Alameda Planning Board approves design review for West Midway Phase A, recommends council approve street names

The Alameda Planning Board on Dec. 8 approved staff recommendations to adopt design-review findings and a vesting tentative map for Phase A of the West Midway development, a 62‑building project that will contain 284 housing units, and recommended that the City Council approve the project’s proposed street names.

The board acted after a presentation from Henry Dong of the Planning, Building and Transportation Department, who told commissioners staff had distributed six public comments and that the application follows prior approvals, including a development plan and development/disposition agreement (DDA) tied to Alameda Point. Dong said the broader West Midway/reshape program supports the city’s housing goals and noted the overall multi‑phase project would yield hundreds of units tied to prior commitments.

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