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A seven-story residential infill project at 112 Vera Avenue in Redwood City, San Mateo County, has received preliminary approval. Integrated Community Development is the developer. The project will provide 178 rental apartments near the urban core.
The property has been vacant for more than thirty years. In 2017, the San Mateo Journal reported that the city would demolish them after the developer faced code violations due to their state of disrepair. The estate of Robert J. Galet is still listed as the property owner. “The previous building was demolished in 2017 and construction of the five duplex apartments began in 2020,” the project application states. Construction has not yet been completed and the site remains unoccupied.
Orange Architects is responsible for the design. The illustrations show that the façade combines traditional design elements with some kitschy facade articulation, setbacks and volume disruption. Given how prominent the seven-story building is to its two single-story neighbors, AO appropriately provided similar design treatments on all four facades. Façade materials will include stucco, brick veneer and metal awnings.
The 77-foot-tall building has approximately 124,500 square feet, with 111,200 square feet dedicated to housing. Of the 178 apartments, 176 will be designated as affordable housing for low-income families and 2 will be designated as market-rate housing for site managers.
The property sits on 0.6 acres and stretches from Villa Avenue to an alley in a neighborhood bounded by El Camino Real, Madison Avenue and Adams Street. Residents will move closer to traffic light crosswalks to allow for safer crossing of the highway-like passage. In El Camino, IQHQ is working on the first phase of Elco Yards, a large mixed-use development that will create housing, offices, life sciences space and retail. The city’s Caltrain station is a 10-minute walk away.
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