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Enabled by the Proposition 1C TOD voter-approved bond program, Station Center Family Housing is the affordable inclusionary component of the Union City Master Plan.
Designed by ROMA Design Group, the Master Plan calls for Union City BART Station to be revamped into an intermodal station—a hub for BART, Dumbarton Rail, ACE, and Capital Corridor.
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A brownfield site sandwiched between the existing commuter and freight lines and currently cut off from the BART station by tracks is being reclaimed for a vibrant mixed-use district including these high-density affordable family apartments.
Station Center Family Housing comprises 157 affordable rental units in two buildings framing a public playground and overlooking the new plaza and eventual direct connection to the BART station.
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The building has on-site social and health services and a series of programs for teens and kids.
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The community room opens onto a fitness center and pool deck, and opens entirely to a grand courtyard, creating a large indoor-outdoor gathering space.
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The courtyard—designed along with all the building landscaping by Fletcher Studio—features allottment gardens for residents, formal and informal seating areas, and a play yard populated by playful concrete gorillas.
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 LEED for Homes Mid-Rise Platinum Certified.
Station Center Family Housing Green Features
Units
• Large operable window.
• Private decks
• High sound isolation between units
• High-efficiency lighting
• Built-in trash and recycling bins
Resources
• Contractor recycled 88% construction waste
• Over 45% cement replaced by slag or fly ash, unused manufacturing byproducts
• Wood-framed walls built off site to maximize efficiency and minimize waste.
• Building trash and recycling chutes
Air Quality
• Cabinets contain no added formaldehyde
• Bathroom and kitchen fans exhaust to the exterior
• Low- or no-VOC paints, coatings, and construction adhesives
• CRI Green Label Plus carpets
Energy
• Added insulation to minimize heating needs.
• Solar hot water panels pre-heat domestic hot water
• A high efficiency gas-powered boiler heats domestic hot water
• Energy Star appliances
• Corridor and garage lighting controlled by motion sensors
• Exterior sunshades reduce heat gain
• Attic insulation is R-30 and wall insulation is R-21
• Exceeds Title 24 by 20%
Water
• Bay Friendly Certified landscaping
• Landscape irrigation controller receives weather data via a satellite connection
• All rain is captured and treated onsite in swales and large below-grade storage system
• Low-flow showerheads, faucets and toilets
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The low-energy building used a range of complementary sustainable strategies—including solar domestic hot water, high-efficiency boilers, and rooftop photo-voltaic arrays—to achieve LEED for Homes Mid-Rise Platinum certification. The Bay-Friendly Rated landscape design will save 193,282 gallons of water per year compared to a conventionally landscaped property. |
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The family housing comprises 157 affordable rental units in two buildings framing a public playground and overlooking the new plaza.
The building is ringed with active edges: The main entry is framed by a towering entry portal, and the face of the building is lined with retail arcade that is soon to house a corner cafe and a market. Along Cheeves Street, additional public and private entryways connect to the sidewalk. At the rear, housing "wraps" the neighborhood-serving garage, shielding it from view.
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 Artist Mona Caron and her in-progress mural at Station Center Family Housing. Image: Nick Kasimatis
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.project_small.jpg) Alazar, right, shared a welcoming phrase in Ethiopian. Mural: Mona Caron. Image: Nick Kasimatis
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San Francisco artist Mona Caron creating a towering mural on the 5-story entry tower, visible from the neighborhood and neighboring train tracks.
The mural, inspired by an intrepid local plant pushing through the broken concrete, reaches to the sky, while the plants is "rooted" at ground level in multi-lingual messages of welcome contributed by new residents.
More information on Mona Caron and her work can be found at www.monacaron.com.
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project details
Nonprofit Housing Developer
MidPen Housing
Architect
David Baker + Partners
Landscape Architect
Fletcher Studio
Structural Engineer
Tipping Mar + Associates
Structural Engineer
FBA Structural Engineers
Lighting Designer
Horton Lees Brogden
Mechanical Engineer
Timmons Design Engineers
General Contractor
Barry Swenson Builders
Civil Engineer
Mark Thomas & Company
Mural Artist
Mona Caron
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project data |
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Station Center |
20813 |
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Union City, California |
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Completed October 2012 |
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number of units |
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1 bedroom |
33 |
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2 bedroom |
74 |
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3 bedroom |
50 |
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total |
157 |
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density ratios |
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project sf |
299,944 |
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site sf |
94,139 |
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acres |
2.16 |
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total bedrooms |
328 |
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bedrooms/acre |
152 |
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units/acre |
72.6 |
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open space sf |
33,000 |
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open space sf/unit |
210 |
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parking |
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total |
289 |
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resident |
204 |
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flex commercial |
10 |
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public |
75 |
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spaces/unit |
1.3 |
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type |
garage |
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bicycle parking |
53 |
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certification |
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LEED for Homes Mid-Rise |
Platinum |
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