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Booker T. Washington Community Center

San Francisco, CA

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Tenant Improvement 70,000 SF

AlfaTech provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and sustainable engineering design services for the 68,000 SF, 5-story, mixed use structure, which houses a community center, 175-seat gymnasium, a 21-car parking garage, and 50 Affordable Housing Units, 24 for Foster Care Transition Aged Youth. The center includes a childcare facility, afterschool and teen programs, and Youth Radio, as well as the BTWCSC administrative offices. The apartment component, with space for supportive services, has become a model program, where transition age youth and adults, share a community that provides mentoring opportunities for the youth. BTWCSC is the oldest community service center serving the African-American community in San Francisco and has operated continuously since 1919. BTWCSC provides multigenerational services to approximately 278 individuals daily.