Saturday, January 24, 2026

Santa Cruz Changes 147: South of Laurel apartments public presentation

 


A proposed 8-story apartment tower will have a public Zoom presentation on Monday, Jan. 26 (the linked article has meeting info). The image at right is a rendering supplied by the developer.

The building will replace 10-units of 1-story motel-style housing called "Neptune Apartments", and two commercial buildings currently located at 407-413 Pacific Avenue.

The city website has more information about the proposal. One interesting wrinkle is that this development will have 100% below-market-rate-rent units. That's happening because of a recent city rule that allowed the development proposed for 201 Front Street (see Changes 126) to be 100% market-rate, in return for 100% below-market-rate in another location. 


The image at left shows the current appearance of 407-413 Pacific Ave.