A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
Major private development

Developer projects

A handful of large private projects shape Menlo Park's budget for years at a time. They bring in money — planning fees, building permits, property tax, hotel tax — and they bring obligations: affordable housing, community benefits, roads and infrastructure. The pages below trace each one through the City's published budget data: what's been paid, what's planned, and what's still uncertain.

USGS Campus / 345 Middlefield

Presidio Bay Ventures

Under review
Funded: Private670 units · 740K sf office/R&D · 40K sf retail

Goes to the City: 26.4 acres of publicly accessible open space, trails, and recreation

See the budget trail ›Verified June 2, 2026

320 Sheridan (Flood School site)

Alliant

Approved
Funded: Partly City88 units · 87 affordable

Goes to the City: 87 of 88 units deed-restricted affordable, prioritized for school-distri…

See the budget trail ›Verified May 31, 2026

Parkline (SRI campus redevelopment)

Lane Partners LLC / SRI International

Approved
Funded: Private800 units · 925K sf office/R&D · 75K sf retail · 63 acres

Goes to the City: Up to 800 residential units

See the budget trail ›Verified May 31, 2026

Hotel Moxy

FPG Development Group

Under construction
Funded: Private163-room hotel

Goes to the City: New Transient Occupancy (hotel) Tax once operational, amplified by the 2…

See the budget trail ›Verified June 2, 2026

Willow Village

Peninsula Innovation Partners / Meta Platforms, Inc.

Paused
Funded: Private1,729 units · 312 affordable · 1.25M sf office/R&D · 200K sf retail · 193-room hotel · 60 acres

Goes to the City: 300+ affordable housing units delivered without a City BMR fund draw

See the budget trail ›Verified May 31, 2026

Middle Plaza (Stanford)

Stanford University (Menlo Station Development LLC)

Completed
Funded: Private

Goes to the City: $5,000,000 contribution to the Middle Avenue Caltrain Crossing Project —…

See the budget trail ›Verified May 31, 2026

These are the largest projects by scale and the ones most likely to move General Fund revenue. Smaller projects exist and may be added over time. Dollar projections for each project live in its Fiscal Impact Analysis, linked on the project page — they are not reproduced here.