Workbench
ConstructionCalifornia, United States11-50 Employees
Workbench is an award-winning development-design-build firm focused on diversified infill housing in California. Based in downtown Santa Cruz, with an additional office in Oakland, the company integrates development, design, and construction to streamline housing projects. It leverages varied funding approaches and state-law expertise to enable a broader set of partners—non-profits, landowners, and different types of investors—to pursue housing development. The firm emphasizes long-term sustainability, affordability, and racial equity in its work. Its client base includes non-profits, landowners, market-rate investors, and impact investors, seeking to overcome common barriers in housing development through a coordinated, design-led process. In June 2026 the firm expanded offices to Austin, Texas, opening a four-story mass-timber office building in East Austin, signaling geographic expansion while continuing its Santa Cruz and Oakland operations.