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Elco Yards Affordable Housing Plan <br />October 22, 2025 <br /> <br /> <br />High Street Residential (“HSR”, “Residential Developer”) on behalf of IQHQ (“Owner”) is submitting a revised <br />Affordable Housing Plan (“Plan”) for the Elco Yards project, formerly known as the South Main Mixed-Use project, <br />which was originally proposed by Greystar (“Former Applicant”) on September 25, 2020. The revised Plan <br />incorporates the following updates: <br /> <br />• Impact Fee Payment: Revising the number of affordable units in Parcel A and D to include the payment <br />of an impact fee of approximately $5.8M. This fee will satisfy the remaining commercial affordable <br />housing obligation, replacing the need to deliver equivalent affordable units in Parcels A and D. <br /> <br />• Concurrent Occupancy Alternative 2: Requesting approval to utilize the City’s Concurrent Occupancy <br />Alternative 2, as outlined in Section 29.8.D.2. <br /> <br />• Local Preference Requirement: Including the City’s Local Preference requirement, as outlined in Section <br />29.6.F. This requirement was not in effect when the project was initially approved. <br /> <br />Note: This revised Plan does not propose any changes to the affordable housing building on Parcel F, which has <br />already been completed. <br /> <br />1.0 Project Description <br />Elco Yards is a mixed-used development previously known as South Main Mixed-Used Project, generally located <br />at the intersections of El Camino Real and Maple (Project). The Project received City Council Approval in November <br />2020 for the following uses: <br />• 530,000 square-feet of office and R&D uses, on Parcel B, C and E <br />• 540 residential units on Parcels A, D, and F. <br />• 28,000 square feet of retail (including 19,000 square feet of family friendly entertainment), 8,400 square- <br />feet of child-care <br />• 40,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space <br /> <br />Since the project application was approved by City Council on November 16, 2020, the 39-unit affordable building <br />on Parcel F was completed in 2023 and is occupied. HSR is not proposing any amendments to the Affordable <br />Housing Plan related to Parcel F. As such, the language from the original Affordable Housing Plan related to Parcel <br />F is referenced in Section 5.0. The commercial buildings on B, C and E are nearing completion and anticipate <br />receiving certificates of occupancies by the end of 2025. While demolition is complete, construction nor <br />excavation have commenced on the residential Parcels A and D. <br /> <br />On October 13, 2025, City Council approved an Affordable Housing Incentive Program (AHO Incentive”), which <br />will temporarily reduce the Affordable Housing Ordinance (AHO) requirement by 25%. The ordinance becomes in <br />effect on November 12, 2025. HSR intends to request the ability to utilize the AHO Incentive. However, the figures <br />presented in this document do not incorporate the temporary reduction, as the AHO Incentive will be approved <br />administratively should the project meet the requirements of pulling building permits before June 30, 2027. <br /> <br />8.B. - Page 35 of 120 <br />198