Elco Yards Mixed-Use Life Science

Located squarely between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Elco Yards is uniquely poised to model and leverage a more sustainable development pattern within the region. Situated in close proximity to rail, with a built environment that encourages walking, Elco Yards boasts the kind of mixed-use, connected, human-scale environments that today’s innovation workers and urban dwellers seek. Building off the City’s rich opportunities, this six-block master plan envisions an authentic campus woven into the broader urban realm through a mix of housing, workplace, life sciences, and retail that will attract knowledge-based businesses and communities. Adjacent to downtown and the Caltrain, the development encompasses both urban design and urban infrastructure—from a regional road to a main street to intimate neighborhood circulation paths—strengthening connections to nearby amenities and services. Leveraging changes to Redwood City’s zoning requirements, which allow for greater height and density, a collection of three to seven-story buildings take cues from the neighborhood’s industrial past. WRNS Studio worked with IQHQ, a life science-focused REIT, to convert parcels C and E into a life science district.

Renderings by Steelblue LLC. / Courtesy of IQHQ

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