Clocktower Center would reach 192 feet, towering over all existing and proposed buildings in the city of Santa Cruz.
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‘Peace Village’, a unique 40-unit church project near UCSC, continues to draw community opposition
The project proposed at 900 High St., behind Peace United Church of Christ, has cleared the City of Santa Cruz’s zoning administrator and the planning commission. Yet neighbors continue to oppose it.
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Food Bin and Herb Room project to prioritize tenants without cars, widen sidewalks
Representatives from builder Workbench and owners of the Food Bin and Herb Room hosted a community meeting Tuesday to discuss the Santa Cruz redevelopment project. Attendees raised concerns about neighborhood impacts, pedestrian safety and building size, and meeting hosts explained that it’s a balancing act between maintaining the current environment and attempting to reach state and local housing goals.
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Santa Cruz to hold public meeting on mixed-use project for site of Mission Street’s Food Bin & Herb Room
The 42,849-square-foot development would take over the parcel where local grocery stores The Food Bin and Herb Room currently sit. It is still in the pre-application phase, and the City of Santa Cruz is hosting a community meeting April 18 for residents to learn more about the development, ask questions and raise concerns.
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Four years and counting. Why does it take so long to get one Santa Cruz housing project off the ground?
Three weeks ago, local developer Workbench broke ground on a 13-townhouse development in Soquel. Lookout talked to founding partner Jamileh Cannon about why it took so long to begin building — the impact of legislative efforts to speed construction of housing.
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Battle over 418 Pennsylvania Ave. rental development in Seabright ends with project approval
Developer Workbench got the Santa Cruz City Council’s OK on the project this week, despite complaints from neighbors about the trio of planned three-story units .
