Proposed, per the city.
Benicia's City Council voted 5–0 on May 5 to approve an agreement selling two city-owned sites to Eden Housing for $1 to build affordable apartments for adults 55 and older and a new senior center, according to the city's staff report and meeting minutes. The sites are the Senior Center site near and at 187 East L Street and the vacant Scout property at East 4th and East L streets. The agreement calls for at least 90 apartments; the city's development list says 109, and Eden's project website describes about 100. Eden's property page also describes about 100 but lists 105 units, so the final count remains unresolved. The city received a preliminary housing application on April 22; as of the May 5 staff report, no development application had been filed. Building approvals, funding and construction have not been reported.
How we know (7 sources)
Dated source evidence; the project may have changed since then. An approval does not establish construction or an opening.
Summary
The May 5, 2026 staff report describes a Disposition and Development Agreement selling the Senior Center site and Scout property to Eden Benicia Senior Investors, LP for $1, contemplating at least 90 affordable units for ages 55+, a cold-shell senior center, a promenade and parking. It reports a SB 330 preliminary housing application received April 22, 2026, and no development application.
Staff Report - Benicia Senior DDA (City Council, May 5, 2026, item 15.C)City of Benicia · Executive summary; Budget information; About the Benicia Senior Affordable Housing Development
Evidence dated: May 5, 2026 · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Primary city record. A land-disposition agreement is not a land-use entitlement, funding award or construction start.
Summary
Minutes for the May 5, 2026 City Council meeting record adoption of Resolution 26-30 approving a DDA with Eden Benicia Senior Investors, LP, on a 5–0 roll call (Birdseye, Largaespada, Macenski, Scott, Young).
City Council minutes, May 5, 2026, item 15.CCity of Benicia · Item 15.C; roll call
Evidence dated: May 5, 2026 · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Minutes PDF on the Granicus portal carries a DRAFT watermark; check for the approved version. Located with the new benicia-meetings collector logic.
Summary
Minutes for the April 9, 2026 Planning Commission record a 7–0 vote finding the disposition of the Scout and Senior Center sites consistent with the General Plan and recommending approval of the DDA.
Planning Commission minutes, April 9, 2026, item 11.ACity of Benicia · Item 11.A
Evidence dated: Apr 9, 2026 · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Supports the sequence only; not used for a separate public claim.
Summary
The city's Active Development Applications page lists Benicia Senior Housing as 109 units of age-restricted (55+) affordable multifamily units on city-owned sites, with replacement of the Senior Center and public parking.
Active Development ApplicationsCity of Benicia · Benicia Senior Housing entry
Evidence dated: Date not stated · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Same 109 figure as the October 5 read; page hash changed (dynamic template), content for this entry unchanged.
Summary
The project website says Eden Housing and FORA were selected through a city process in 2025 and that the two sites could provide approximately 100 affordable apartments for adults 55+, with a redeveloped senior center.
Benicia Senior HousingBenicia Senior Housing project team (Eden Housing / FORA) · At a Glance; Scout Site; Civic Center Site
Evidence dated: Date not stated · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Project-team statement; approximately 100.
Summary
Eden Housing's Benicia Senior property page describes a proposed scattered-site community of approximately 100 senior apartments and lists Number of Units: 105.
Benicia SeniorEden Housing · Property Description; Property Details
Evidence dated: Date not stated · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Developer confirmed by its own page and the city staff report. Third unit figure disclosed as unresolved.
Development status
The May 5, 2026 staff report describes a Disposition and Development Agreement selling the Senior Center site and Scout property to Eden Benicia Senior Investors, LP for $1, contemplating at least 90 affordable units for ages 55+, a cold-shell senior center, a promenade and parking. It reports a SB 330 preliminary housing application received April 22, 2026, and no development application.
Staff Report - Benicia Senior DDA (City Council, May 5, 2026, item 15.C)City of Benicia · Executive summary; Budget information; About the Benicia Senior Affordable Housing Development
Evidence dated: May 5, 2026 · Source checked: Oct 12, 2026
Primary city record. A land-disposition agreement is not a land-use entitlement, funding award or construction start.
