ArchiWise tracks 5 stories about real estate, zoning, permitting, and policy in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California. We surface the local decisions (rezonings, council debates, infrastructure investment, hazard mapping updates) that change how property gets built and bought. Updated as new coverage publishes.
Preliminary plans have been submitted for a seven-story apartment building at 2181 Park Boulevard in Palo Alto, proposing 98 new units, with 13 designated for lower-income households. The developer is leveraging Senate Bill 79 to streamline the application process for the project, located near the California Avenue Caltrain Station.
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Construction is set to begin soon for a seven-story, 368-unit apartment complex at 3150 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, a project jointly developed by Acclaim Companies and Stanford University. The development includes a significant number of deed-restricted affordable housing units.
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Palo Alto city officials attempted to create a temporary window to slow compliance with California's Senate Bill 79, which mandates increased housing density near transit. However, this gambit unexpectedly led to nine new multifamily housing applications, proposing hundreds of units near Caltrain stations.
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Preliminary permits have been filed to replace a single-family home at 340 Palo Alto Avenue in Palo Alto with a new four-story apartment complex. The proposed development will feature six market-rate units and ground-floor parking, overlooking San Francisquito Creek.
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A nonprofit has proposed a six-story, 70-unit apartment building at 555 College Avenue in Palo Alto, utilizing the new state law SB 79. The project is designed to spur transit-oriented development near the California Avenue Caltrain station.
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