Public and Private Funds Help Build New Downtown Area

Bay Area suburb Union City, California, has started building a new urban-scaled downtown area, with more than $150 million in public funds for a 105-acre, mixed-use, transit-oriented community, including an expanded Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station.

The new development is based on the 2001 Station Center plan designed by San Francisco–based ROMA Design Group, with a new main street intersected by a main pedestrian promenade leading to the BART station, per UrbanLand. On the 2.18-acre Block 4 site, the city commissioned MidPen Housing and David Baker Architects (DBA) to design and build affordable housing -- the 157-unit Station Center for low-income families.

California’s Department of Housing and Community Development allowed the city to commit $11.5 million of the infrastructure grant to help underwrite the Windflower project. From those funds, $7 million were allocated to construct a 244-space parking structure; $4.3 million to pay impact fees; and $200,000 for site preparation.

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