City of Menlo Park deems application complete for Willow Park development at former Sunset site
The City of Menlo Park continues to process the development proposal at 80 Willow Road, referred to as “Willow Park” in the application. Most recently on Nov. 14, 2024, the City deemed the application complete as all required application materials have been submitted.
Over the next 60 calendar days, the City will review the project for consistency with applicable development standards and begin the environmental review process pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Below is a summary of the proposal. The development data for this application is in the process of being verified.
Building 1: 336,065 sf office and 11,700 sf retail; 301 ft. tall
Building 2: 231 residential units and 130 hotel rooms (190,534 sf); 461 ft. tall
Building 3: 434 residential units and 17,540 sf retail; 397 ft. tall
Building 4: 2,670 sf Montessori School; 22 ft. tall
Total residential: 665 units (99.5 dwelling units per acre density) and 959,644 sf (approximately 3.30 floor area ratio)
Total non-residential: 336,065 sf office, 29,240 sf retail, 190,534 sf hotel, 2,670 sf Montessori School = 558,509 sf (approximately 1.92 floor area ratio)
Click here to view site plan and massing diagrams(PDF, 1MB)
Pursuant to State law, the City is limited in its availability to publicly post architectural drawings without architect permission. Members of the public may view the application materials, including architectural drawings, in person at City Hall. Appointments are encouraged to view the materials in person. Appointments with the Planning Division can be made online at menlopark.gov/appointment
Editor’s note: The content of this post was provided by the City of Menlo Park.
Charlotte Muse November 15, 2024 at 6:26 pm
This building is grotesquely out of place in our town, and completely out of scale with anything else around it. No one will be able to get to 101 — or almost anywhere else nearby –if this is approved. Willow Road is already bumper to bumper at rush hour. I can’t believe a ruinous project like this is being seriously considered.
Jack Straw November 18, 2024 at 12:44 am
Or it’s a great step to finally get affordable housing built. Get over yourselves Menlo Park.
MP RE Developer November 17, 2024 at 8:21 am
Now the hard work starts…: MP residents interested to oppose should have organize and immediately engage a CEQA attorney like Camas Steinmetz to review all MP CEQA city reports 1/Historical review that could be debated and go all the way to supreme court for final determination 2/ Native American artifacts found near the property along San Francisquito Creek Menlo Park residents should engage Indian tribes and sick support 3/ San Francisquito Creek impact will be reviewed by County 3/ Water, Sewer Capacity, Traffic and Wildlife Studies. Prepare for years of battles. As a real estate developer I agree that housing is needed and should be created on site while following CEQA determinations but not with those ugly out of place buildings that will look in everybody’s backyard all around.