Marin officials have taken a key step toward building a public-sector workforce housing complex near San Quentin prison.
The Marin County Public Financing Authority sent out a “request for qualifications” this month for construction management companies for the 135-apartment Oak Hill project. The financing agency was formed by the Marin County Office of Education and the county government.
About 100 of the apartments will be earmarked for educators and the rest for county employees, said John Carroll, Marin’s superintendent of schools. The complex will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for households between 50% and 120% of the area’s median income, Carroll said.
The project also will include amenities such as a fitness center, a community room, a children’s play structure and an outdoor courtyard and areas for seating.
“Once complete, this development will create opportunities for teachers, school staff and other essential workers to live close to their jobs,” Carroll said. “That will reduce the strain of long commutes, improve teacher retention and recruitment rates and promote better work-life balance.”
The request for qualifications aims to prequalify firms to supervise and implement the project construction. The developer is Education Housing Partners, an entity formed in 2004 by Thompson Dorfman Partners of Mill Valley.