A BART train arrives at the Pleasant Hill BART station in Walnut Creek, Calif. on Monday, February 1, 2021. (Ray Saint Germain/Bay City News Foundation)

Nearly 500 affordable and market-rate housing units will be built around BART’s Lake Merritt station over the coming decade following the approval of the project by the transit agency’s Board of Directors on Thursday.

The development will include a pair of housing complexes as well as a publicly accessible plaza on what is currently the station’s parking lot.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.