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Council picks Paradigm 8 / Sage Modern to advance Edmonds Drive workforce housing and directs DDA negotiations
Summary
After an RFI process, council authorized staff to negotiate a development and disposition agreement with a Paradigm 8 and Sage Modern team to develop deed-restricted workforce housing — a compact project proposed for a town-owned parcel on Edmonds Drive.
Truckee Town Council on Jan. 28 agreed to move forward with a public-private partnership for workforce housing on a town-owned lot on Edmonds Drive, selecting a developer team that proposed a compact multifamily rental project of roughly a dozen units.
Staff and a five-person review committee recommended a partnership with a local developer group identified in the solicitation as Paradigm 8 and Sage Modern. Council directed staff to negotiate a development and disposition agreement (DDA) with the selected team and return the DDA to council for approval.
The request-for-interest-and-qualifications (RFIQ) received three offers from local builder-developer teams; staff said the review panel favored the Paradigm 8/Sage Modern proposal because that team offered a completed experience loop — design, financing, construction and operations — and because the team had recent local precedent in Truckee. Committee members said the conception published in the RFI suggested a compact plan with 12 units (a mix of studios and small one-bedrooms), 14 parking spaces and a plan-development approach to address the parcel's tight geometry.
"We are recommending Paradigm 8 and Sage Modern because we saw a precedent of a similar successful project and a team that had everything under one roof," a member of the review committee told council. The committee described the concept as an effort to produce workforce housing at a privately financed scale, without seeking large state subsidies.
Council members asked about unit sizes, parking and the potential to improve livability by design solutions such as lofted units or integrated storage. Staff and the recommended team described the scheme as schematic and said additional design work would occur through the DDA and subsequent plan-development review. The town's regulatory path will include a planned-development approach to allow objective flexibility for setbacks, height and parking in exchange for public benefits.
Outcome: Council approved staff's recommendation to partner with the Paradigm 8 / Sage Modern team to develop a deed-restricted workforce rental project known as Edmonds Lofts and directed staff to negotiate a DDA. The motion passed unanimously.
Why it matters: Town-owned parcels are a scarce public asset; the council has prioritized generating deed-restricted workforce housing. This project is framed as a pilot for small-site, high-efficiency workforce housing in Truckee.
What happens next: Staff will negotiate a DDA with the selected developer team, return the DDA to council for approval and proceed with plan-development review and permitting if the council approves the agreement.
