22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (485+ words) Oakland's new nonprofit DDC aims to raise $7 million to fund safety, cleanup and small business support downtown, borrowing from San Francisco's model....

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (133+ words) The Bascom Avenue filing lands amid a cluster of high-density residential proposals converting commercial land around The Pruneyard. Saratoga-based E. Barbano Enterprises submitted plans in May for a 7-story, 324-unit apartment complex replacing the former Hick'ry Pit restaurant at 980 East Campbell…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (136+ words) Grotto Rock Park is a volcanic rhyolite rock park in Berkeley, prized locally for its panoramic views and urban bouldering, according to East Bay Magazine. The surrounding corridor also includes single-family homes on Indian Rock Avenue. Whether the current design…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (97+ words) The lodge sits along a stretch of Highway 1 in Sonoma County, as Hoodline previously reported. Whether the expansion moves forward largely depends on how the design committee, county planners, and coastal regulators weigh that history against a proposal that would…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (245+ words) A planned 120-unit affordable housing development called Clara Gardens would rise at the site of a former motel at 3550 El Camino Real. The project would convert the old Bella Vista Inn property into permanent housing for low-income individuals and families,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (104+ words) For now, the 1100 Los Gamos Drive proposal remains in the formal review stage, with no construction start date or public cost figure attached. Whether the city ultimately signs off on the 87-foot height and reduced parking concessions will shape how…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (518+ words) Last week, the San Francisco Planning Commission unanimously reapproved a 7-story condo building at the former sex club and sauna Eros site with modifications. The 7-story, 85-foot-tall, mixed-use condo building will include 29 units, including 15 one-bedroom and 14 two-bedroom market-rate units, a…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (240+ words) A separate filing covers 170 Meyer Lane, described as a five-story mixed-use project with 174 apartments and a podium garage, the report notes. Taken together, the new filings signal that market-rate and mixed-income phases are now catching up to the affordable housing…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (193+ words) The project plans include an off-site pedestrian crosswalk across Irwin Way south of Orinda Community Church, giving elderly residents safe walking access to downtown services. The site is near shops and restaurants, and it is also near a Safeway grocery…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (240+ words) A vacant, steeply sloped parcel at the end of Merrydale Road off North San Pedro Road in San Rafael is poised to become a 12-unit apartment complex, according to plans filed with the city. The 0.4-acre site sits right up…...