Plans for a 110-unit affordable housing development on a 2-acre lot owned by Redwood City thanks to a land swap with the county have officially been submitted for staff review by the nonprofit MidPen Housing.
MidPen Housing is seeking to build 110 supportive housing units, 106 of which would be studios offered at an affordability level for people making 50% of the area median income or $65,250 for a home of one. The development would be built at 1580 Maple St., a parcel of land owned by the city after officials traded another 2.5-acre lot with the county where the new navigation center sits.
The nonprofit is looking to use Senate Bill 35 to streamline the project review process. SB 35 requires jurisdictions to ministerially review some housing projects based on objective standards. Also proposed on the site would be two amenity buildings totaling 3,210 square feet meant to serve the site’s new residents.
“We look forward to working with the city to move this project forward and build much-needed permanent affordable housing as quickly as possible,” read a project description submitted to the city by MidPen Housing and signed by the agency’s Associate Director of Housing Development Mollie Naber.
While the development would cover about 1.5 acres of the original lot, the remaining 0.5 acres will be used for a Blomquist Street Extension Project, according to the project description. County support for the extension project, which is meant to extend the street over Redwood Creek, was a key negotiation point for Redwood City officials who argued the road would create better connectivity and safety routes for residents, particularly those living on Bair Island.
The project is the second to be submitted to the city under SB 35. The first was a 94-unit for-rent residential building at 1304 Middlefield Road proposed by Sand Hill Property Company. That proposal was approved by staff this May. Once complete, units in the seven-story building will be listed at 80% below market rate or lower, affordable to those making between $39,000 to $104,400 annually for a household of one.
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