Menlo Park planners approve eight-story housing project to replace office building

Menlo Park’s Planning Commission voted this week to approve a 105-unit multi-family housing project, with some of the units being reserved for lower-income occupants.

The project involves a plan to redevelop a 0.9-acre site at 111 Independence Drive into 105 housing units, a 746-square-foot cafe and a multi-story parking garage. The building would be eight stories tall and the ground floor would include a fitness area, lounge and leasing office. The 15,000-square-foot office building that currently occupies the project space will be demolished.