Major Projects

A Use Permit was received requesting that the City allow up to 87,000 square feet of Research & Development (R&D) use at the existing 115,629 square-foot office building at Century Plaza located at 1065 E. Hillsdale Boulevard – UP2021-0043.

 An application was submitted by Delvin Harvey of Gilead Science, Inc. to demolish an existing office building and entitle a new  research and development building on the Gilead Campus. The proposed conceptual plans for the subject site include the following:

This project is currently approved and under construction which comprises the installation of 16 miles of Fiber Optic Infrastructure and 63 Wireless Cellular Nodes that are used to send and receive voice and data communications. This project will be ongoing for the remainder of 2024 and possibly into 2025.

A Use Permit to demolish the existing 32,000-square-foot recreation center and construct a new Foster City Recreation Center in approximately the same location. The new recreation center building would be two stories and a maximum of approximately 40 feet in height and approximately 40,000 square feet in size. The proposed project would also include improvements to Leo J. Ryan Park consisting of new outdoor gathering spaces, new landscaping, and restriped parking lots.

The Median Modification and Road Improvements at Chess Drive and Foster City Boulevard Project is the combining of CIP 301-635 and 301-637. The two projects were developed as part of the Engineering Feasibility Study Final Report (May 2009) to address traffic related impacts from proposed development projects in Foster City. The projects are identified as Multi-Project #3, #4, #7, and #8 in the study. The project is being designed by the City’s design consultant, BKF Engineers, and the scope involves:

Several of Foster City's 24 beautiful parks are nearing 50 years old.  As part of the City's ongoing effort to properly and adequately maintain its Parks infrastructure and ensure the quality and diversity of the facilities, a Parks System Master Plan is necessary.  Development of a Master Plan for the Parks System will allow for future planning of projects and guide the overall direction of the City's parks program. 

Pilgrim Triton Phase C includes 70 townhouse-style condominium units known as Laguna Vista and 22 Workforce Housing Apartment units that are owned by the City of Foster City. The project also includes the enlargement and completion of the Pilgrim Triton Plaza park.

Construction began in late 2020 and is expected to be completed in late 2021-2022.

The 70 Laguna Vista units include 7 one-bedroom, 13 two-bedroom, 6 three-bedroom, and 44 four-bedroom units.

The 22 Workforce Apartment units include:

The proposed Use Permit Application is to add 420 new dwelling units and 518 new parking spaces on a 16.8-acre site known as Lantern Cove Apartments. The subject site is located to the south of Port Royal Avenue between the two points of intersections of Port Royal Avenue and Rock Harbor Lane. The subject site currently includes thirty-five 2-story apartment buildings containing 232 dwelling units, a leasing/amenity building, and 482 parking spaces. The site consists of a mix of surface and carport parking spaces providing a parking ratio of 2.08 parking spaces per dwelling unit.

The City of Foster City, as part of a program to minimize service disruptions which could result from a seismic event,  has identified needed repairs and upgrades to the Lagoon Pump Station.   The lagoon pump station pumps water from lagoon into the Bay.   

The Project includes:
•    Strapping down equipment within the Building;
•    Retrofitting the Overhead Doors Frames;
•    Repairing and reconstructing the walkway on the lagoon-side of the Building; and 
•    Retrofitting the walkway on the bay-side of the building.