clementina street. design and develop a high density mixed income project in in in the transbay project area. on on july on july 16th 2013, after competitive selection process the commission approved the development of block 9 with the development team led by levant housing along with essex property trust. the team included the led architect for the tower component and a small business enterprise for the low rise building. >> the project has evolved since execution and the total number of units decreased to 545 because the number of floors was decreased from 43 to 42. tmg partners and essex property trust and bridge remain. tmg partners and essex property trust together are acting as the lead development entity and changed into an eighty-20 development for a more integrated approach. this revised scheme is different than that contemplated it is consistent -- we allowed for either a joint development opportunity or an 80-20 opportunity. . >> again, the project consists of 436 market rate units and 109 af

these include things such as the retail on the ground floor, the treatment of clementina street and clementina street. the design team are here to give you a brief presentation of the schematic designs and then i'll return to talk about next steps. >> can you hear me with one microphone? >> president rosales commissioners i am a design director and i'm here to present the design for transbay block 9. with me here is -- landscape architects they have been partners in this design exercise and we have a complete development team and bridge housing. >> so i want to start with the slide over 10 years ago as a result of the of the freeway coming down developed a plan for a new neighborhood transbay and rincon hill and you can see there this is our project block 9. as part of the plan in in accordance with the guidelines the concept for the tower was to take the scale of the neighborhood and repeat that into the tower as a series of mason ettes and identify it as a unique landmark in the city. there are a series of balcony notches and the podium itself is also a series of layered materials that break

the development program includes a tower and ground floor retail and town homes along clementina street. design and develop a high density mixed income project in in in the transbay project area. on on july on july 16th 2013, after competitive selection process the commission approved the development of block 9 with the development team led by levant housing along with essex property trust. the team included the led architect for the tower component and a small business enterprise for the low rise building. >> the project has evolved since execution and the total number of units decreased to 545 because the number of