BART may partner with the city to bring much-needed affordable rental housing to a vacant property a few blocks from the downtown station.
The transit agency owns a 9-acre parcel between Monument Boulevard and San Miguel Road that sits just south of the Concord skate park. Although a canal runs through the property, city staffers believe at least part of it could be developed.
BART works with local communities to develop high-density housing at its stations. Such mixed-use developments are under construction at the Walnut Creek, MacArthur and Coliseum stations, however the Concord project would be the first built on an off-site BART property, according to spokesman Jim Allison.
