City Council to consider Smith Development's proposal for 123 Sherman Ave. on March 22 Uploaded: Fri, Mar 5, 2021, 12:44 pm 20 Time to read: about 4 minutes The proposed mixed-use project from Smith Development, viewed here from the corner of Park Boulevard and Sherman Avenue, would include 35,996 square feet of office space. Courtesy Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects. After years of struggling to promote housing development, Palo Alto is now awash with proposals — nearly all of them targeting the rapidly changing area near the California Avenue business district. The City Council has already approved two residential developments — a "workforce housing" project with 57 apartments at 2755 El Camino Real, on the busy corner of El Camino and Page Mill Road — and 59 apartments known as Wilton Court for low-income families and adults with disabilities. And over the past few months, council members gave favorable reviews to plans to build 119 housing units at 2951 El Camino Real through the new "planned housing" zone and to Santa Clara County's teacher-housing project proposed for 231 Grant Ave., which consists of 110 apartments.