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Design. Develop. Build. Workbench is a concept to completion building studio focused on creating missing middle infill housing. Let's get to work, together.

We manage every detail of your building project: feasibility studies, property development, architectural design, general contracting, and construction management. From multi-family housing to single family homes, accessory dwelling units (ADUs), mixed-use community spaces, and commercial tenant improvements, Workbench works better. Every great build starts with a great design.

10/23/2026

🚨New Pod Ep Out Now! 🚨Episode 7 of the Infill Insiders is out now! 🎙️

In it, Sibley talks about Density Bonus Law Concessions and Waivers. Density Bonus Law works today largely because of its use of concessions and waivers to overcome zoning code barriers that would make the projects impossible or infeasible. And yet the details of what exactly requires a concession vs. a waiver and when one can and can't use either often remains murky in practice.

Listen in wherever you get your podcasts, or go to our bio to find full episodes available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Podcasts and more!

10/15/2026

🚧 Project Update! 🚧Scotts Valley is really starting to take shape! We've almost finished the interior dry wall and have completed the arduous task of picking a white interior paint - iykyk. Cabinet installation is following the interior paint, and they're being installed as we write. For the exterior, stucco is well on its way to completion and we're hoping to take down all of the scaffolding in the next few weeks. Next up, a final round of exterior color paint selection! 💪

10/05/2026

✅We are in support of and hoping for the passage of Prop 1: The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026.

The act would provide $11.25B in funding for housing programs in California. This would renew funding for a whole cross-section of effective housing programs, with the bulk of it pairing with federal funding and tax credits to build new lower-income workforce housing. Also in the set of programs to be funded is a veteran program for home purchases (which self-repays through mortgage payments), permanent supportive housing, anti-displacement programs, and infill infrastructure to fund many repairs and upgrades already needed that also enable new housing. A disproportionate amount of this funding ends up helping the least affordable places that have jobs, like Santa Cruz County. We encourage your support of this measure.

10/02/2026

Please take our community feedback survey on our potential project at Bright Plaza on Seabright and Soquel Avenue. You can find it on our website or at the link in our bio.

09/28/2026

Reminder to please join us for a community meeting regarding the proposed Bright Plaza development tonight Tuesday, September 29th from 6:00-8:00pm.

The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Link to the meeting will be posted on the City of Santa Cruz's website on the significant projects page when available.

We look forward to sharing the early design direction, answering questions, and to hearing community feedback.

09/25/2026

Bright Plaza is a proposed 100% Affordable Housing Project, and if you'd live here, we want to hear your voice! We want to hear from renters, working families, and people who may one day live at Bright Plaza. These perspectives are too often underrepresented in local public processes. Potential residents are strongly encouraged to participate.

Please join our community meeting on Tuesday, September 29th, 2026 from 6:00 - 8:00pm via Zoom. Link to the meeting will be posted on the City of Santa Cruz's website when available.

09/24/2026

🚧Project Update! 🚧Clocktower Center is moving right along with 100% of Design Development completed! Our team is currently working on some pricing and exciting amenity floor plans. We're super impressed with the vibe that our interior design team over at has put together. The textures and colors really mimic the beauty of Santa Cruz and we just can't get over it! Up next - diving into the final construction document drawings.

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09/16/2026

Please join us for a community meeting regarding the proposed Bright Plaza development on Tuesday, September 29th from 6:00-8:00pm.

The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. Link to the meeting will be posted on the City of Santa Cruz's website when available.

We look forward to sharing our vision for the design and to hearing community feedback.

09/03/2026

🍂 Fall in Santa Cruz means something new is taking root.

As the season shifts, so does the work of building homes for the people who make this place home — the working families and longtime locals who keep our community whole.

The SC Housing Catalyst Fund exists for exactly that: turning investment into real, permanent housing right here on the Central Coast.

Why fall? It's when a lot of us take stock — reviewing where the year's money went, where it's going, and where we want to make a difference before the year closes. If housing is on that list, we'd love to be in the conversation. This is a chance to put resources into something local and lasting.

This isn't investing in the abstract. It's investing in a neighbor's front door. 🏡

Want to learn how it works? Let's talk. 👇

08/27/2026

We're always looking at upcoming legislation related to housing and the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act is a collection of many small steps 💪

Even so, it is the most significant housing legislation by the federal government in several decades. Many parties are hoping, and planning, to help make this just a first step to improve and make more meaningful national housing policy 🏡

The new law won't change much for our work in the short term. But over time, we expect a few pieces to help: the single-stairway building code, funding for local zoning reform in places already succeeding at building housing, and fewer bureaucratic roadblocks in federal programs and rules 🚧

As California has been doing for a decade, it's great to see steps being taken at the federal level to start reducing the unnecessary parts of overhead and development costs.

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Santa Cruz, CA
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Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm

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+18312272217

Website

http://www.workbenchbuilt.com/

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