Real Estate Development

SYCAMORE PLACE, DANVILLE

Creating homes is at the core of what we do. Today BRIDGE's steady stream of diverse development efforts and pipeline activity exceeds 16,000 homes. BRIDGE has experience in building a range of development types in many settings and forms. We're known for creating award-winning affordable homes that not only reflect the character of the community but also display the same quality of design and construction as market-rate housing. As a nonprofit and seasoned developer, we're uniquely equipped to find and leverage capital, lower development costs, and forge community partnerships.

Our specialized real estate development team and network of relationships allows BRIDGE to offer a range of cost and quality advantages with every project. Our expertise can also help other developers meet their affordable housing requirements. As a leading development partner, BRIDGE has the agility to respond creatively to development opportunities and community needs, plus the confidence to do things that have never been done before.

BRIDGE's track record and award-winning developments demonstrate:

Creative methods of site acquisition/leasing

Experience in community relations

Site planning to optimize use of land

Tax benefits and incentives for donated resources

Focus on community-responsive design and smart growth

Efficient navigation of permit and entitlement processes

Design for quality and “constructability”

Hands-on construction management

Our most recent examples of BRIDGE's real estate development efforts include:

Irvington Terrace

IRVINGTON RENDERING

Irvington Terrace is the affordable rental component of the city of Fremont’s most ambitious mixed-income community to date. The development is part of the 8.6-acre Irvington Village Masterplan, and provides 100 affordable family apartments, commercial space and attractive community courtyards. To view more information on Irvington, please click here.

Arroyo Point Apartments

JENNINGS RENDERING

Completed in 2007, Arroyo Point Apartments provide 70 affordable family apartments at rents affordable to households earning 60% of median income or below. Approximately 40% of the units in the project are three-bedroom units to serve large families. BRIDGE acquired the site with the financial assistance of the city of Santa Rosa. To view more information on the Arroyo Point Apartments development, please click here.

Dove Canyon

DOVE CANYON

Dove Canyon is part of a large, masterplanned community in north San Diego, one of the state’s highest-cost housing markets. Dove Canyon provides rental apartments for 120 local working families. Working with the master developer, BRIDGE structured the land costs, infrastructure financing and site plan, keeping costs of the affordable component as low as possible. Dove Canyon was completed in 2004. To view the latest information on Dove Canyon please click here.

Armstrong Place and Townhomes, San Francisco

ARMSTRONG TOWNHOMES RENDERING

BRIDGE has obtained approvals and is moving ahead with construction of Armstrong Place and Townhomes. This development will bring badly needed affordable apartments and first-time homeownership opportunities to the distressed Bayview/Hunters Point district of San Francisco. This mixed-use development will consist of 124 below-market-rate townhouses for low-income families (earning 80% or below of the Area Median Income) and 132 apartments affordable to extremely-low-income seniors. To learn more about Armstrong Place, please click here.