It's good to see attractive new buildings that balance office and housing. I'd ask for first-floor retail in other places, but I don't think we want to turn Live Oak into a retail corridor.

But more customers within walking distance of downtown will definitely help make it livelier!

I always felt the old mortuary could be turned into a night club with live rock and blues music. The old souls who hang around the place would add a certain touch of class.

There are large populations of people who won't move into or buy a house where someone recently died. So does that mean building on a funeral home dooms your future sales?

@really?

No. I'm sure it will give a few people second thoughts. But there are many people who are not superstitious and don't care. And in today's crazy real estate market there will be plenty of people who would gladly buy a nice new unit in a great location with great schools, etc.

That is NOT an attractive building. It looks like a fortress. Three stories of gray rising right out of the sidewalk is definitely not going to add a warm feeling to a residential neighborhood.

Happy to see the powers that be doing their best to make Menlo Park a booming metropolis!!! The more traffic we can get the better. Joe get started on some housing at the old Sunset location so the log jam at Willow and Middlefield really jams up. Never cared for my kids being able to ride their bikes across town anyway. They should be indoors playing video games anyway.