SAN RAFAEL | 924 3rd Street | 260 FT | 24 FLOORS

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The specs for 924 3rd St:
- 24 floors, 260 ft
- 345 units
- 52 of the units will be affordable
- 24,950 sq ft of retail space
- Parking for 350 cars

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/84qD9kdBCAc67cno8

Marin County’s Tallest Building Proposed for 924 3rd Street, San Rafael



By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on April 14, 2026

Preliminary permits have been filed for a 24-story mixed-use tower at 924 3rd Street in Downtown San Rafael, Marin County. The application is now the tallest proposal in the county, looking to add several hundred apartments and a market hall in the heart of the city. Berkeley-based Goldstone Management is responsible for the development as the property owner.

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Studio KDA is responsible for the design. Vertical elevations provide insight into the potential project, including different exterior styles for the 3rd Street and 4th Street facades. The building will be clad with metal panels, brick veneer, and ornamental tiles. The 4th Street streetwall will be articulated to appear like several smaller buildings built above the uniform ground-floor retail glass wall. The southern podium facade overlooking 4th Street resembles the front of a movie theater, though there are no plans for a theater on-site. The ground floor includes a double-height glass lobby entrance capped by a thirty-foot-high kinetic wall. The residential tower is wrapped in glass-railing balconies and a copper-clad Art Deco feature.

The structure will be carved by various setbacks to complement neighboring buildings, with the 4th Street component rising 10 floors with a sixth-floor setback, and the tower rising 24 stories above 3rd Street with a 10th-floor setback. The tower will also include a 10th-floor cantilever over the podium annex. Demolition is required for the six existing low-slung commercial structures and surface parking. The new structure will include 345 apartment units and around 25,000 square feet of commercial space. The roughly 1.4-acre property extends from 3rd Street to 4th Street on a block bound by A Street and Lootens Place.

https://sfyimby.com/2026/04/marin-county...posed-for-924-3rd-street-san-rafael.html

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And the renderings:











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