By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on May 5 Planning approval has been granted for a several-hundred-unit development at a former Quarry site in Pleasanton, Alameda County The proposal will create a mix of suburban sprawl Seefried Industrial Properties is responsible for the application Planning also allows for an optional 57 Junior Accessory Dwelling Units to be added to some of the single-family homes The development will be predominantly low-density with just under a quarter of all units designated as affordable Parking will be included for over a thousand cars between the garages and street parking Five multiplex apartments will be constructed with 102 units of which all but one will be designated as affordable housing Parking is included for 134 cars and five bicycles Villages at the Quarry houses overlooking the public park Villages at the Quarry parking space aerial view KTGY is responsible for the design Illustrations show a familiar mix of architectural styling across the site Facade materials will include cementitious panels The 51.6-acre property is located along Busch Road and Valley Avenue close to several large industrial and civic spaces the Vulcan Materials Company aggregate plant and a few lakes owned by the Alameda County Flood Control Water Conservation District Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates Like YIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews I disagree with the “suburban sprawl” comment from the editor on this one This project is taking a dirt lot well within the confines of the city of Pleasanton and is likely making housing that is significantly more dense than the average residential zone of Pleasanton The way they design these now – with single family homes very close to each other ga('send', 'event', ‘Robert ‘Becker, 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/desktop-ad.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ADVERTISEMENT ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sfyimbyadnews.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sf-yimby-dot-com-graphic.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); Follow on Instagram © COPYRIGHT New York YIMBY LLC By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on May 4 Plans for 41223 Roberts Avenue are expected to reach four floors high including 21 four-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit Three dwellings will be designated as affordable to low-income tenants Further information about the architectural styling and programming for the structure has yet to be shared The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be established The 0.9-acre property is located along Roberts Avenue The site is a five-minute walk away from the site where BART has proposed adding Irvington Station positioned between the existing stations at Fremont and Warm Springs The views expressed here are the author's own a talented cellist with the San Francisco Choral Society Orchestra pianist-composer and teacher with an MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music present a performance featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano View Ticket https://eventvesta.com/events/... 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