Description The adaptive re-use and office conversion at 3301 Kerner Blvd is a vacant commercial property located at the intersection of Kerner Blvd and Bellam Blvd in San Rafael, immediately across the street from a major transit stop, a grocery store, and the County of Marin’s […]

AVi at Olde Town

DESCRIPTION AVi at Olde Town, formerly Allison Village, is an existing 37-unit apartment community constructed in 1980, sitting on a parcel of approximately 2 acres at 5352 Allison Street, Arvada. The site is a half-mile from the Olde Town Arvada commuter rail station and the walkable […]

East Division Street Small Area Plan

DESCRIPTION VMWP contributes urban design expertise as a subconsultant to Toole Design Group supporting their on-call urban design and mobility services for the City of River Falls. River Falls, Wisconsin is a city of 16,000 and home to a campus of the University of Wisconsin. VMWP […]

Sunnydale HOPE SF Master Plan

SAN FRANCISCO 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 in San Francisco, the HOPE […]

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 […]

Rebuild Potrero SFHA Master Plan

DESCRIPTION The Potrero Housing Authority Master Plan 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Stoneridge Mall Framework

Description VMWP has provided The City of Pleasanton the Stoneridge Shopping Center Framework, which is a document that outlines initial components and concepts that provide guidance for development of the Stoneridge Mall Framework and any subsequent efforts related to the comprehensive, long-range planning of the Stoneridge […]

2323 Emerson Ave N.

DESCRIPTION 2323 Emerson Avenue N is a project that received funding through the Hennepin County TOD Predevelopment grant program for emerging developers. VMWP provided technical assistance and design from concept design through Entitlements. The project includes the new construction of 6 live/work units and a two-story […]

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