Avalon Walnut Creek at Contra Costa Centre will bring a heart to the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village. With a residential mixed-use site plan, Avalon Walnut Creek will be built in two phases. Phase I, which started construction in August 2008, will consist of 422 residential apartments, 100 for-sale town homes, and 35,590 square feet of local serving retail (dining, convenience retail, business services and personal services). Due to the downt...(more)Avalon Walnut Creek at Contra Costa Centre will bring a heart to the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village. With a residential mixed-use site plan, Avalon Walnut Creek will be built in two phases. Phase I, which started construction in August 2008, will consist of 422 residential apartments, 100 for-sale town homes, and 35,590 square feet of local serving retail (dining, convenience retail, business services and personal services). Due to the downturn in the for-sale housing market the condominium component is not expected to start construction until mid-2010 or later. Due to the downturn in the for-sale housing market, the condominium component is not expected to start construction until mid-2010 or later. Phase II will be a 290,000 square foot office building, including a 20,000 square foot business conference center. Construction may occur within the next five years. Born out of 2001 planning process called a charrette, Avalon Walnut Creek will provide a real example to the region of how to create communities near transit.
