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Developers and neighbors converge on partial-preservation path for 770 Woolsey project
Summary
Planning staff presented preservation alternatives for 770 Woolsey in Portola, showing trade-offs between historic retention and housing yield; the proposed project would build 62 units while full and partial preservation alternatives would produce 24 and 40 units respectively. Commissioners praised the outreach and alternatives; no formal approval was required at this review stage.
Planning Department staff and the project sponsor presented preservation alternatives on Dec. 16 for the proposed mixed-income housing project at 770 Woolsey Street in the Portola neighborhood, a 2.2-acre property that was home to the University Mound Nursery.
Justin Grebbing of the Planning Department described the site’s history and character-defining features, noting the former Garibaldi family nursery’s greenhouses, boiler house and auxiliary structures and that the property is eligible for the California Register under criteria tied to agricultural history and vernacular landscape. The department characterized the demolition of most extant structures as a “significant and unavoidable” impact under CEQA and said a range of feasible…
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