Property Description

Formerly known as Ruby Street Apartment, Crescent Grove is a 72-unit development on Ruby Street, just off of A Street (unincorporated Alameda County). The development is a mix of studio, 1-, 2, and 3-bedroom units for households earning 20% to 60% of the area median income (AMI). One 2-bedroom unit is reserved for an on-site community manager. The project is four stories with two surface parking lots.

The site was acquired from Caltrans in partnership with the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) using the Surplus Lands Act, a state law that requires public agencies to offer their surplus lands to public agencies and their partners to create housing for low-income Californians.

Crescent Grove is designed to foster community both on and off-site. The project has a community room on the ground floor, a large residential courtyard with play structures and community gardens, and meeting spaces and private offices for resident services. Staff also provide an after school program during the week. Crescent Grove has direct access to the San Lorenzo Creekway, an Active Transportation Corridor for walking and biking, which will ultimately connect communities throughout unincorporated Alameda County as it runs from the Bay to Cull Canyon Regional Rec Area.

The development includes many green features, such as all-electric construction and rooftop solar panels. The HVAC and hot water heating systems both use heat pump technology. Reclaimed lumber from the site is featured throughout the development as entry signs, art, and paneling. Crescent Grove is GreenPoint Platinum rated.

Eighteen of the units will be set aside for individuals and families experiencing homelessness earning no more than 20% of the area median income. An additional 15 units will be for veterans through the VASH voucher program, and another 10 units will be for people with disabilities through the Mainstream voucher project. The remaining units do not have a specific set aside for any specific subpopulation and will be available to individuals and families making up to 60% of the area median income.

There are numerous grocery stores, restaurants, social services, parks, and employment opportunities near the property. The site is close to both downtown Hayward and Castro Valley, and has easy access to job centers across the Bay Area with proximity to two BART stations and a bus line that connects to San Leandro, Bay Fair, and Hayward.

The 6.28-acre site is divided into three parcels, with Crescent Grove and the San Lorenzo Creekway on approximately 3 acres. Eden donated the 3 acres of creek land to the urban Indigenous women-led Sogorea Te’ Land Trust for restoration to the native habitat. A portion of the site adjacent to A Street was donated to the Hayward Area Recreation District (HARD) to create a small park along the Creekway.

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