SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA – San Ramon’s Planning Commission will hold back-to-back study sessions Tuesday that could pave the way for nearly 500 new homes on the Bishop Ranch campus. No votes will be taken, but commissioners will hear public comment and give early feedback on two applications:
1. Canopy @ Bishop Ranch 8
Location: 3000-5000 Executive Parkway
- Total units proposed:412
- 255 single-family homes
- 157 rental apartments in a five-story mixed-use building
- Would replace three aging office buildings on the northern half of Bishop Ranch 8, next door to the 404-unit City Village neighborhood that opened last year.
- Applicant: Sunset Development (Bishop Ranch owner) seeks Downtown-Mixed-Use zoning flexibility before submitting a full design package.
2. Annabel @ Bishop Ranch 12
Location: 2 Annabel Lane (near 24-Hour Fitness)
- Total units proposed:73
- 64 multifamily condos or apartments
- 9 accessory dwelling units (ADUs)
- Plan calls for demolishing a 95-thousand-square-foot office building and re-landscaping the block to match CityWalk design guidelines adopted for Bishop Ranch’s emerging downtown district.
What Tuesday’s study sessions mean
These presentations let planners and residents:
- See preliminary site plans—including building heights, parking layouts and tree-removal maps posted on the city’s “Pending Housing Projects” page. sanramon.ca.gov
- Raise traffic, school-capacity and design questions before environmental studies begin.
- Guide revisions—developers often tweak density, setbacks or architecture based on feedback.
Neither project has been deemed “complete” under California’s SB 330 streamlined rules, so formal public hearings (and eventual yes/no votes) are still months away.
Why so many homes at Bishop Ranch?
San Ramon’s 2023–31 Housing Element calls for 5,111 new units city-wide. Sunset Development is converting surplus office parcels into a walkable mix of housing, retail and parks under its long-term CityWalk master plan. Recent additions include the 404-home City Village neighborhood and Belmont Village senior living; the two new proposals would push the campus past 900 approved or built homes.
We visited Belmont Village–here’s my thoughts about it.
How to weigh in
The Planning Commission meeting starts 6 p.m., June 17, at City Hall (7000 Bollinger Canyon Rd.) and streams live on Zoom and YouTube. Written comments can be emailed to planningcommission@sanramon.ca.gov at least two hours before the meeting.
With housing pressure high across the Bay Area, Tuesday’s discussion will give residents an early look at how San Ramon might balance jobs, traffic and new neighborhoods as Bishop Ranch continues its transformation from office park to mixed-use downtown.
