Nalu Architecture + Development
Mixed-use coastal building with restaurant and residences above, sunset render
Services / 02

Multifamily + Mixed Use

Housing over commercial, HOA renovations, and balcony safety work.

We serve condo and HOA boards, property managers, and multifamily owners across San Diego County. Scope covers HOA and condominium building updates, structural and life-safety repairs, California's required balcony safety inspections (SB 326 for condos, SB 721 for apartments), and mixed-use buildings that put housing above ground-floor commercial.

Leucadia coastal mixed use at golden-hour sunset, active sidewalk cafes and warm coastal town street energy
Leucadia mixed use — sunset
Leucadia coastal mixed use at night with long-exposure car light trails and warm storefront neon
Leucadia mixed use — night
Mission Valley multifamily condominium building at golden-hour sunset, warm side-light across cream stucco
Mission Valley multifamily — sunset
Mission Valley multifamily condominium building at evening blue hour, warm interior light glowing through the windows
Mission Valley multifamily — night
San Clemente multifamily with handpainted tile mural of San Clemente Pier and Spanish bell tower, active daytime street life
San Clemente multifamily — sunset
San Clemente multifamily at night with tile mural uplit, warm neon storefront signage and long-exposure car light trails
San Clemente multifamily — night
Oceanside coastal duplex at golden-hour sunset with vintage ocean-blue Pantera parallel-parked and surfers walking the sidewalk with longboards
Oceanside duplex — sunset
Oceanside coastal duplex at night with every window glowing warm, an e-bike commuter passing with head and tail lights streaking, palms uplit against a deep indigo sky
Oceanside duplex — night
Start a project

Have a project like these?

Contact Nalu →
← Back to all services
Balcony safety inspections

SB 326 and SB 721 inspections.

Under California law, condominium associations (SB 326) and apartment building owners (SB 721) must have exterior elevated elements — balconies, walkways, decks, stairs, and railings — inspected on a recurring cycle by a licensed architect or engineer. SB 326 inspections run on a nine-year cycle for condo HOAs; SB 721 inspections are on a six-year cycle for apartments of three or more units.

Nalu leads the on-site visual inspection as the California-licensed architect of record. Where invasive or destructive testing is warranted, we coordinate a licensed structural engineer or specialty inspector, scoped in the proposal. Deliverables include the sealed report the board (SB 326) or owner (SB 721) retains for the association's records and provides to the city on request, and — if repairs are needed — the repair drawings and bid-ready construction documents your contractor prices and submits for permit. Schedule is scoped in the proposal; timing depends on building size, access, and the depth of testing required.

If your building is coming up on an inspection deadline, or you have received a notice from a property manager or the city, the Pre-Design Questionnaire is the fastest way to get on the schedule.

Board members and property managers who want the full playbook — 2026 cost ranges, the 120-day repair-permit clock, and how the sealed report and reserve study fit together — can go to our specialist microsite sb326architect.com, run by the same California-licensed architect (Chris Schumm, AIA, C-36569).