Housing and construction projects in Santa Cruz County

• Front-Spruce-Pacific Sewer Rehabilitation Project
  • A sewer pipe is expected to be replaced from Kaiser Permanente Arena to Neary Lagoon from July through September 2024. (Updated June 2024)
• Highway 1 work in Santa Cruz County through 2025
  • Three phases of Highway 1 work will add auxiliary lanes, bus-on-shoulder areas, new bridges for cyclists and walkers and Segment 12 of the Coastal Rail Trail. (Updated September 2023)
• Pure Water Soquel conveyance project
  • An 8-mile pipeline is being constructed underground from the Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility at 110 California St. in Santa Cruz to a new water purification center in Live Oak and on to Aptos.

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• Santa Cruz
• Aptos
• Capitola
• Freedom
• Live Oak
• Pajaro Dunes
• Scotts Valley
• Soquel
• Watsonville
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Santa Cruz

• 110 Mission St., proposed townhomes
  • Seven two-bedroom, two-story townhomes are proposed near Mission Street and North Pacific Avenue in Downtown Santa Cruz. (Updated March 2024)
• 111 Errett Circle, Circle Church housing redevelopment
  • Two versions of a housing project have been approved on the site of the former Circle Church and Garfield Park Christian Church. (Updated April 2024)
• 119 Coral St., Harvey West Studios permanent supportive housing
  • A project was approved for 120 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless people with disabilities. (Updated September 2023)
• 126 Eucalyptus Ave., Watermark at Santa Cruz senior housing project
  • The project at the former Gateway School site has been approved with 76 homes for seniors. (Updated February 2023)
• 130 Center St., Calypso apartments
  • A six-story apartment complex with shops at 130 Center St. was approved by the city council in 2022. It awaited a building permit as of September 2023. The lot is across from Depot Park.
• 136 River St. affordable apartments
  • Fifty-one units of affordable housing are proposed at the former site of Outdoor World on River Street. (Updated February 2024)
• 150 Felker St. apartments
  • A 35-unit, five-story apartment complex has been proposed near Highway 1 and the San Lorenzo River. (Updated September 2023)
• 190 West Cliff Drive, Dream Inn parking lot housing project
  • Owners of the Dream Inn plan to build 89 housing units on a parking lot across from the hotel. The project would be four stories with two levels of underground parking. (Updated July 2023)
• 215 Beach St., La Bahia Hotel and Spa
  • A 155-room luxury hotel and spa is under construction. (Updated February 2023)
• 300 Ingalls Alley, Delaware Addition Phase II
  • A 169-unit housing project is proposed near Swift Street and the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line. (Updated April 2024)
• 301 Beach St., Marea Sol Hotel, formerly Coastview Inn (Complete)
  • An addition to the existing hotel included five rooms on two new floors and an exterior remodel.
• 313 Swift St., Santa Cruz City Schools workforce housing
  • A 100-unit apartment complex is planned for Santa Cruz City Schools teachers and other educators. (Updated May 2024)
• 314 Jessie St. affordable supportive housing
  • A four-story, 50-unit supportive housing project with all affordable units is under construction at 314 Jessie St. in Santa Cruz. (Updated June 2024)
• 324 Front St. downtown hotel
  • A six-story hotel with 232 rooms is proposed. It would replace the former Santa Cruz Community Credit Union building and two city-owned parcels. (Updated February 2024)
• 350 Ocean St., Ocean Street Apartments (Complete)
  • Construction of 63 apartments finished in February 2022. Each unit has one to three bedrooms.
• 415 Natural Bridges Drive apartments
  • Twenty studios are under construction on land owned by the Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz. Construction is expected to finish in August 2024. (Updated June 2024)
• 515 Soquel Ave., Talbott Apartments
  • A 43-unit, three-building apartment complex is proposed. (Updated July 2023)
• 525 Cedar St., Cedar Street apartments (Complete)
  • A 65-unit affordable housing project between Center and Cedar streets next to Calvary Episcopal Church.
• 530 Front St. housing complex
  • A seven- and eight-story, 276-unit rental housing complex is planned at Front Street and Soquel Avenue in Downtown Santa Cruz. (Updated April 2023)
• 530 Ocean St., ArtHaus Ocean
  • A 225-unit, six-story apartment complex with ground-floor commercial space is proposed. (Updated May 2024)
• 727 Hanover St. housing project (Complete)
  • Eleven homes were built.
• 800 block of Pacific Avenue, Pacific Station North and Pacific Station South housing complex
  • Pacific Station South is expected to have 69 below-market-rate apartments open in 2024. Pacific Station North started is expected to have 124 below-market-rate apartments open in 2026. (Updated June 2024)
• 831 Almar Ave., housing, shops and industrial space
  • Two six-story buildings and a four-story building are proposed with 120 homes and shops. A two-story building with industrial space and shops is also proposed. (Updated March 2024)
• 844 and 850 Almar Ave., Almar Village apartment complex
  • A three-story, 38-unit building is proposed at Almar Avenue and Rankin Street. (Updated May 2024)
• 831 Water St. (Water Street and Branciforte Avenue)
  • This proposal calls for a “workforce housing” building and a second “affordable housing” building at Water Street and Branciforte Avenue. Each building would be four stories.
• 900 High St., Peace Village housing complex at Peace United Church of Christ
  • Church leaders have proposed a 40-unit complex with nine affordable units on church property at 900 High St. (Updated February 2024)
• 908 Ocean St., Ocean Place condominiums
  • Twenty parcels are proposed to be combined on Ocean and May streets to build 390 condos and ground-floor shops. (Updated February 2023)
• 1130 Mission St., Food Bin redevelopment
  • This proposal calls for a five-story building with 59 units and ground-floor commercial space. (Updated May 2024)
• 2020 N. Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz Clocktower Center
  • A 16-story housing project is proposed. (Updated April 2024)
• 2202 Soquel Ave., Low-barrier navigation center
  • A 34-bed, referral-based navigation center is expected to be built to help people find permanent housing and related services. (Updated March 2024)
• 2332 Mission St., Linda Vista Shopping Center, with La Cabaña Taqueria and Arrow Surf & Sport
  • A strip mall that included La Cabaña Taqueria and Arrow Surf & Sport is expected to reopen in 2024. (Updated February 2023)
• Downtown Santa Cruz library, parking garage and housing
  • This project calls for a new library, up to 125 affordable housing units and a parking garage at Cedar and Cathcart streets. (Updated May 2024)
• Highways 1 and 9 intersection project (Complete)
  • New turn lanes, bike lanes and shoulders are being added to Highway 1 and 9, and along River Street in Santa Cruz.
• Mission Studios housing project
  • A three-story mixed use development with ground-floor offices and second- and third-story apartments is proposed on the south side of Mission Street between Palm and Dufour streets. (Updated July 2023)
• Pacific Front Laurel, Anton Pacific Apartments
  • A 207-unit market-rate housing project with ground-floor shops is expected to open in 2024. The project takes up the entire downtown block between Pacific Avenue, Front and Laurel streets. (Updated June 2024)
• UC Santa Cruz housing projects, Student Housing West and Kresge College
  • Student Housing West is a proposal to build housing on two sites with beds for more than 3,000 UCSC students. Kresge College additions and renovations are expected to add 662 beds.  

Aptos

• Aptos Village Phase 2
  • Twenty-nine homes are under construction next to 141 Aptos Village Way in Aptos. Five of the homes  are expected to be sold at below-market value or rented at below-market rate. (Updated June 2024)

Capitola

• 1098 38th Ave. affordable housing
  • Nonprofit developer MidPen Housing has proposed 52 units of affordable housing in a three-story project. (Updated November 2023)
• 4401 Capitola Road, The Bluffs at 44th
  • Thirty-five affordable homes near Capitola Road and 44th Avenue are expected to finish in late 2025. (Updated June 2024)
• Capitola Mall
  • The Capitola Mall project calls for 637 housing units, commercial space and a theater where the Capitola Mall now stands.

Freedom

• 2716 Freedom Blvd., Freedom House transitional housing for youths
  • An Encompass residential treatment facility is expected to be converted into 21 beds of transitional housing for youths who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. (Updated March 2024)

Live Oak

• 841 Capitola Road housing proposal
  • A three-story, 28-unit housing complex is proposed. (Updated May 2024)
• 1520 Capitola Road, Bienestar Plaza (Complete)
  • The project included 57 units of affordable housing and two clinics: a Dientes Community Dental Care and a Santa Cruz Community Health Center.
• 3500 Paul Sweet Road housing complex
  • An 84-unit apartment complex is proposed with up to six stories. The proposal takes advantage of Builder’s Remedy rules. (Updated April 2024)
• 5300 Soquel Ave., County of Santa Cruz Children’s Crisis Center
  • A facility for children and youths experiencing mental health crises is expected in the same complex as the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. (Updated March 2024)
• Maciel Residential Community
  • The project calls for 21 detached single-family townhomes at 1960 Maciel Ave. in Live Oak. (Updated February 2023)
• Kaiser Permanente medical complex, 5940 Soquel Ave. (Canceled)
  • Kaiser Permanente leaders in May backed out of purchasing 5940 Soquel Ave. in Live Oak for a previously planned 160,000-square-foot medical complex. (Updated September 2023)
    
• Soquel Drive and Thurber Lane housing proposal
  • A five building, 173-unit housing complex is proposed. (Updated May 2024)

Pajaro Dunes

• 295 San Andreas Road, San Andreas affordable housing
  • The 42-unit property houses farmworker families earning up to 50% of area median income.

Scotts Valley

• Bay Village subdivision
  • Eight houses and two duplexes were proposed on a vacant lot between MacDorsa Park and the Scotts Valley Fire Department on Erba Lane. (Updated June 2024)

Soquel

• 2838 Park Ave., Soquel, Project Homekey housing
  • Thirty-five permanent supportive housing units and one manager’s unit are under construction and expected to open in spring 2025. The aim is to prevent homelessness among veterans and families house young adults who aged out of the foster-care system. (Updated June 2024)

Watsonville

• 141 Miles Lane, Sparrow Terrace affordable housing project
  • A 72-unit affordable housing project with supportive services is under construction on Miles Lane in Watsonville. (Updated June 2024)
• 1430 Freedom Blvd., County of Santa Cruz Freedom health campus
  • A proposed South County hub for health services. (Updated March 2024)
• 1482 Freedom Blvd., Tabasa Gardens housing (Complete)
  • 53 affordable housing units have been built at Freedom Boulevard and Atkinson Lane.
• 1515 Brewington Ave., Cienega Heights affordable housing (Complete)
  • An 80-unit affordable housing complex finished construction in 2024. (Updated June 2024)
• The Residence at 558 Main
  • 50 apartments will be built at 558 Main St., south of East Fifth Street in Watsonville.
• Watsonville City Plaza
  • A redesign of the plaza in downtown Watsonville would make improvements to walkways, increase seating and add other amenities.

More housing resources

• Affordable housing waitlists around Watsonville resource page
• Santa Cruz Local’s Housing Glossary
• City of Santa Cruz Active Planning Applications and Status page
• County of Santa Cruz Planning Department page
• City of Capitola Community Development page
• City of Scotts Valley Current Projects page
• City of Watsonville Planning Division page
• Housing Santa Cruz County’s Affordable Housing Projects page