West Coast developer breaks ground on 234-unit income-based townhome project in South Richmond
Mike Platania October 27, 2026 0 A major California developer has kicked off construction of an income-based housing complex that’s serving as its entrance into the local market. Standard Communities broke ground in recent days on a 234-unit development at 250 E. German School Road. The new project, Joyfield Towns at German School, will rise in phases on a 15-acre site in South Richmond near the Chippenham Parkway-Midlothian Turnpike interchange. It will be configured as 35 rows of three-story, for-rent townhomes. Each unit would have three or four bedrooms, and Feras Qumseya, Standard’s chief development officer, said the units will be available for households earning between 50% and 60% of the area median income. “Who are these homes for? They’re for the teachers, the firefighters, the line cooks, home and health aides,” Qumseya said. “They work really hard, and too often they can’t…
