A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
mixed-use
Paused

Willow Village

Peninsula Innovation Partners / Meta Platforms, Inc. · Eastern side of Willow Road, Menlo Park (60-acre Meta property)

The developer has stopped active work for now. The approval and its agreement remain in effect.

Project value & public money flows
Project scope
  • 1,729 residential units (312 affordable)
  • 1.25M sf office / R&D
  • 200,000 sf retail
  • 193 hotel rooms
  • Site: 60 acres
Who pays for the project

Privately funded by the developer (Peninsula Innovation Partners / Meta Platforms, Inc.). This is not a City budget item.

What flows TO the City
  • 300+ affordable housing units delivered without a City BMR fund draw
  • $15M one-time contribution to the Sequoia Union High School District (negotiated separately)
  • Restaurants, town square, and publicly accessible park space
  • Recurring property tax and impact fees once occupied
What the City is on the hook for
  • Public infrastructure reviews and inspections
  • Long-term General Fund service costs (police, library, parks) once units occupied — quantified in the 2022 BAE Fiscal Impact Analysis
Key dates
Development Agreement
Executed November 1, 2022 · Ord. 1095
Follow the money

Where this project shows up in the City's budget

Each item below is a real line in the City's budget data, connected to this project. Where a connection was inferred rather than stated outright, it's flagged so you can judge it for yourself.

Direct project costs (City staff time)

City staff time and consultant work spent reviewing this project, recorded in the general ledger.

Willow Village-EIR
PT0201
$201,722
recorded to date

FY 23 $202K

Willow Village-FIA/CA
PT0260
$10,613
recorded to date

FY 23 $11K

Willow Village-WSA
PT0223
$0
recorded to date

Infrastructure scoped around this project

Public infrastructure whose size or timing was shaped, at least in part, by this project.

Likely link · Scope likely influenced by this project — inferred from the City's own naming and timing, and would benefit from staff confirmation.

Willow Rd Transportation Study
STT003
$74,353
recorded to date

FY 23 $11K · FY 24 $64K

Likely link · Scope likely influenced by this project — inferred from the City's own naming and timing, and would benefit from staff confirmation.

Mitigation-related ongoing programs

Recurring programs that exist to offset the project's impacts.

Willow Rd Shuttle7904
OP3003
$925,539
recorded to date

FY 23 $144K · FY 24 $147K · FY 25 $146K · FY 26 $211K · FY 27 $278K

Likely link · Scope likely influenced by this project — inferred from the City's own naming and timing, and would benefit from staff confirmation.

The paper trail

Source documents

Every document the City has published for this project that we've catalogued. Each link goes straight to the City's own copy.

Ordinance

Fiscal Impact Analysis

This document quantifies the project's projected fiscal impact on the City. The specific dollar projections are not copied into this database — open the FIA to read them.

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Final Environmental Impact Report

Draft Environmental Impact Report

Affordable Housing Agreement

Staff reports

City news

City project page

What this page can't tell you

The City's budget data tells us what's been appropriated, what's been spent, and what infrastructure is planned. It does not tell us:

  • The detailed terms of the Development Agreement — community-benefit contributions, in-kind dedications, ongoing obligations. Read the Development Agreement directly.
  • The projected fiscal impact over the project's lifecycle. Read the Fiscal Impact Analysis directly — it was prepared before approval and contains the dollar projections.
  • Real-time building-permit issuance or fee collection — contact Community Development.
  • The conditions under which the developer would resume, and the City's options if the pause becomes permanent.

Have a question this page can't answer? Bring it to the next budget public hearing on June 9, or email city.council@menlopark.gov.