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Artist’s rendering of townhomes proposed for Harrison Avenue in Redwood City.
The developer who recently purchased lots where seven single-family homes stand across the street from Redwood City’s McKinley Middle School has submitted plans to construct 17 three-story townhomes.
With experience building clusters of townhomes in residential neighborhoods in Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and Los Altos, the developer California Communities is looking to increase the density of housing on the Harrison Avenue site in the city’s Mt. Carmel neighborhood.
Forrest Mozart, a representative of the developer, said he purchased most of the land when a landlord who owned several of the properties put them up for sale. Located between Clinton and Cleveland streets, when another owner of an adjacent Harrison Avenue property accepted his offer Mozart said he was able to increase the number of units on the site to 17 from 10.
Though affordable units are not planned for the site, Forrest said he has discussed paying in-lieu fees directly to an affordable housing development the nonprofit MidPen Housing has planned in Redwood City.
Mozart said he would not be seeking zoning amendments for the project since the proposed increase in density fits within current zoning. The plans show units lining Harrison Avenue and Cleveland Street, as well as a back edge of the site, which is under an acre at 31,877 square feet.
Two-car garages on the bottom level of the mix of three- and four-bedroom townhomes would contribute to the total 39 on-site parking spaces. Two driveway entrances onto Harrison Avenue will provide car access to the three buildings containing the 17 homes, according to project plans.
Mozart said he reduced rent for those renting the homes as they find new places to live.
“It’s just a tough situation,” he said, adding that some of the current tenants expressed appreciation for advance notice and rent relief as they search for new housing.
Though he has not yet heard word about when the plans will go before city officials for a public hearing, Mozart is hoping to break ground on the townhomes in the next year and a half, a target date dependent on how the public process goes. As planners scope the design, Mozart said he expects to work with neighbors, at least one of whom has expressed concerns about the height of the project blocking views of the mountains. Still, he believes the project will have benefits for nearby neighbors.
“It increases everyone’s property value a little bit,” Mozart said. “I think it helps them if they ever want to sell their property eventually.”
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Instead of adding high density housing here, there and everywhere...why not build a 35 story tower. Wouldn't that accommodate just about everybody that needs a place to live?
fine you want high density, 3 story town homes built on less than 2000 sq. foot pads...then pay the real costs of mitigation...or build them all affordable........ these carpetbaggers come in and use the housing crisis cliche' to get approval but then build market rate, make the affordability crisis worse and walk away with tremendous profits from the city letting them upzone..... but inevitably, pay little to nothing in mitigation fees....it's a great gig if you can get it...
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