DeVries Place

Format
Brief

City
Milpitas

State/Province
CA

Country
USA

Metro Area
San Jose

Project Type
Multifamily Rental

Location Type
Suburban Business District

Land Uses
Civic Uses
Multifamily Rental Housing
Parking

Keywords
Adaptive use
Downtown revitalization
Energy-efficient
Historic building
Library restoration
Low-income housing
Medical development
Public-private partnership
Senior housing
Solar Panels
Sustainable development
ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Winner
Water-efficient

Site Size
1.2 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2006

Date Opened
2008

A brief is a short version of a case study.

The result of a partnership between nonprofit developer Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition and the Milpitas Redevelopment Agency, DeVries Place is a housing project for seniors that has become the cornerstone of the city’s downtown revitalization effort. Situated on a historic yet underused site in the town’s center, DeVries Place provides 103 affordable rental homes for low- to very-low-income seniors. Helping restore the character of the town’s Main Street by incorporating a historic home, the apartments are within walking distance of the newly renovated municipal library and a soon-to-be-completed modern medical center.

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Developer/Owner
Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition
Foster City, CA

Architects
Rothschild Schwartz Architects
San Francisco, CA

HKIT Architects
Oakland, CA

Website
www.midpen-housing.org/properties/profiles/devriespl.pdf

Principal Author(s)
Theodore Thoerig, Alexandra Notay, David Leipziger

ULI Awards for Excellence 2009 Winner