Plans submitted to the city for 350-foot-high senior housing

It is being submitted as a state density bonus project, which allows for mixed-used housing projects that include senior housing projects to add more units than permitted by zoning and seek flexibility from development standards to streamline the production of housing, according to a press release.

The developers expect the project to continue to evolve as it solicits input from the community, the release said.

“The region’s housing shortage is particularly dire for our community’s seniors, which represent a rapidly growing share of the population,” said Stephen Reller, a partner at R&M Properties, in the release.  “At the same time, new housing specifically tailored to the needs of seniors has not increased in any meaningful way. We’re proud that our project is rising to the occasion and meeting this increasingly urgent need.”

The development also proposes 2,000 square feet of supporting retail space and 161 private parking spaces for residents. It has been endorsed by Greenbelt Alliance and Peninsula for Everyone, nonprofits in favor of new housing.

The formal approvals process, which includes reviewing a yet-to-be-prepared environmental impact report for the project as required by the California Environmental Quality Act. The EIR identifies environmental impacts caused by the project and outlines required mitigations for those impacts. The project is not required to deliver community benefits to the city, but R&M said it is committed to partnering with community-based nonprofits serving Redwood City and knows that its future residents will do the same, according to the press release.