A developer in San Mateo has proposed an ambitious project to transform a 16-unit apartment building in downtown Palo Alto into an eight-story complex featuring 82 apartments. The new design will match the scale of a neighboring taller structure and includes plans for low-income housing. The project seeks a height variance, exceeding the local limit of 40 feet, in exchange for providing a community room. This development is part of the city's broader initiative to address housing needs within its downtown area, fulfilling a significant portion of planned housing units.
Respecting the neighborhood's scale, the design aligns with existing datum lines and maintains an 85-foot building height (plus parapet), which allows for it to achieve significant density without overwhelming the existing context.
This project...would take care of about a quarter of the homes slated by the city to be built downtown in the city's housing element, where it looked for locations that some 6,000 new homes could be built in town over the next eight years.
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