This developer has been based in San Mateo for 25 years and focuses on community, smart growth, sustainability, and building great places. They currently have over 3,000 homes under development across multiple cities in the Bay Area, as well as some commercial and office projects. Their core values include community focus, sustainability, relationships, discipline, and collaboration.

1. OUR CORE VALUES
Community Focus
Smart Growth Pioneer
Sustainability
Based in San Mateo for 25 years
Relationships
Discipline
Collaboration
Creativity
WE
BUILD
GREAT PLACES

2. 2019HOMESUNDER
DEVELOPMENT
Daly City
South SF
San Bruno
San Mateo
Foster City
Redwood City
Belmont
Sunnyvale
Santa Clara
San Jose
Menlo Park
Los Altos
Mountain View
500 Homes *
460 Homes *
83 Homes *
190 Homes *
23 Homes
82 Homes *
111 Homes *
302 Homes
90 Homes *
60 Homes
1092 Homes *
Rental Apartments
For Sale
Palo Alto
74 Homes
2018 06 05
34 Homes
600 Homes *
Office
500K sf *
72 Homes
* TOD Project
What does this look like?

3.  What are we solving for –
traffic, climate change,
human health?
 What moves the needle?
 “Where” matters most
 Infill, TOD, re-development
MORE HOUSING & FEWER CARS

4. Housing near jobs
On transit
Reduced parking
ratios
Alt-parking
infrastructure: bikes,
car share, EVs,
rideshare
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS TODAY

5. The Flats in DTSV
• 198 Apartments, 12.5%
BMRs, Avg Size = 1,150sf
• 0.5 miles from SV Caltrain
• Ground floor retail, across
3 buildings
• Started in 2007, stopped
in 2009, restarted in 2017.
• Parking ratio = 1.55/unit
CASE STUDY - DTSV

6. Flats Phase II
• 75 Apartments, 12.5%
BMRs
• 0.6 miles from SV
Caltrain
• Designed in 2018,
started in 2019
• “Only” 46 new stalls
CASE STUDY - DTSV
Photo taken Jan 2020

7. Block 3
• 460 Apartments
• 0.5 miles from SV
Caltrain
• Designed in 2020
• 1:1 parking ratio
CASE STUDY - DTSV

8.  Self-selecting behavior
of renters
 Reduced car ownership
 Increased density of
homes at transit and
job centers
 Change takes time and
isn’t linear
 Codes (and financing!)
generally rear view
looking
 Mistakes are (very!)
expensive
LOOKING AHEAD