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Bienestar Plaza includes affordable housing and two health clinics. (MidPen Housing)

Last updated: June 2024

Project name: Bienestar Plaza

Location: 1520 Capitola Road

Near the intersection of Capitola Road and 17th Avenue.

Status

Construction finished in 2023. The Santa Cruz County supervisors approved the project in November 2019. Construction began in 2021.

Developer

The Foster City-based MidPen Housing Corp., a nonprofit affordable housing developer.

Project description

  • Affordable units: This project called for 57 units of affordable housing on the 1500 block of Capitola Road in Live Oak.
  • Health Clinics: The project included two clinics: a Dientes Community Dental Care and a Santa Cruz Community Health Center.
  • Details: The project includes 192 parking spaces between the new buildings and a row of homes on Leila Court.
  • Housing applications: Applications will be accepted from Monday, April 24 to May 12, 2023. A leasing office is expected to open Monday at St. Stephens Apartments at 2510 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz. More information is available in English and Spanish, as well as answers to frequently asked questions. Housing Choice voucher holders will occupy 25 units. People on a MidPen waitlist will occupy 16 units, and the remaining units will be chosen by a lottery of income-qualified applicants.

Bienestar Plaza is on the 1500 block of Capitola Road in Live Oak. (MidPen Housing)

Bienestar Plaza on Capitola Road in Live Oak includes affordable housing and two health clinics.

A dental clinic on the 1500 block of Capitola Road under construction in June 2022. The clinic is part of Bienestar Plaza, a project that includes affordable housing and two health clinics in Live Oak. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local file)

The 1500 Capitola Road project near 17th Avenue calls for 57 units of affordable housing and two clinics. (Wald, Ruhnke & Dost Architects)

A 57-unit affordable housing complex is expected to finish construction in fall 2023 near Capitola Road and 17th Avenue in Live Oak. (Wald, Ruhnke & Dost Architects)

Construction continues on the housing part of Bienestar Plaza on Capitola Road in Live Oak that includes affordable housing and two health clinics.

Construction continues at 1500 Capitola Road in Live Oak in February 2022. (Stephen Baxter — Santa Cruz Local)

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