SAN BRUNO (KPIX) — A small but determined group of seniors gathered along El Camino Real outside the Tanforan Mall on Sunday holding signs and voicing opposition to President Donald Trump's policies which they say threaten the programs they rely on most stood among the others with a firm message I have an autistic grandchild who needs all the care she can get," Zeiler said "We had said we'd leave the country if this started Despite Trump's repeated assurances that he would not cut Social Security many at the rally expressed deep skepticism They accuse him of taking from the poor to give tax breaks to the rich The demonstration was organized by the local chapter of Indivisible The protest aimed not only to voice concerns about current policies but also to build momentum ahead of the 2026 midterm elections "We can't stand by and watch all this happen a symbol they say represents solidarity and rising outrage They warn that American democracy is at risk accusing Trump of eroding democratic norms "He keeps taking more and more things away While some passing motorists showed support others responded with chants of "Trump" in defiance Da Lin is an award-winning journalist at KPIX 5 News but has been reporting the news in the Bay Area since 2007 he spent five years covering the news at three other television stations in Texas He also spent five years reporting at KRON 4 Ground is scheduled to break on San Bruno Mountain’s Day Use Area improvements Construction crews are expected to begin work in May or June and will continue through August 2025 During that time nine new picnic areas (six of which will be accessible), a new accessible restroom, and interpretive displays will be built around the field near the main parking lot located in the Saddle area of the park. View the Day Use Improvement Concept which is based on input San Mateo County Parks received during a community survey process from 2022 to 2023 For more information on the closure, see the San Bruno Mountain Park advisory 2025 at 1:11 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}This week's death notices from San Mateo County CA — The San Mateo County Coroner's Office sends death notices weekly We've aggregated below the names and hometowns of individuals who are residents of this county The names account for those who were reported deceased to the coroner's office — typically those who died in San Mateo County at a hospital If you would like to post an obituary for a loved one on Patch, please see instructions here There are no cases to report from the San Mateo County Coroner's Office for 04/09/2025 Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. KQED Live Events PRX Podcast Garage Events Events Around the Bay Area Member Benefits with KQED Live Videos from KQED LiveWatch recordings of recent KQED Live events Featured That's My WordAn ongoing exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9 Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift Comcast has agreed to pay San Bruno $8 million to acquire CityNet Services one of the first — and last — municipally owned telecommunications services in the country San Bruno leaders have finalized an agreement for Comcast to purchase the city’s cable and internet service marking the first time the telecommunication giant has acquired a municipally owned broadband provider in California Owned and operated by San Bruno since 1971, CityNet serves about 6,000 residents, and is one of just a handful of remaining city-owned telecom services in California it has lacked funds needed for major infrastructure upgrades and fallen behind its larger competitors while also racking up a debt of about $21.5 million amid surging operating costs “Rates simply were not keeping pace with costs,” the city manager’s office wrote in a January report to the City Council “CityNet has grown increasingly technologically obsolete over the past decade.” Last week’s deal was inked just over a month after City Council members voted unanimously to sell CityNet Services to Comcast for $8 million “The landscape of modern digital media is not something that a small city like San Bruno can compete in anymore,” said Councilmember Tom Hamilton a lifelong San Bruno resident who was all of 3 years old when CityNet first launched as a cable provider And it was a really great amenity to have for our residents because we had complete control over it and we weren’t subject to lots of rate increases,” he said “I was the envy of my friends who lived in Millbrae and Burlingame because we had cable,” Hamilton added “We had 13 channels with no fuzz.” with the advent of thousands of cable channels and high-speed broadband the service became increasingly expensive for the city to operate San Bruno had already recently paid for the installation of fiber-optic service in nearly 20% of the city — primarily in multi-family complexes it would have cost roughly $20 million more to complete the citywide upgrade which the council declined to approve in 2023 the council unanimously decided to ask the city manager to begin exploring the sale of CityNet “This outcome was inevitable,” Hamilton said “I wish it had happened sooner before it had accrued so much debt.” He also noted that all San Bruno residents subsidize CityNet through their tax dollars even though only about 40% of households are customers of the service Comcast has promised it will not increase rates for at least 12 months as it begins converting the infrastructure across the city the only company to respond to the city’s request for proposals initially offered $7 million but agreed to $8 million if certain conditions were met including the retention of at least 5,400 CityNet customers Comcast has faced its fair share of complaints over the years from customers claiming the multibillion-dollar conglomerate charged them bogus, deceptive fees. That includes a 2016 class-action lawsuit in California in which plaintiffs alleged they were charged $10 extra per month in “broadcast TV” and “regional sports” fees that the company disguised as government-imposed taxes During a six-month transition period after the sale has closed San Bruno will continue operating CityNet while Comcast begins upgrades and starts transitioning customers to its service City Manager Alex McIntyre told council members at last month’s meeting the process is expected to be fairly seamless and will likely be completed by the end of the year “It’s not like selling a car where they hand over the keys,” McIntyre said “It’s a marriage of our technology into their technology It’s more like handing off the airplane midflight.” The city manager’s team said it is working on a plan to transition CityNet’s 19 employees into other city departments Medina said that the evolving demands of maintaining and upgrading the network underscored the need for a partner with more resources and expertise “This transition will ensure that our residents and businesses continue to have access to top-tier broadband services today and well into the future,” he said “It was kind of a point of pride to be able to say that we have our own municipal cable enterprise,” he said “We were one of the first in the nation to have one and now we’re one of the last in the nation to give it up because the sun has set on cities being able to do this effectively.” But he said he has no reservations about the decision “I’m very hopeful that this is going to be a great solution for San Bruno,” he said “The old solution wasn’t working To learn more about how we use your information, please read our privacy policy. Alexandria plans a project in the San Francisco Peninsula, where life science leasing has been surging. The plans are linked to JCPenney's announcement in January noting it would close its 275,000 square foot anchor store in May at the Shops at Tanforan a 970K square foot mall located along San Bruno’s main commercial corridor at 1122 El Camino Real Pasadena-based Alexandria bought the 54-year-old mall in 2022 for $328M The life science REIT is partnering with San Francisco-based Strada Investment Group on a massive mixed-use redevelopment of the 44-acre mall which were unveiled to city officials last week transit-oriented project that blends housing retail and open space with three life science buildings designed to support hundreds of workers San Bruno Planning Commissioner Auros Harman urged Alexandria and Strada to prioritize affordable housing in the Tanforan redo City officials say the mall’s location next to the San Bruno BART station makes it an ideal location for workforce housing San Bruno’s state-mandated housing goal requires the city to plan for 3,100 new homes by 2031 The developers are planning to include up to 200 affordable units in the mixed-use project Strada has started discussions with two affordable housing developers and is expected to choose a partner later this year The retail component of the Tanforan redevelopment will include a 63,000-square-foot Target store an upgraded cinema and a glass-enclosed public market that will be called the Tanforan Central Market The 44M square foot life science market in the Bay Area ended 2024 with a huge surge in leasing activity led by large deals in the San Francisco Peninsula which accounted for nearly 86% of the total volume of 1.9M square feet across the nine-county region which more than doubled from the Bay Area’s Q3 2024 total of 704K square feet represented an 89% increase over the 10-year Life science occupancy in the Bay Area also rebounded sharply in the fourth quarter with positive net absorption totaling nearly 351K square feet with positive net absorption totaling 360K square feet in Q4 swinging up from minus 547K square feet the previous quarter The 10 largest life science leases in Q4 in the Bay Area were all located in the Peninsula with the three largest deals each encompassing more than 200K square feet Alexandria operates the Alexandria Center for Life Science a 739K square foot campus in San Carlos of the Bay Area biotech startup Vaxcyte inked a 10-year deal to more than double the footprint at the center expanding its HQ to almost 259K square feet The Alexandria Center campus is now more than 97% leased The REIT is planning to develop another 1.4M square feet at the San Carlos hub which is in proximity to Highway 101 and within walking distance of the Caltrain rail line Multifamily and lodging saw "substantial increases," according to Trepp and continued unpredictable actions will likely negatively affect performance The food and beverage category has accounted for a 27% share of all store-based retail sales for over two years Picking the right renters insurance can be a headache This guide will help you find the perfect partner for your multifamily properties so you can boost resident participation and lower your risk Are you noticing unexpected shifts in office occupancy and commuter behavior This report reveals how evolving work patterns are challenging CRE brokers and offers crucial Discover a detailed analysis of office visit fluctuations real-world examples to inform strategic decisions and actionable metrics to guide client advising Commercial property teams are navigating changing times where technology plays a crucial role in operations based on insights from 370 industry professionals and opportunities for CRE technology adoption in 2025 / For questions about GlobeSt.com, please call 800-458-1734 (9:00am-5:30pm ET, Monday through Friday, except holidays), or send an email to [email protected] San Francisco — Caltrans will be working on road repairs on ramps along Interstate 280 in San Francisco The first repair location takes place at the Lyell St October 24. This includes placing polyester concrete overlay and repairing asphalt concrete approaches at six ramps at seven locations 101 to NB 280 (lower deck); I-280/101 Interchange: SB 280 to SB 101 (upper deck) The repairs will occur on a segment of I-280 from Ocean Ave each night for durations from one to eight hours on southbound and northbound directions All repairs will take place at night and may require partial to full lane The purpose of the work is to prolong the useful service life and integrity of six bridges at seven locations in the city and county of San Francisco The entire project is scheduled to be completed January 2025 Project detours will be updated periodically on sfhighwayprojects.com and motorists for your patience as we work to repair freeway barriers Every effort will be made to minimize inconvenience to the traveling public. Mounting debt and outdated infrastructure were key to the decision WASHINGTON, March 14, 2025 – San Bruno leaders have finalized the sale of the city’s municipally owned broadband provider CityNet, launched in 1971, serves about 5,400 residents and businesses but has struggled in recent years with rising costs and mounting debt–reportedly $21.5 million The city manager’s office described the service as “increasingly technologically obsolete,” citing annual losses of nearly $800,000 “This outcome was inevitable given that the enterprise lost over $21 million over the past decade due to skyrocketing costs of programming, and it simply doesn’t make financial nor practical sense any longer to run our own cable/internet enterprise,” city Councilmember Tom Hamilton wrote in a newsletter Under the agreement Comcast will not raise CityNet’s rates for at least 12 months and will invest in network modernization The company agreed to establish a physical interconnection between CityNet and its existing infrastructure which is expected to take four to six months Comcast has positioned the acquisition as a win for San Bruno residents and businesses Regional Senior Vice President of Comcast California highlighted the company’s commitment to enhancing broadband access “We’re grateful for the chance to serve the San Bruno community and to bring our state-of-the-art network and technology to advance the city’s high-speed broadband services,” Tashjian said on LinkedIn City officials and Comcast representatives believe the deal will provide long-term benefits by ensuring reliable high-speed internet access for residents and businesses The city will continue to provide services until the hand off to Comcast is complete Already have an account? Sign in Other broadband resources are doing the job Operators turn to gas and coal to meet data’s power demands Virginia is known as the 'Data Center Capital of the World.' ISP blames weather on sub-par fiber passings By: Andrew Nelson 5:00 am on January 28 Construction will yield three apartment buildings the potential Building B site will no longer include housing five will be designated as affordable for households earning around half of the area’s median income Parking will be included for 14 cars and 52 bicycles Schaub Li Architects is responsible for the design Illustrations show the three-story apartments clad with bare stucco facades The roughly 0.6-acre property is located along the San Bruno Avenue thoroughfare between Harkness Avenue and Ordway Street The existing billboard on-site will remain Future residents would be near several SFMTA bus lines and a 22-minute walk from the Bayshore Caltrain station McLaren Park is just ten minutes away via the 29 or 56 bus 3255-3333 San Bruno Avenue aerial view looking over Highway 101 City records show the property last sold in 2016 to a San Francisco-based individual for $1.25 million construction is expected to cost around $8.5 million a figure not inclusive of all development costs 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 miss that cool Storybook warehouse that used to be beneath the billboard Also the bee farm that used to occupy the rest of the lot But I guess we need to build more ugly to keep the Wieners happy I don’t think these are ugly–they look pretty similar to the buildings around them “five will be designated as affordable for households” At least the majority of the ugly small units will be market rate ++ These look perfectly nice – the ugly part is the existing billboard Too bad they decided to keep that instead of putting more homes there I love that Billboard >:( I audibly went “YAY” when I read that the billboard will remain Perfectly summarizing the state of housing development in the Bay Area with a single comment What a perfect example of how broken the housing system is here All that land given up for a billboard and its view corridor And only 3 stories next to a major freeway and all those bus lines that also link to the Caltrain station just a little further south Not to mention great access to job centers from downtown SF (maybe again someday) Bayview and down to Oyster Point and the Peninsula Not to mention more people to support all the struggling Mom & Pop businesses on SBA this is a very skinny parcel – really just a remnant left over after 101 was built in the 1950s I honestly don’t know how stable that slope is between the site and the freeway Your lungs would be coated with soot in a week I hope whoever lives there invests in some really good HVAC filters 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 A man who was fatally shot by police in South San Francisco earlier this week has been identified as a onetime guitarist for a Bay Area death metal band According to officers, 60-year-old Brian Joseph Montana died in the incident, which took place on the 300 block of Arroyo Drive on Monday Police said they were called to the area around 5:50 p.m following a disturbance in which Montana was brandishing a firearm at a neighbor the man was seen shooting into a home that was occupied before moving to a driveway and hiding behind several parked vehicles Click here for the full story via CBS Bay Area CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective San Bruno – San Mateo County Supervisor Jackie Speier will host her first town hall of 2025 on Thursday “You can ask me about any topic on your mind,” said Speier, a former member of Congress who was sworn in as District 1 supervisor in January The town hall will take place at 6 p.m. at San Bruno’s new Recreation and Aquatic Center The event includes brief presentations on two pressing issues: wildfire safety and immigration rights “I am very concerned about the uncertainty regarding ICE raids in our communities,” Speier said. “The San Mateo County Office of Community Affairs will talk about the rights you have to protect yourself and loved ones.” The County’s Department of Emergency Management will provide tips on how to protect your family and your home “The recent wildfires in Southern California were a tragic and urgent reminder that no one is immune to the dangers of natural disasters,” Speier said “We have areas in our county with similar topography to Pacific Palisades.” Speier will also alert attendees to an upcoming county event on April 26 “Be Wildfire Safe & Ready,” that will provide in-depth information on how to prepare an evacuation plan for the entire family in the event of a wildfire It will also showcase resources available to all residents with presentations by first responders and emergency managers Register now for Supervisor Speier's Town Hall The families of two San Bruno elementary school students who were molested by their teacher in 2023 are suing the city’s school district for allegedly failing to respond to multiple complaints of inappropriate sexual behavior filed this week in San Mateo Superior Court claims that school administrators in the San Bruno Park School District began receiving complaints about teacher Jeremy Pakyin Yeh inappropriately touching female students as early as 2017 but took no action to stop it The suit comes less than a week after a jury found Yeh guilty of molesting four female students over a multi-year period including touching them on their genitals and pulling down one student’s pants while hugging her On Friday, Yeh was convicted on all 17 counts of felony child molestation The two girls represented in the civil lawsuit filed this week were molested by Yeh in 2023 when they were students in his first and second-grade class at Allen Elementary School. In April 2023, shortly after they came forward, Yeh was arrested by San Bruno Police on school grounds “My two clients weren’t abused until 2023 and it was known six years earlier that this guy was bad news,” said Bobby Thompson “I’ve been doing this for 25 years and this is one of the most egregious cases I’ve ever had of an administrator dropping the ball.” The families of the two other children victimized by Yeh had filed separate civil cases against the district All four students are referred to anonymously in court documents because they are still minors In a statement announcing the newest lawsuit a parent of one of the victims said the school should have prevented their daughter from being harmed “But they chose to protect this evil man,” the parent said “We just don’t understand that.” School and district administrators dismissed complaints from the first two girls and even referred to the first student as a liar before disciplining her prosecutors said during Yeh’s criminal trial The lawsuit filed this week alleges that administrators “covered up and concealed Jeremy Yeh’s inappropriate and abhorrent conduct or respond to prevent further incidents of sexual misconduct of minor students and failed to comply with their mandatory duties to report suspected and known abuse of children to law enforcement and child welfare agencies.” School district officials did not respond to KQED’s multiple requests for comment “I think that the science is pretty clear that kids don’t make this stuff up They don’t even have the vocabulary when they’re 6 or 7 to talk about sex or sexual touching in any sort of real way,” Thompson said “It’s not their job to investigate whether the kid’s telling the truth or not “It’s their job to report it to the authorities who are trained to do investigations … And they didn’t do it in this case.” Thompson said his clients are seeking monetary compensation from the district for the preventable trauma they experienced that’s all we can do — is make the school district pay our clients,” he said “The more money we can make them pay the bigger the lesson they’re going to learn so this doesn’t happen in the future.” A former Bay Area elementary school teacher who was convicted of molesting four of his students will spend the rest of his life in state prison According to San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe's office, a judge sentenced 34-year-old Jeremy Pakyin Yeh of San Mateo to a sentence of 200 years-to-life in prison at a hearing on Friday. Yeh was convicted in February of 17 counts of felony child molestation Prosecutors said Yeh taught 1st and 2nd grade at El Crystal Elementary School and Allen Elementary School El Crystal Elementary has since been closed Click here for the full story via CBS Bay Area TrendingCommercial San FranciscoAWill life sciences revitalize San Bruno mall?Alexandria unveils plan to turn space into research village with 1K homes Listen to this article00:001xKey PointsAI Generated.✨This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff Alexandria Real Estate Equities has revealed how it wants to turn a 54-year-old indoor mall in San Bruno into a life sciences research village with 1,000 homes The Pasadena-based life sciences developer unveiled plans to redevelop the 44-acre Shops at Tanforan mall at 1122 El Camino Real, the San Francisco Business Times reported The real estate investment trust plans to raze the nearly 970,000-square-foot mall and replace it with 1.8 million square feet of tech and life sciences research offices and 1,000 homes the project could turn the area into a high-density transit hub — with three life sciences buildings built within a retail village of shops and restaurants a 63,000-square-foot Target department store sits under a shed roof next to a verdant glade full of residents and visitors Alexandria is working with Strada Investment Group which has entered talks with two affordable housing developers Strada expects to select a partner this year In early 2022, Alexandria bought the mall for $328 million, or $338 per square foot Its days as a traditional mall may be numbered Alexandria is still sketching out its retail plans SIGN UPWhat was once known as the Tanforan Park Shopping Center opened in 1971 with two anchor stores replacing a historic race track used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II In January, anchor JCPenney announced it would close its 275,400-square-foot anchor store San Bruno sees Tanforan’s redevelopment as a way to bring jobs and housing to a key corridor The city must plan for 3,100 new homes by 2031 The mall’s location next to the San Bruno BART station makes it an ideal site for workforce housing for teachers and other workers Many lower-income workers in the county struggle to afford housing The life sciences component may be more of a gamble. The life science sector is coming out of a four-year slump, with only three properties trading hands nationwide in the first nine months of last year In the quarter ending in June, the Bay Area’s once-booming 41.5 million-square-foot life sciences market was 24.6 percent vacant — Dana Bartholomew 2025 at 1:19 pm PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}This week's death notices from San Mateo County CA — The San Mateo County Coroner's Office sends death notices weekly from the region We've aggregated below the names and hometowns of individuals who passed between Feb By: Andrew Nelson 5:00 am on September 2 The six-story building will eventually open with 134 apartments across 94,000 square feet above a 25-car garage The larger dwellings will be open for on-site property managers Additional storage will be included for 148 bicycles 732 El Camino Real seen from Kains Avenue across the ECR AMG first submitted plans for 732 El Camino Real in September 2021 which the city rejected because of non-compliance with Senate Bill 35 a revised submittal received ministerial approval The project had been occupied by a surface parking lot next to a now-vacant car dealership Orange County-based AO is responsible for the design and the general contractor is Pacific West Builders all but one on-site manager’s unit will be designated as affordable housing The 0.6-acre property is located along the main county thoroughfare between San Bruno Avenue and Kains Avenue. The BART-adjacent Tanforan Mall is just 16 minutes away on foot or six minutes by bicycle. Future residents will be close to the expanding YouTube Headquarters When will this apartments be done estimated date Also would some percent portions be for below market or affordable house also How much are they rent 2 bedroom’s etc.Is there waiting list to apply for this ?? What this community needs is more government sponsored housing for people of color Please let me know if I can ask about these facilities I was already put on the interest list back in July just wondering when I will be contacted I am interested in the apartments and would like information on the rental value CAIR California FOX2 | KTVU Protesters rallied outside San Bruno City Hall on Thursday They said the mayor and city council still have not apologized to a group of Muslim residents who were told they had to leave the building and eat outside in order to break their Ramadan fast Privacy Policy Website Designed by Digital Learning Partners Orchard Partners LLC said the warehouse would create over 1,000 jobs and bring in $1 million per year in tax revenue for Brisbane but environmentalists are concerned about light as well as the future of three federally endangered butterflies living on the mountain three-story facility could go to the city council for a vote in 2026 and be open by 2027 Read more from the Chronicle. San Mateo County Park's Natural Resource Management efforts at San Bruno Mountain were recently featured on a broadcast of KALW Public Media's Crosscurrents series Follow Natural Resource Manager Evan Cole on a quest to find endangered San Bruno Elfin Butterfly caterpillars and learn more about efforts to preserve the mountain as a refuge habitat for them Listen to the episode on the KALW website: Listen on KALW Website By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on September 2 YouTube HQ construction progress seen from Bayhill Drive YouTube HQ view east on Grundy Lane and Cherry Avenue SHoP Architects is responsible for the design. The firm has done several projects for Alphabet including the conceptual Charleston East plan and collaboration with the Downtown West master plan The firm describes its work for the YouTube Headquarters The material palette contrasts dark metal girders and louvers with pale Douglas fir timber giving an architectural expression of structural transparency and holistic simplicity The facade mock-up spotted by YIMBY last year is still in the same spot rendering by SHoP Architects and Surfacedesign Phase one of construction includes the two structures currently rising at 1300 Bayhill Drive and 1350 Grundy Lane which will have 440,000 square feet of office space on top of three basement garage floors The combined three-level subterranean garages will yield around 710,000 square feet and have a capacity for 1,896 cars Since the construction removed surface parking for employees the underground garages will serve employees in the new offices and the two adjacent office buildings The current phase of construction is described by the YouTube master plan as phase one of five Phase two is expected to bring two more office buildings The full master plan spans 92 acres and includes around 2.5 million square feet of office space SHoP Architects is the design architect, working in collaboration with Santa Monica-based HLW. HoK drafted the campus plan, while Surfacedesign, an SF-based landscape architect, will design the open space. BKF is the project’s civil engineer and Level 10 Construction is the general contractor YouTube HQ viewed west on Bayhill Drive toward Cherry Avenue San Bruno approved phase one for YouTube in 2021 crews had finished excavation work and digging out space for the sizable garage Construction is expected to finish next year 710,000 square feet of subterranean parking with a capacity for 1,896 cars If they want to attract the best talent they will need parking for them We had 2 cars 18 years ago now we have 5 cars due to everyone one working in different areas in the Bay and having different lifestyles The underground parking in that area can only go so deep because of the water table I was offered a job at Genentech and turned it down because of parking Thanks to you and your “lifestyles,” the earth will soon be burned to a cinder in about 4.9 billion years when our galaxy collides with the Andromeda Galaxy Most people work from home 60-70% of the time now at tech companies San Bruno BART station is within walking distance of YouTube’s headquarters Folks don’t seem to want to comprehend that next to nobody actually desires to take BART or CalTrain to go work in the ‘burbs Unlike residential projects where developers can hoodwink cities and housing consumers into believing that only limited parking is needed I would like to think the entire roof is solar panels which helps with the monotony of the buildings and building height the parking area could be used to make future expansion possible I believe the first picture with the big parking lot is part of phase 2 where buildings will be built on @Kartik: the article *specifically* states that is *REPLACING* surface parking with these new underground garages Time to reassess your reading comprehension skills The phrase “topping out” is often used in your stories and headlines Does that mean that the structure has reached its intended height you should explain it in different word in the story Not sure how this creates a more urban environment By: YIMBY Team 4:30 am on September 9 A preliminary application has been filed as the first step in the approval process for a new residential project proposed for development at 748 San Bruno Avenue in Potrero Hill The project proposal is to create a new four-story Knock Architecture + Design is responsible for the designs 748 San Bruno Avenue North Elevation via Knock Architecture + Design The scope of work includes the construction of a new four-story residence offering two units The project requires the existing two-story single-family residence to be demolished The new residential building will yield a total built-up area spanning 5,326 square feet The preliminary application serves as the Notice of Intent to submit a project application The estimated construction timeline has not been revealed yet The scale and missing is respectful of nearby buildings We’ve got a housing shortage & it’s being built with the same number of floors as it’s neighbor from 100 years ago would you want a 10 story building next to 50 other houses that are 2 stories tall at street level 2025 at 8:11 am PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}This week's death notices from San Mateo County We've aggregated below the names and hometowns of individuals who are residents of this county and passed between March 17 and 23 By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on July 9 The San Bruno Planning Commission had approved plans for 111 San Bruno Avenue West in 2018 The initial plans would create 62 apartments and parking for 93 cars the developer aims to bring just 46 homes with parking for 48 cars The 65-foot tall structure will yield approximately 67,800 square feet Additional parking will be included for 49 bicycles Much of the ground-level floor will be dedicated to the garage with a small residential lobby and a narrow commercial retail space at the corner of Huntington Avenue and San Bruno Avenue Dinar & Associates is responsible for the design Illustrations show a busy facade with a mix of trellises and porcelain tiles around the residential entrance Christopher Tigh is the landscape architect The team will oversee rear-yard balconies on the second floor alongside a rooftop terrace with several outdoor seating types and a barbeque cooking space The top deck will be added next to a gym and community center The vacant property is located at the corner of Huntington Avenue and San Bruno Avenue, close to the retail-lined San Mateo Avenue thoroughfare. Future residents will be directly across from the San Bruno Caltrain Station and 12 minutes from the Tanforan-adjacent BART Station on foot The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared The San Bruno City Council is scheduled to meet tonight, July 9th, starting at 7 PM. The event will be held in person at 1555 Crystal Springs Road in the San Bruno Senior Center. People can observe the meeting via Zoom, but public comment will not be accepted via the teleconference. For more information about how to attend and participate, visit the meeting agenda here Every station should be less than a block from coffee Alexander’s and Red Rock in Mountain View are all good places to go every station should have a cafe inside it You’d think that a small commercial space for a cafe would be a sure win for anyone (including BART Where do I apply for housing application for all these new project properties in Oakland CA Alameda county TrendingCommercial San FranciscoAJCPenney closure at San Bruno mall sets stage for redevelopmentAlexandria plans to replace Shops at Tanforan with 2M sf biotech campus Listen to this article00:001xOne of the last JCPenney stores in the Bay Area will close its doors at a mall in San Bruno The Texas-based department store chain is set to shut the retail outlet in the Shops at Tanforan mall, at 1122 El Camino Real, the San Francisco Chronicle reported “The decision to close a store is never an easy one,” JCPenney said in a statement “We are grateful to our dedicated associates and the loyal customers who have shopped at our San Bruno location.” The JCPenney store opened in 1971 as one of two anchor stores at the then Tanforan Park Shopping Center which replaced a historic race track used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans during World War II The closure of the 275,400-square-foot anchor store may accelerate the redevelopment of the 54-year-old indoor mall In early 2022, Pasadena-based Alexandria Real Estate Equities bought the nearly 970,000-square-foot Shops at Tanforan at 1150 El Camino Real for $328 million, or $338 per square foot The purchase, which included the JCPenney and a shuttered Sears anchor store, set the stage for a planned 2 million-square-foot biotech “mega campus.” Alexandria planned to turn the former mall into a hub for biotech and tech tenants while the city of San Bruno expected the research offices to be joined by 1,000 homes SIGN UPBut the nation’s largest life sciences developer has yet to break ground It’s not clear if Alexandria ever submitted plans for redevelopment or what the real estate investment trust now plans for the site The life science sector is coming out of a four-year slump, with only three properties trading hands nationwide in the first nine months of last year In the quarter ending in June, the Bay Area’s once-booming 41.5 million-square-foot life sciences market was 24.6 percent vacant JCPenney was struggling to compete with online retailers and discount chains The once mighty retail chain was bought by Simon Property Group and Brookfield Asset Management for $800 million JCPenney now has around 650 remaining stores This month, JCPenney merged with New York-based Sparc Group, parent company of fashion retailer Forever 21, and such brands as Aéropostale, Brooks Brothers, Eddie Bauer, Lucky Brand and Nautica, according to USA Today The new company is now called Catalyst Brands Catalyst Brands aims to generate more than $9 billion in revenue, managing 1,800 stores nationwide and injecting the new venture with $1 billion in liquidity to support future growth 2024 at 9:43 am PT.css-79elbk{position:relative;}This week's death notices from San Mateo County We've aggregated below the names and hometowns of individuals who passed between Dec