
A six-story apartment complex is planned for the 900 block of Water Street in Santa Cruz. (Workbench)
Last updated: January 2025
Project name: Stanford & Water
Location: 900 block of Water Street, Santa Cruz
The site is at Water Street and Stanford Avenue, next to a used car lot.

Status
- The Santa Cruz Planning Commission on Jan. 9 unanimously approved plans for a six-story, 83-unit apartment building.
- The project does not require Santa Cruz City Council approval unless it is appealed.
Developer
CRP Affordable Housing and Community Development is the developer and Workbench is the contractor.
Project description
- Total units: 82 one-, two- and three-bedroom below-market-rate apartments for renters earning 30%-80% Area Median Income, plus a manager’s unit.
- Height: Six stories, 65 feet.
- Businesses on the ground floor.
- An outdoor patio for a potential restaurant.
- An outdoor play structure.
- A garage with 38 parking spaces, with access from Stanford Avenue.

Santa Cruz Planning Commissioners approved a six-story, 83-unit housing complex on the 900 block of Water Street in Santa Cruz. (Natalya Dreszer — Santa Cruz Local file)
A previous version of the project in February 2023 included four stories of below-market and market-rate studios with 49 parking spaces.
Read more
- 6-story apartment complex approved on Water Street in Santa Cruz — Jan. 13, 2025
- Studios proposed on Water Street in Santa Cruz — Dec. 9, 2022
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