Indoors Meets Out at Hawthorne: BTS with GLS Landscape Architecture

Tranquil indoor-outdoor living meets high design at Hawthorne. Here, you’ll find a lush, sun-filled inner courtyard, outdoor barbecue, intimate garden rooms and stone fireplace anchoring a trellised area complete with outdoor dining and several seating areas. The large courtyard occupies the whole interior of the block with the building wrapped around it, creating a private and secluded space. Large planters divide a number of outdoor rooms, where residents are invited to a range of experiences.

Lounge with friends around the fireplace or toss dinner on the grill. Nestle into one of the intimate garden rooms for a sunny workspace. Settle into a swing chair under the trellis. Dine outdoors with a dozen friends. Find balance in a fitness retreat that flows from the outdoors in. Steal a moment of serenity on your private balcony or patio. Or step out into the rich landscape of Bay Meadows with parks, trails and plenty of spots to meet up with friends.

Go Behind-the-Scenes with GTS Landscape Architecture:

We recently caught up with Gary Strang, Principal of GLS Architecture, our landscape architecture firm at Hawthorne. Gary describes how the inspired modern aesthetic and lifestyle of the building extends into its surroundings:

Bay Meadows is recognized for its welcoming parks and shared open spaces, so we’ve carried that idea into the enclosure of the building.

What’s unique about the Bay Area is the mild climate that allows many indoor activities to occur out of doors. Working closely with the architects, we created a continuous flow of spaces from indoors to out, from fully enclosed cozy common rooms to outdoor semi covered trellised hearth, dining and cooking areas completely open to the weather. Similar couch-like arrangements, furnishings, light sculptures, materials and colors are repeated both inside and out.

Can you describe the intimate garden rooms, three semi-private furnished niches that were made with those working from home in mind?

Remote work appears to be a permanent fact of life, and we always consider that our outdoor spaces are a continuation of indoor workspaces. People will naturally be drawn under the trellis canopy for computer work, where the light levels are low so you can see your screen. We also consider making dependable zoom backgrounds just like we consider that the google earth view of your home is part of your identity.

At the end of the day, we are trying to create a sense of community which today is the most valuable commodity. 

We start by making intimately scaled outdoor places that are naturally inviting and comfortable for people to hang out. People are naturally drawn to the sense of enclosure that trellises and plantings offer with dappled light, seasonal flowers and leaves, trees swaying in the breeze, color and texture contrasts. Smooth refined materials like polished stone and stainless steel are adjacent to contrasting rustic stone, terrazzo bricks and aggregate paving.

I think people will enjoy having the balance and choice between privacy and shared open spaces, and of course, each year the cherries will be flowering.

Our planting pallet contains many coastal native plants like toyon, ceanothus and Catalina cherry, and more southern drought tolerant succulents like agave and aloe that tie into the greater landscape of Bay Meadows. But we also have Pacific Rim influence with Ginkgo and flowering cherries.

Now is your chance to be a part of this thriving new community at Bay Meadows. Join us for a tour of available residences today! 

Leasing Center Open Daily 9-6 | 3098 Kyne Street West San Mateo, CA 94403 | 650-855-8768| BayMeadows@bozzuto.com

 

 

 

Hawthorne Invites You to Live Large

Hawthorne has released a new round of homes, featuring spacious 2- and 3-bedroom floorplans. Be among the first to tour these light-filled, warmly modern apartments at the heart of Bay Meadows in San Mateo. If you’re looking, view what’s new here. 

 

Hawthorne is the perfect place to host lively gatherings and find peaceful escape.

Our new community members at Hawthorne appreciate the building’s lush-filled inner courtyard complete with BBQ, the private dining room and chefs kitchen, and all the amazing monthly resident events where you can meet you neighbors and build connections. Our wonderful onsite team will go above and beyond to assist you to ensure Hawthorne is home. Personally, what I love most about this new community is its fitness center, free weights and TRX equipment – plus the fitness on-demand virtual classes. 

Hawthorne offers big building amenities in an intimate retreat of just 54 spacious, light-filled homes. These warmly modern residences feature expansive windows, soaring ceilings and designer finishes all around. Choose from a variety of floorplans – from 1 to 3 bedroom flats and townhomes.

The thoughtful design extends living well beyond your new apartment into the natural environment of an award-winning transit oriented development, which received the Green Building Honorable Mention at the 2024 Sustainability and Green Building Awards Celebration, cosponsored by Sustainable San Mateo County, the The American Institute of Architects (AIA), San Mateo County Chapter and Peninsula Clean Energy.

 

The best part about life at Bay Meadows is that my family and I can enjoy the beautiful surroundings and neighborhood parks daily. There are three parks located right outside your front door and a community garden space too! It’s easy to jump on Hillsdale Caltrain to go to a Giants Game. Plus, we’re walking distance to Hillsdale Mall, Whole Foods and have wonderful retails spaces within the neighborhood. And now you can get a great workout in with your Bay Meadows neighbors at our new addition to the neighborhood, Basecamp San Mateo.

San Mateo has amazing schools, it is very walkable and is surrounded by excellent hiking. If you haven’t tried Flores, our new Mexican restaurant, it’s my personal favorite and I’d highly recommend it. Book your tour of Hawthorne soon and follow with a nice lunch or dinner.

Leasing Center Open Daily 9-6 | 3098 Kyne Street West San Mateo, CA 94403 | 650-855-8768| BayMeadows@bozzuto.com

5 Simple Ways to Bring the Outdoors-In

After winter, who isn’t ready to open the windows, sweep off the patio and usher in spring? Here are some easy ways to incorporate the fresh new season into your Bay Meadows home and blur the lines where inside meets outdoors — whether it’s a garden to table recipe or any room that needs a spot of color and a little added life.

Bring the fresh taste of spring inside with a Farm to Fork Recipe, like this Herbed Feta Dip.  You only need to blend feta and a splash of water in a food processor. Mix in parsley, mint, and chopped dill; season with salt and pepper. Drizzle with oil and top with dill sprigs – voilà you have a crowd pleasing appetizer ready to serve with whole grain crackers or pita and some fresh-cut veggies.

Looking for a perfect pairing to your farm fresh meals and appetizers? Try these healthy Farm-to-Table Cocktail Recipes from top mixologists all over the country. If you are a resident gardener you’ll be invited to mix in the garden where our team offers plot tips and tricks to help us grow together as a community.

 

Magnetic Wine Cork Succulents: Add a little green to your indoor space with these eye-catching succulents. These DIY wine cork succulents are easy to make and become such fun fridge magnets. They only require wine corks, magnets, soil, succulent clippings and a little time. They can also serve as wonderful gifts and a memento from a special evening and great bottle of wine.

Make your own Living Wall: Remember the living wall at Bay Meadows that served as a lovely statement piece on our information center? Put your green thumb to use and perk up your indoor space by creating your own beautiful hand crafted living mosaic picture frame to hang on a wall or prop on a shelf to liven the space up. Succulents are a natural choice for vertical gardens because they grow slowly and have low water requirements. Fresh herbs provide an added culinary touch.

Plant a Terrarium: Bright colors can make a room feel alive but nothing does that like a living organism. Terrariums are easy to make, a great oxygen booster and will be a great conversation piece when gracing your desk, dining room table or any other well-lit spot. Moss terrariums are very low maintenance, for those who can’t keep other plants alive.

Indoor Herb Gardens: Nothing beats the smell of fresh herbs sprouting up right in your home. They are easy to grow and use all around the house. Did you know? The San Mateo Public Library’s Seed Library offers free vegetable, herb, and California native flower seeds to San Mateo residents! Visit the seed cabinet on Main Library’s 2nd floor to choose some seeds to plant in your garden or containers! Limit of one packet per seed type per visit, and five packets total per visit at the Main Library. Mini-seed libraries are available at the Marina and Hillsdale branches on a seasonal basis (limit 3 packets per visit).

And another fantastic way of ensuring you can use fresh herbs all year round is to Freeze & Preserve Fresh Herbs in Olive Oil in ice cubes trays. The freezer is a great way to have herbs ready immediately for winter use, just take a frozen cube of oil and herbs out and use this as the base of your dish.

As you can see, it’s easier than you imagine to bring a bit of the outdoors-in, so when you aren’t living life in motion outdoors on the miles of biking trails, networks of parks, enjoying Persimmon Park community garden and wide-open spaces that your neighborhood has to offer – you can enjoy the fresh feel of spring right in your new Bay Meadows home.

From jewel box retreat to energetic hub, The Apartment Collection at Bay Meadows in San Mateo serves up life and living just the way you want. We now have five unique communities to choose from for the one-of-a-kind you! Select from The Morgan, Field House, Quimby, The Russell and our newest community at Bay Meadows – Hawthorne!

As we develop community, we want to see how you live or play at Bay Meadows. Share your fun lifestyle photos with our community by using #baymeadowslife. For the latest news and updates from Bay Meadows, follow us on Facebook, X and Instagram.

Leasing Center Open Daily 9-6 | 3098 Kyne Street West San Mateo, CA 94403 | 650-855-8768| BayMeadows@bozzuto.com

 

 

A Look Inside Hawthorne with Edmonds + Lee Architecture

Hygge your way through Hawthorne. Our newest community at Bay Meadows, consciously crafted to embrace a distinctly urban and contemporary essence, offers new residents a fresh aesthetic. Those that love modern architecture will appreciate a subtle and sophisticated design reminiscent of Scandinavia at Hawthorne, which includes clean lines and the warmth of rich, natural materials like wood panels, wood slats, and a dramatic stone fireplace in the main lounge.

Welcome inside. Spacious lounges and soaring ceilings will greet you. Through the double-height floor-to-ceiling window wall in the main lounge, residents will enjoy views of the large central courtyard. Envisioned primarily as a social and entertainment space, the main lounge will likely be a popular spot to relax with neighbors, watch live sports and films, attend exclusive resident events, and host private gatherings by reservation.

The adjacent lobby lounge, furnished with living room-style seating area on one side and a tall table with stools and outlets, will make an ideal space to enjoy remote-work days. With double-height ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, wood-paneled walls and stone tile floors, warm minimalism reigns – allowing surrounding nature to seep inside.

Edmonds + Lee Architects, enlisted as the Architect of Record to design Hawthorne based on the original concept by Mithun Architects, has exquisitely crafted and thoughtfully appointed the building to appeal to modern design lovers.

An experienced design leader with a particular emphasis on the role of interior design and its relationship to residential architecture, we recently caught up with Vivian Lee, Partner at Edmonds + Lee Architects. Known for her deep contextual relationship to a property’s broader environment, Vivian’s keen eye brings a warmth of tone and design to modernism throughout the building and its residences.

 

The vision was to produce an iconic one-of-a-kind residential property to complement this phenomenal development at Bay Meadows. We aimed for a warm California modernism with lots of texture and soft detail, with an emphasis on rich colors and materials. In the residences themselves, we celebrated the building’s state-of-the-art use of Cross-Laminated Timber by exposing the structural wood, creating a hospitable Scandinavian look.

At Hawthorne, cross laminated timber is visible in the top floor units and townhomes, which have beautiful exposed natural wood (European Spruce) ceilings. The residences at Hawthorne enjoy a remarkable amount of natural light throughout the spaces, thanks to expansive windows and lofty ceiling heights that start at ~9’on the 4th floor and go up to ~10.5’ on additional floors with some soaring even higher in the townhomes.

The exposed wood throughout the residences is a striking design feature; in the amenity spaces and lobby, a soaring double-height ceiling is detailed with iconic ornate pendant lighting that adds illumination and sculpture to the space.

 

Modern flat-paneled cabinetry highlights the kitchens and baths at Hawthorne. The kitchens on floors 1-3 enjoy greige wood grain-textured cabinetry with white quartz counters, while floor 4 and the townhomes are finished with sleek white cabinetry and gray Caesarstone counters. In keeping with modern, clean lines, a solid backsplash runs from counter to cabinet. In the bathrooms, darker greige wood grain-textured cabinetry and white quartz counters are repeated for a cohesive look throughout the homes. Most apartment homes include two baths, one with a soaking tub and one with a large walk-in glass enclosed shower.

The kitchens and baths are both restrained and driven by the combination of comfort and rigor we see in successful Scandinavian design. We emphasized a textile, natural palette in these low-contrast interior spaces, creating a sense of restoration and relaxation. 

Savor life in an intimate retreat at Hawthorne, with just 54 expansive, light-filled homes full of natural wood accents and designer finishes all around, it’s the perfect spot to experience the smaller joys of life. Take it from the Danish, a cozy environment without all the fuss allows your soul to soar. Visit the apartment website and contact the team here. 

Leasing Center Open Daily 9-6 | 3098 Kyne Street West San Mateo, CA 94403 | 650-855-8768| BayMeadows@bozzuto.com

 

 

 

 

A Lot of Love for Hawthorne

We recently caught up with Stefanie, who gave us some insights into Hawthorne, the newest community in our neighborhood, and what you can expect when you call Bay Meadows home.

Let’s talk about Hawthorne… 

Anyone that’s visited Bay Meadows has seen how dog-friendly the neighborhood is so when people are looking, they are often looking for a match for their whole family. The first-floor private entry patios have been a really popular design element for people with dogs. It’s a major convenience to be able to avoid long corridors, stairs, and elevators multiple times a day!

Everyone loves the outdoor fireplace with surrounding swings, where residents are able to relax and read a favorite book fireside.

And indoors…any particular elements you are personally loving?

The kitchens! The amount of cabinetry storage and space in the kitchens with a back splash for cooking is nice, easy, and clean.

 Everyone is impressed by the gym design too. I love the screens on the new machines. You will be able to binge watch your shows while working out.

And our location?

People love the location at Bay Meadows. All the essentials, like grocery stores, are within reach or a short walk from your front door and you can also grab coffee in Town Square or walk to restaurants and shops nearby too.

San Mateo is one of the best locations to live in California, you are in between San Francisco and San Jose –  it’s only about a ~20 min drive to walk around the SF Pier or to hit the shops on Santana Row. At Bay Meadows you get to have both urban amenities and a suburban feel in a neighborhood.

Leasing Center Open Daily 9-6 | 3098 Kyne Street West San Mateo, CA 94403 | 650-855-8768| BayMeadows@bozzuto.com

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Rest Easy: Style Your Own Bedroom Sanctuary

Dream a little dream at the end of each day when you step into your serene bedroom. One of the best moments of a long, hectic day often comes at the very end, when you fall into bed, pull up the covers and drop off to sleep. A restful night sleep allows your body and mind to recharge, leaving you refreshed and alert when you wake up. Cool, dark, relaxing, cozy, and distraction-free are the key concepts to keep in mind when optimizing your bedroom for sleep. To create the most tranquil retreat in your new bedroom space at Bay Meadows, try some of these tips:

Appreciate the Quiet. Noises can also affect deep sleep cycles, even if you don’t remember waking. A white noise machine or a fan can work wonders to drown out unwanted sounds.

Hide Electronics. The motion and sound of watching TV, checking emails or scrolling through social media feeds keep your mind stimulated, and the blue light emitted prevents your body’s internal clock from regulating sleep properly. Opt for less stimulating activities like reading, taking a bath or engaging in some light stretching, which are more conducive to rest.

Embrace the Dark. When light is detected, it delays melatonin release, produces cortisol and keeps your body temperature raised, initiating wakefulness. If blocking all light isn’t practical or feasible in your space, you could always opt for a sleep mask that covers your eyes.

Keep It Cool. Our core body temperatures need to drop in order to initiate sleep, and a cool room can help with this transition. Try different thermostat settings to see what feels most comfortable to you, as each person will vary.

Upgrade Your Bedding. Bedding plays a big role in sleep. Duvets or comforters pair with your sheet sets to offer extra cozy comfort and warmth. Even if you’re a hot sleeper, you can find these “top blankets” made with cooling materials to hamper night sweats. White bedding is often associated with luxury and cleanliness, aiding in the sleep process. Consider how you sleep when buying new pillows: back, stomach, or side sleepers will have different needs. Your mattress is also an important part of the sleep equation, ensure it doesn’t need to be replaced.

Get Organized. A disorganized or cluttered space can distract you from drifting off and keep you from feeling relaxed. It’s hard to wind down when you’re surrounded by paperwork, exercise equipment, to-be-folded laundry and other items that remind you of your to-do list. Spending just a few minutes a day decluttering and ensuring things have a “home” can have a big impact.

Choose Calming Colors. Color has a powerful effect on mood and energy, and the right hues can transform your bedroom into a relaxing retreat. Cool colors like light blue, gray, silver, green, and lavender as well as neutral shades are ideal for the bedroom. Dark colors can be equally inviting, so long as you choose neutrals and stick with them. For example, a palette of dark grays can result in a deeply cozy, cocoon-like bedroom.

Add Soothing Scents. Certain scents, such as lavender, vanilla and chamomile, are said to promote relaxation. Keep an aromatherapy lotion, linen spray or diffuser on your bedside table to help you unwind at night.

Luxuriate in a spacious one-, two- or three-bedroom sanctuary with a residence at The Apartment Collection at Bay Meadows that delights at every turn with flawlessly crafted high-design interiors made for gathering and cocooning. It’s easy to relish in your own personal hideaway with amenities at each apartment community uniquely suited to your desires with finishes and features such as plush bedroom carpeting, oversized or floor-to-ceiling windows, walk-in closets, private patios, balconies or terraces, spa bathrooms with luxurious soaking tubs and walk-in showers offered at Hawthorne or even stand-alone, step-in frameless glass showers offered at The Morgan. Discover your sanctuary at home. All yours.

Not ready for bedtime just yet? Exquisite living extends beyond your private refuge to an amenity-rich oasis steps from home.

Leasing Center Open Daily 9-6 | 3098 Kyne Street West San Mateo, CA 94403 | 650-855-8768| BayMeadows@bozzuto.com