Plans to construct a six-story housing development that would add hundreds of new apartments to a prominent intersection in downtown Mountain View are poised to move ahead with the City Council set to take a final vote on the project next month.
The developer Greystar wants to replace the Chase Bank at the corner of El Camino Real and Castro Street, as well as an adjacent surface parking lot and vacant restaurant, with 299 apartments and thousands of square feet of ground-floor retail space.
On Wednesday evening, the city’s Environmental Planning Commission unanimously signed off on the massive mixed-use development at 749 W. El Camino Real. The City Council is now expected to vote on the project at its Nov. 18 meeting.
Environmental Planning Commissioners expressed enthusiasm for the G