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Old Posted Aug 12, 2014, 5:26 PM
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here is Bay Meadows, which should have been taller, given its location right next to a commuter rail station. from the train... objects in photo are closer in real life than they appear here:



these two buildings look awful; hope they get surrounded by better-looking ones

I'm kinda disappointed with Bay Meadows, it was one of the last large parcels in San Mateo and could have just been more than it has been so far. Here is hoping it turns around!
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... ever since the new Caltrain station opened, I've been waiting to hear what San Bruno was going to do to leverage the investment. there's not much around it
completely forgot to post these. this is looking south down San Mateo Avenue, the commercial spine of San Bruno, from off the west side of the new elevated Caltrain station.



and looking north off the east side. this side is dominated by maybe 20 (don't think that's an exaggeration) autobody shops, and a car dealership.


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looks like shit.
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Grade separation is the future of the Caltrain/CHSR corridor.

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The elevated station looks great.
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looks like shit.
Landscape architects...
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Landscape architects...
Perhaps he just meant San Bruno, not the station itself. It is really sad how many Peninsula cities won't allow anything built near important transit corridors like Caltrain. You have to go down to pretty much Sunnyvale/San Jose to find cities even willing to put anything near the station. Could you imagine how many people would love to live from San Mateo to South City and just commute up into SF by train everyday. It could be so much more amazing than it is... I am probably just preaching to the choir though...
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Perhaps some new high-rise construction on the not-too-distant horizon for downtown Oakland:

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Strada targets residential highrise and boutique hotel for downtown Oakland site
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San Francisco Business Times
Sep 2, 2014


Strada Investment Group is focusing its sights on building residential and hotel space in downtown Oakland.

Earlier this year, the development firm made an agreement with the City of Oakland develop three city-owned parcels that sit directly behind the 1111 Broadway office tower between 11th and 12th streets in Oakland City Center, an office and retail complex.

The developer is still working on finalizing a proposal for the site, but has narrowed down its vision to building a residential highrise with close to 200 units on one side of the site facing 12th Street and either a 250-room-plus hotel or 200,000 square-foot office building on another part of the site.
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Strada hired Arquitectonica to design the housing component, which could go either apartment or condo, Stafford said.
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Strada is working on firming up its development proposal and then securing entitlements within the next year. In the best case scenario, the project could break ground in the second half of 2015.
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Old Posted Sep 21, 2014, 4:08 AM
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Redwood City Caltrain development

quick update on the Crossing 900 development adjacent to Redwood City Caltrain... it's starting to get its fake brick skin:



just realized this one has webcams
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it's starting to get its fake brick skin
It's not structurally significant; But it's still real brick, is it not?
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Old Posted Sep 21, 2014, 10:20 PM
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It's not structurally significant; But it's still real brick, is it not?
yes, probably right; I was using the word 'fake' in that looser sense of 'not bricks used for support'.
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Any updates on Brooklyn Basin? Their website says waterfront work should be completed this month.
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New lead investor reported on Oakland Coliseum City project

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...athletics.html

From the San Francisco Business Times:

"A new lead investor has reportedly signed on for the Coliseum City project in Oakland, a development that could potentially bring new stadiums for the Raiders and the A's."
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Walnut Creek Transit Village Starts Construction (with parking garage)

http://www.contracostatimes.com/cont...arage-approved

"The garage, an intermodal 15-bay bus terminal and a 2,000-square-foot office for BART Police, are all phase one of the three-phase project. The five-level garage includes 878 parking spaces, of which 850 are to replace the anticipated loss of existing surface parking spaces at the station, where apartments and retail will be built. While the garage is a major step forward, the bulk of the project lies with the planned 596 residential apartment units and the 22,000 square feet of commercial space."
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Lake Merritt BART plan may spur 4,900 housing units, ease development

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci....html?page=all

From the San Francisco Business Times: "Over the next 25 years, the plan aims to help generate 4,900 new housing units and add 1.23 million square feet of new office space – doubling the residential population and increasing the number of jobs by a quarter."

Too bad it isn't 5 years...
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Truth, I am going to try to post more going on in those less talked about areas, because lots is going on in them as well!
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San Bruno Voters to Determine Future Downtown Growth with Measure N

http://sf.streetsblog.org/2014/10/30...ith-measure-n/

"Ordinance 1284 limits all new building heights in San Bruno to 50 feet or three stories, caps residential zoning densities to those set forty years ago, and bans multi-story parking structures — unless a specific development project is approved by a majority of voters. If Measure N is approved, maximum building heights will increase to 90 feet (five stories) within one block of the new Caltrain station, to 70 feet along El Camino Real, to 65 feet along San Bruno and Huntington avenues, and to 55 feet along San Mateo Avenue. The measure would also repeal Ordinance 1284′s ban on multi-story parking structures, which will “help solve parking needs as the downtown becomes more vibrant and parking demand increases”
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Berkeley highrise hotel, other downtown towers a go as Measure R fails

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San Francisco Business Times
Nov 5, 2014


The developer behind a proposed housing and retail project, the Residences at Berkeley Plaza at 2211 Harold Way, has been awaiting the result of the Measure R vote.

Berkeley voters yesterday rejected Measure R, an initiative that would have gutted carefully laid plans for taller, denser buildings in Berkeley's downtown and potentially killed hundreds of millions of dollars worth of development projects.

The measure — which lost with 74 percent of the "no" vote — would have killed plans fora proposed $100 million highrise hotel downtown. It would also have hurt the proposed Berkeley Plaza, at the corner of Shattuck Avenue and Kittredge Street, where developers are planning 302 apartments and a retail complex in an 180-foot-tall tower.

These projects are among several projects in downtown Berkeley's pipeline, which is ready to add more than 1,000 new housing units. Some of the projects sprang from the city's decision to allow taller and denser buildings downtown, which was what sparked the fight over Measure R.

The hotel project from developer Jim Didion and Center Street Partners LLC would replace the one-story Bank of America building and parking lot at 2129 Shattuck Ave. It would occupy about 288,000-square-feet and shoot up 180 feet — making it one of only three allowed highrise buildings in the area, following the passage in 2012 of Berkeley's Downtown Area Plan.
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Peninsula cities vote to support development near transit

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November 5, 2014

Voters in San Bruno approved a ballot measure to raise height limits in the downtown area near Caltrain and El Camino Real. An earlier ballot measure passed in 1977 required a vote of the people to build buildings taller than 3 stories in those areas, and the downtown has seen little change since.

Voters in Menlo Park opposed Measure M, which would have limited the amount of office space allowed near Caltrain (office workers near transit have the highest likelihood of transit use). Two proposed mixed use developments, with offices, apartments, and a small amount of retail, are now in a position to move forward, although the development on Stanford-owned land will need an environmental study and some traffic reduction.

Voters in Mountain View elected Pat Showalter, Ken Rosenberg, and Lenny Siegel, three candidates who support housing in North Bayshore where Google is, and progress on the city’s jobs housing imbalance, which has been contributing to price spikes and commute traffic increases.
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