Monterey, CA Affordable Housing Units Downtown On The Way.

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Affordable Housing is extremely difficult to find on the Central Coast, so I was happy to see that a few more units are coming to downtown Monterey.  This will be convenient for seniors as they will be able to walk to various stores and restaurants and be right next to the transit center.  A two-story building is planned for the old service station which was razed on Munras street and the 10,700 square foot building isn't likely to get much opposition from the Monterey County Planning Commission.  The land is owned by the city and the developers (Foothill Partners Inc. and CarlOutzen) are asking for permission to start construction on a mixed-use building called El Cuartel Nuevo, which will have 5,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor and 10 studio apartments on the second floor.  Foothill Partners is headed by Douglas Wiele, a developer which has completed a number of projects here including Trader Joes.  All of the apartments will be rented at below-market rates for low and moderate income tenants.  It will also have 22 parking spaces and a common laundry area