Menlo Park approved a transformative urban village project proposed by Facebook two years ago.
MENLO PARK — Despite letting hundreds of employees go in recent weeks, the company behind Facebook is forging ahead with its plan to build a massive new mixed-use urban village complete with housing, office and shopping near its sprawling campus by the Bay.
“At the end of the day this project is delivering a lot of what we want which is more housing below market and market rate and senior housing and money for below market rate funds, community amenities and the grocery store,” Wolosin said. “The project itself is really beautifully designed with a town square and community gathering spots. All of that goes to the scales of weighing the benefits and impacts of this project. In the long run, this is the right vote for our city.
Councilmember Cecilia Taylor — who represents the Belle Haven neighborhood site of the project — said that circulation and traffic in the area will be a huge problem for her community. While noting that she can live with some aspects of the project, Taylor said there were other things “we’ll continue to talk about moving forward,” but traffic on Willow Road appears inevitable with the current plan.
Taylor also pushed back on YIMBY Menlo Park residents who wanted the project to have the maximum amount of housing possible. She said she’s supportive of bringing more housing to her district, but she doesn’t want it to be a disproportionate amount. Taylor believes future housing should be spread out across the small city.
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