June 1, 2026

San Francisco Chronicle: This Downtown S.F. Neighborhood was Built for Office Workers. Now Families are Moving in

As a kid and young adult, Saniko Togafau spent time in no shortage of San Francisco neighborhoods. She started life in the Excelsior and her family bounced between the Bayview, Visitacion Valley and Potrero Hill. She moved to Antioch with her three sons for a while and spent 20 years working for United Playaz, the South of Market anti-violence and youth education nonprofit. Two weeks ago, Togafau moved her family into one of the few neighborhoods that hadn’t been on her radar: downtown’s East Cut.…
June 4, 2026

Mountain View Voice: Affordable Housing Project Breaks Ground in Downtown Mountain View

The construction of 120 affordable apartments on a city-owned parking lot in downtown Mountain View is officially underway after facing years of financial struggles to get built. City and local leaders gathered outside Mountain View’s Civic Center Plaza Wednesday morning to celebrate the groundbreaking of Corso, a five-story affordable housing development at 444 Bryant St., near Mountain View’s City Hall. The 1.5-acre site used to be a public parking lot, known as Lot 12. “We’re doing more than just breaking ground on a piece of land,”…
June 4, 2026

San Francisco Chronicle: An S.F. Affordable Housing Project Cost Half as Much as Usual. Can it Be Replicated?

The first affordable housing development from a new nonprofit-private sector partnership is testing whether Bay Area developers can achieve what the industry has struggled to do for decades: build housing faster and for less money. At 1633 Valencia St., on the edge of the Mission District and Bernal Heights, the numbers suggest they can. “We are constantly looking for ways to build smarter, faster, and with greater impact for residents,” said Tiffany Bohee, president of Mercy Housing. “1633 Valencia reflects…
June 8, 2026

Silicon Valley Business Journal: Developer Breaks Ground on $175M Berryessa Apartment Project

The 10-story building will include studio through three-bedroom units and is slated to finish in November 2028.