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Site PlanRecommended approval (Feb 2026) · Council outcome not on record668 E. 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CA

Gateway Project — 668 E. 3rd Avenue

San Mateo

Description

An eight-story, 128-unit rental building with 73 parking spaces and 20 affordable units, replacing the one-story Gateway Crossing shopping center. The commission recommended City Council approval 4-0, with one recusal.

Impact summary

Doubles base density via stacked density bonus, adds affordable units near the Caltrain station, and replaces a strip mall in the downtown gateway.

Applicant

Name
Prometheus Real Estate Group
Address
668 E. 3rd Avenue, San Mateo, CASee this on the map

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Last vote · Planning Commission

Recommended approval (Feb 2026) · Council outcome not on record4–0, unanimous

A recommendation. The council’s outcome is not on record here.

Last discussed Feb 10, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Feb 10, 2026Recommended approval 4–0

Planning Commission Regular Meeting - Feb 10, 2026

An eight-story, 128-unit rental building with 73 parking spaces and 20 affordable units, replacing the one-story Gateway Crossing shopping center. The commission recommended City Council approval 4-0, with one recusal.

Related issues (1)

128-unit apartment building at 668 E. 3rd Avenue (Gateway Project)

A shopping center near downtown and the Caltrain station would become 128 apartments, 20 of them affordable. Commissioners and most speakers liked the design, but neighbors raised cumulative downtown traffic and the loss of the existing retail.

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