2023September
"Groundbreaking for New Housing: STEP UP Supportive Housing in Berkeley"
The recent groundbreaking event for the Step Up Housing Program is the latest milestone in BOSS’ efforts to expand affordable housing for community members in need. Once complete, Step Up will provide 39 new affordable housing units for unhoused community members, with on-site services to support housing retention, long-term health and wellness, and social and community engagement.
...More"This is one of the most resilient real estate areas, according to the world’s largest commercial property owner"
Blackstone, the biggest owner of commercial real estate in the world, is placing its bets on the student housing rental market as demand surges worldwide.
...More"Supportive housing for 39 formerly homeless residents breaks ground on University Avenue"
The project, delayed three years, is expected to open its doors by the end of summer 2024.
...More"City Council approves 8-story University Avenue apartment building neighbors called a ‘behemoth’"
The 207-unit project at the corner of University and California Street will include 21 affordable apartments.
...More"Why small homes are the next big thing"
As urban housing becomes ever more expensive and scarce, compact, flexible spaces are increasingly seen as a solution
...More"oWow, developer of downtown Oakland’s sole post-pandemic apartment tower, is building something ‘fundamentally different’"
1510 Webster is the only major residential project that has broken ground in downtown Oakland since Covid began. In a changed economy — and a changed city — oWow’s Andy Ball says the firm has figured out how to make the math behind going vertical work.
...More"The Big City Where Housing Is Still Affordable"
Yuta Yamasaki and his wife moved from southern Japan to Tokyo a decade ago because job prospects were better in the big city. They now have three sons — ages 10, 8 and 6 — and they are looking for a larger place to live.
...More"Houston, we have a solution"
Houston is rarely held up as an example of good land use planning. The Texan city, as recently as a few decades ago, famously had a downtown area consisting largely of car parking.
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