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San Francisco-based Forge Development Partners named Isis Spinola-Schwartz as its Chief Development Officer as part of the company’s efforts to deliver essential middle-income housing. A global thought-leader in bringing innovative and sustainable solutions to the urban environment, Spinola-Schwartz will oversee a varied portfolio of essential housing developments in San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles from design and planning to construction and occupancy.
REVITILIZATION
JANUARY 2020 - ISSUE #115
AN UGLY PARKING LOT IN SAN DIEGO IS ABOUT TO BE REBORN AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PRESERVE AND REVITALIZE THE LITTLE ITALY NEIGHBORHOOD
The glass façade will showcase the spectacular views from residences and emphasize the contemporary feel of the development. An abstract sculptural frieze, called Sogno D’Argento by family member and world-renowned artist, John Asaro, will pay homage to Little Italy’s past as a working-class Italian and Portuguese neighborhood that once was the center of the west coast tuna fishing industry. It will be a prominent part of the building design and complement the existing neighborhood art.
MULTIFAMILY BIZ
JANUARY 10, 2020
FORGE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS ACQUIRES PROPERTY FOR INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT WITH JV EQUITY FROM REALTYMOGUL
“We are pleased that the forward thinking of the Mayor’s Office has created an environment where projects like 1460 India Street can flourish. With the help of our partners, we will reimagine what privately-financed workforce housing can provide to the community – housing that meets the needs of today’s working families while keeping rental costs low.”
- RICHARD HANNUM, FORGE FOUNDER
CONNECT CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 10, 2020
FORGE/REALTY MOGUL JV SET FOR LITTLE ITALY MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT
San Francisco-based Forge Development Partners (Forge) has joined with Realty Mogul in a joint venture which has acquired a building at 1460 India St. in San Diego. Plans are to redevelop the property into a high-rise providing some 265 rental units of workforce housing.
BLAU JOURNAL
JANUARY 9, 2020
FORGE ACQUIRES 1460 INDIA STREET FOR INNOVATIVE WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT
With this acquisition, Forge hopes to perpetuate the workforce history and legacy of the area that is Little Italy. The property was purchased from the Asaro family who have called Little Italy home since the 1940s. Forge plans to redevelop the property into a world class high-rise building providing some 265 rental units of workforce housing for the City of San Diego. Preserving and supporting the working class tradition of the area was a guiding objective in the development of this project.
BISNOW
AUGUST 16, 2019
TENDERLOIN'S $100M 'MISSING MIDDLE'
HOUSING SOLUTION
BEGINS CONSTRUCTION
Forge Development Partners and Bridge Investment Group officially broke ground on a micro-unit development Thursday afternoon in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood.
REVITILIZATION
AUGUST 15, 2019 - ISSUE #105
REVITALIZATION OF SAN FRANCISCO’S TENDERLOIN CONTINUES AS TWO UGLY PARKING LOTS BECOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND A COMMUNITY CENTER
BISNOW
AUGUST 7, 2019
$100M TENDERLOIN MICRO-UNIT PROJECT BREAKS GROUND THIS MONTH
Affordable housing developer Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp. owns a property adjacent to 145 Leavenworth St. and had been advising Forge on their project for the last few years, TNDC Planning and Policy Manager Alexandra Goldman said.
"It's sort of a new model," Goldman said. "Having private resources funding a project with an income cap, but that's a good thing."
The Registry
AUGUST 7, 2019
FORGE DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND BRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP LAUNCH URBAN WORKFORCE HOUSING IN SAN FRANCISCO'S TENDERLOIN
CONNECT CALIFORNIA
AUGUST 7, 2019
FORGE DEVELOPMENT,
BRIDGE INVESTMENT LAUNCH
240-UNIT SAN FRANCISCO MICRO MF
TL 361, located at 361 Turk St. and 145 Leavenworth St. in the Tenderloin neighborhood, will transform two surface-level parking lots into a vibrant, mixed-use residential community, featuring two, eight-story standalone buildings housing a total of 240 micro-units above neighborhood-serving retail as well as a dedicated on-site social and community center.
San Francisco Business Times
AUGUST 7, 2019
DEVELOPERS KICK OFF 240 MICROUNITS IN TENDERLOIN
“This first project will demonstrate the applicability of our model to provide high-tech, high-touch and highly desirable housing solutions in downtown settings,” said Richard Hannum, founder of Forge Development Partners, one of the developers on the project, in a statement.
BISNOW
MAY 16, 2017
WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE BAY AREA?
With 100,000 jobs created in the last six years within San Francisco, a need for housing at multiple income levels has become pressing. More than 7,000 affordable housing units began construction during this time, but the need for more housing continues.
San Francisco Business Times
APRIL 5, 2017
EXCLUSIVE: TWO TENDERLOIN HOUSING PROJECTS FOR S.F.'S "MISSING MIDDLE' TO BREAK GROUND
There has been virtually no new housing built for "middle-income" San Franciscans, because market-rate projects are too expensive due to construction and land costs. Subsidized affordable units are mostly restricted to renters making less than the average area median income. Forge Land Co. is trying to meet that need with a mix of new technology and small units.
CURBED, San Francisco
Nov 12, 2014
NEW HOUSING PLANNED FOR LONG-VACANT TENDERLOIN LOTS
"We're not displacing any of the existing housing or community," Forge Land Company CEO Richard Hannum says, noting that the two lots never got built on after the 1906 earthquake. "We're simply augmenting the community. The rent rates will by definition be consistent with the community, so this is all net add housing stock."