Toll Brothers proposes 601‑unit Moonlight Shopping Center redevelopment with 27% affordable housing

Toll Brothers and its development team told a standing‑room audience at a community meeting that they propose to replace the 14.3‑acre Moonlight Shopping Center at 2610 El Camino Real with a mixed‑use project of about 601 housing units, ground‑floor retail and a central plaza. "That shopping center is just about 14.3 acres…we hope to turn it into a a 601 unit, you know, mixed use, development," said Rob Connolly, a lead presenter for the project.

The proposal would place two 6–7‑story podium condominium buildings along El Camino Real with ground‑floor retail, an approximately 166‑unit affordable apartment building at the corner and three‑story townhomes toward the rear to transition to the surrounding neighborhood. "We have about 27% — we're offering about 27% of our overall project in affordable housing," Connolly said, and USA Properties described plans to manage the affordable building and provide resident services such as after‑school programs and financial coaching.

Why it matters: the project team characterized the development as a catalyst for the city’s El Camino specific plan area and said the proposal would provide deeper affordability than a typical city requirement (the team noted a 15% baseline in the area). Developers said the…