Subscribe to YIMBYs daily e-mail Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates LikeYIMBY on Facebook Follow YIMBYs Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews. Census data shows the average per-capita income is $47,783, meaning the typical Oakland renter would have to spend 71% of their monthly income on rent, making them financially unstable. Online Access: 500 Kirkham - Project Application, Approvals and Related Documents. It received the green light from the Oakland Planning Commission on March 3. One of the biggest development projects proposed for West Oakland, a massive transit village, received a planning permit from the city Wednesday.. Two buildings totaling 118,847 SF on 16.84 acres of land available for sale via public auction. Cooper acknowledged that the site contains potentially hazardous material and said it will be mitigated before development. Jay C. Barmann is a fiction writer and web editor who's lived in San Francisco for 20+ years. Click below for detailed web pages and documents for some current, high-profile projects that have generated significant public interest. It was once a thriving row of theaters, jazz clubs, and other Black-owned businesses that attracted artists and gave the neighborhood a singular identity. August 20, 2019. Today, physicians describe West Oakland as " a diesel death zone .". The project includes affordable units as mandated under city law, and 85 of those units will be designated for the "very low" income bracket. Major West Oakland housing development delayed again Community and environmental advocates still have concerns about Golden West, a proposed 222-unit complex that would be built on a vacant lot next to the BART station. The same tactic was allegedly used by a labor group that appealed a project linked to a Los Angeles corruption scandal. Come. Several other proposals have surfaced in the area. A's owner John Fisher and team president Dave Kaval have proposed building a 35,000-seat ballpark, 3,000 units of housing, 1.5 million square feet of offices, 270,000 square feet of retail space, a hotel, entertainment venue, and 18 acres of parks and open space along the Oakland Estuary, west of Jack London Square. The property is located at the corner of 5th Street and Mandela Parkway in the Acorn Industrial district of West Oakland, the planning documents show. We want to see all that come back, if possible. Supersized West Oakland Project Redesigned, Slated for Approval. Seventh Street in West Oakland was once known as the Harlem of the West though that moniker was also given to the Fillmore District in San Francisco. The City is working on a process to consider the request, which will include community engagement. Thank you for your patience while we work to restore services. Phase 1: a mid-rise nine-story building with 286 market-rate and 25 affordable units with approximately 16,956 square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space. Phase 2: a mid-rise eight-story building with 243 market-rate and 22 affordable units including an approximately 14,445 square feet of ground-floor retail and commercial space. See above for a complete list of active major projects in Oakland. The 71-year-old former chairwoman of the Black Panther Party has partnered with an Alameda County supervisor to transform a vacant West Oakland lot near the. Housing | Sign up for The Oaklandsides free daily newsletter. Look at the honey trap theyre building right on top of our existing poverty. You may also refer to the City's List of Major Development Projects and our Interactive Map of Major Development Projects. also brings West Oakland to the center of the Bay Area as a new development model, where people are reconnected by the most fundamental elements of life: food. West Oakland Development isnt involved in developing the project. Apr 26, 2021 Jacob Bourne, Bisnow San Francisco Bay Area. The parking is gonna be crazy, there are people living in rvs and you want another park lmao talk about nimbyism. All rights reserved 2023 The Real Deal is a registered Trademark of Korangy Publishing Inc. Greystone sells Lantana apartments to real estate mogul for $10M, Sticker shock: Ranking South Floridas priciest residential rentals, Developer files another big housing plan for fast-changing West Oakland, Trial starts for developer linked to FBI corruption probe of LA City Hall, the San Francisco Business Times reported, linked to a Los Angeles corruption scandal, Alex Najem forges ahead with demolition for big Fulton Market project, Owner of Black cultural center appeals approval of Oakland highrise, Fannie Mae wont finance sales at OC senior community. After brief jazz heydays in the post-war period, both neighborhoods fell victim to eminent domain and regional and city projects that gave little recognition to the African American communities that lived there and how those projects would impact them. "Development is scary for people who have lived in West Oakland," explained Simon. Soil Water Air Protection Enterprise declined to comment for this story. Cooper maintains the labor group filed the appeal to force his company to sign a project labor agreement, which requires union labor during construction. Councilmember Carroll Fife, who represents District 3, was more apprehensive. Theres no funding source for this and other projects around West Oakland BART, so this project wont be built for a while. Members of East Bay Residents for Responsible Development say the project violates the California Environmental Quality Act because the site was approved for use as a vacant lot rather than a residential one. 1150 & 1220 Harbor Bay Parkway (Former Raiders Training Facility), 19th Street BART to Lake Merritt Urban Greenway (1003211), 2019 3-Year Paving Plan Development Process, 2019 Traffic Safety Improvements Near Garfield Elementary School, 2021 Major Streets Rehabilitation & Resurfacing, 2021-2023 Safe Routes to School Capital Projects, 27th Street, Bay Place, and Lakeside Family Streets, 42nd Avenue & High Street I-880 Access Improvements, 5-Year Impact Fee Review and Update Reports, 500 Kirkham Street Mixed-Use Development Project. This section of the 2013 West Oakland Specific Plan presents strategies for empowering existing residents and businesses to participate in and benefit from the new development and economic activity planned for West Oakland, by building on and connecting existing governmental and community-based equitable economic development programs. The projects have ignited a debate over development and displacement in West Oakland. But if not well-managed, the project could displace residents in adjacent West Oakland and . It was Oaklands planning staff that ultimately stopped councilmembers from formally voting to require additional environmental review, the Business Times reported. A new multi-year paving plan to guide investments for Oakland's streets, adopted December 21, 2021. Comments post automatically without review from our staff, but we reserve the right to delete material that is libelous, a personal attack, or spam. The project's $1.1 billion budget, 90 percent of which came from federal emergency relief funds, comprised approximately $650 million for construction, $350 million for right-of-way acquisition and for the relocation of the railroad and utilities, and the remainder for traffic management, transit enhancement, and mitigation. Sounds f$&@?! The area is set to undergo even more changes in the next few years. The project aims to provide 101 affordable and 205 market-rate units, along with commercial uses within walking distance to the neighborhood BART station. According to the firm, the overarching design strategy focused on creating greater flexibility and the need for variety and choices in the workplace., West Oakland BART development seen from 7th Street, rendering courtesy JRDV. Winds shred tarp, leave historic San Jose building exposed to elements The second development, Project O2, at 3339 to 3347 North Federal Highway in Oakland Park, calls for 165 multifamily units and nearly 32,000 square feet of retail space. project will be up for approvals in Brisbane later this year. Lake Merritt BART Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Project. Thank you. Even so, it took the Oakland City Council three public hearings to hold a deciding vote on the appeal. But we will never solve the problem if we do not approve and build projects like this.. It had been called the largest polluter in West Oakland and its closure was considered a major win by activists. Then, in 2011, the Michaels Organization broke ground on a119-unit senior housingcomplex called the Red Star Senior Apartments, in partnership with the nonprofit LINC Housing of Long Beach. Thats a pigs eye of filth. . I dont believe that their appeal aligns with the feelings of myself or our neighbors in South Prescott, who in my experience are uniformly positive about the project, said, Sean Taylor, who lives two blocks from the site. Construction is starting to go vertical for the five-story affordable housing project at 1666 7th Street in West Oakland, Alameda County. Typically, that happens after the development has been approved but before building permits are issued. As part of the development process, Cooper said the Alameda County Department of Environmental Health must review the site before construction. Golden West would add 222 apartments next to BART station, The Michaels Organization John J. ODonnell with Golden West project at 1396 Fifth St (The Michaels Organization, BDE Architecture, Getty). Several non-emergency systems including phone lines within the City of Oakland are currently impacted or offline. Mandela Station BART entry, rendering by JRDV Urban International. In 2008, West Oakland was hit hard again, with roughly 5,000 foreclosures that further displaced its population. Project Narrative A) Site Context -Rich history: T.O.D & social activism West Oakland has once been a place of diversity under the impact of T.O.D. In the case of West Oakland, it was the construction of the 880 and Cypress freeways the latter of which collapsed in the 1989 earthquake and has been replaced with Mandela Parkway BART, and the huge U.S. Oakland is experiencing a network outage that is affecting key services such as Oak311, permitting and business tax. West Oaklanders used to call Seventh Street "the Harlem of the West.". Sean Taylor, who lives two blocks from the site, disagreed, saying neighbors arent focused on environmental concerns. The report stated that the project would have new and more severe impacts than previously analyzed in the earlier environmental report which cannot be substantially mitigated. Preliminary development permits have been filed to propel the Mandela Station project at West Oakland BART development located at 1451 7th Street in West Oakland. On any given workday in downtown Oakland, thousands of commuters enter and exit the 12th Street City Center station of the Bay Area Rapid Transit, or BART, rushing past a large bronze bust of John B. Williams. Development agreement and a preliminary application for future changes to the building height and approved uses have been submitted. Building market-rate housing is among the strategies cities can use to address a supply shortage, said Corey Smith, deputy director at the Housing Action Coalition, which advocates for all levels of housing. OAKLAND Elaine Brown is back. 500 Kirkham Street Development Agreement Community Meetings. Others said the project, which included 206 market-rate and 16 low-income units, could help gentrify a black neighborhood. San Jose apartment project site faces loan default Born and raised in Oakland, Harper lost her housing after losing her job at a non-profit during the 2008 financial crisis. The coalition and the council expressed concern about benzene, lead, diesel and toxic substances that could harm workers and nearby residents. Its a failure to our city, its a failure to our planet, its a symbol of the ineffectiveness of our government to lead and to represent our interests in the neighborhood. Mandela Station aerial view highlighting T1 Tower, rendering by JRDV Urban International. If you value what you get from The Oaklandside, please join us with a tax-deductible donation today so we can continue doing the local reporting that matters to you. 460 24th St. (Pigozzi Project) 500 Kirkham Street Mixed-Use Development Project 98th & San Leandro (Madison Park) Brooklyn Basin (formerly "Oak to Ninth Mixed Use Development") Claremont Hotel Head-Royce School Expansion Project Cypress is located in between the Acorn neighborhood and Lower Bottoms neighborhood in West Oakland. Stay up to date! Please send news tips to: oaklandnorthstaff@gmail.com. Children watch as a house is bulldozed in West Oakland, June 12, 1968. The property will rise seven floors to be 80 feet tall and include 240 affordable family units and 16,000 square feet of retail. I dont know if it can move forward.. But the project hit a wall on March 12 when a coalition of labor groups, East Bay Residents for Responsible Development, filed an appeal with the City Council, requesting an environmental review and saying hazardous materials such as benzene, lead, and diesel make the site unfit for housing unless removed. King, Nat King Cole, Al Green, and Etta James. And your AirPods and fancy business laptops. Developers have assembled land and proposed many projects recent years, including: 500 Kirkham, a 1,032-unit project set from Panoramic Interests set to replace a vacant parking lot a block. * NOTE: Please note that this list does not necessarily include complete residential unit count data for each project listed. The block is bounded by Seventh, Fifth, Kirkham, and Union Streets, and it is one block east of the West Oakland BART Station. Housing capacity was increased by 35% above base zoning, thanks to the State Affordable Housing Bonus. This list represents a snapshot in time as of the date indicated and is updated only periodically. Earlier this year, Oakland Affordable Living earned Kreuthmeier's firm a Social Equity in Design Award from Pittsburgh's chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Is this what we're fighting to preserve? Oakland A's New Howard Terminal Ballpark Could Cost Up To $12B. John Dalrymple, a spokesperson for EBRRD, said the goal isnt to interrupt the project but to protect the people who may someday be living in the buildings. Spanning 1.7 acres, the public realm will include spaces for food trucks, restaurants, arts, and gatherings. Feds probe West Oakland development for racial bias on pollution . The use and abuse of eminent domain in West Oakland has created lasting skepticism and even hostility toward redevelopment and infrastructure projects. The 12th Street Project is now complete. 66th Avenue BART to Bay Trail Project The story was published in collaboration withThe Oaklandside. Residents now clearly hope that this huge new development will be the key to bringing street life back to the corridor, which has felt like an industrial district for decades hence businesses like the Crucible, which needed a large warehouse space for metal work, made their home there. The West Oakland Specific Plan and EIR became effective July 15, 2014 and the Zoning amendments became effective on August 29, 2014. February 26, 2018. But If the appeal is upheld, there is a risk of the project being abandoned due to financial pressures. "This parcel clearly had trouble, beginning with a freeway that the community may or may not have wanted, planning commissioner Jonathan Fearn said at Thursday's meeting, per the East Bay Times. Dalrymple, a spokesperson for the union group, acknowledged that he believes local projects should use union workers who are paid a living wage. But the vote to reject the appeal came with conditions that Michaels provide air filtration and work with the county to ensure soil, ground and water contamination be remediated tasks normally required of all developers in the county. Our goal is to produce professional and engaging journalism that is useful for the citizens of the city. On May 7, 2019, the Oakland City Council adopted the 2019 3-Year Paving Plan. development projects pursuant to the Specific Plan, in order to provide this information to the public and decision-makers. This chapter is about improving the physical, social, and economic development of Oakland. stupid. Oakland North is an online news service produced by students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and covering Oakland, California. An SFPD officer and an auto-burglary suspect were both struck by an unmarked police car, someone just crossed the Pacific on a standup paddle board, and Tokyo amen spot Tsuta is opening at the Metreon. What could reparations mean for Black residents of Alameda County? Two new streets would be. Learn more about major development projects in the City of Oakland, view our interactive city map, and keep up-to-date about major project developments. University of CaliforniaNorth Gate HallBerkeley, CA. It also helps your family, friends and Oakland neighbors have access to reliable, independent reporting. How to realize the economic potential of Oakland and equitably create jobs for Pittsburghers; Proponents of the Michaels project note that 16 units would be designated as very low-income housing. Construction is expected to cost as much as $700 million. "To save money, the [BART] line was built overhead unlike the underground lines in Berkeley and downtown Oakland right down the middle of Seventh. The TOD project is being built on city property by the joint venture development team of Related Companies and Mission Housing Development Corp in cooperation with BART. The project is planned in three phases, and is located one block east of the West Oakland BART Station. According to Cooper, if City Council approves the project this month, the Michaels Organization could break ground by next fall. When you build market rate, which is very high-end compared to most peoples incomes, youre basically driving up property values and creating displacement pressures.. Census data shows that the citys median income is $80,143, meaning that the typical Oakland renter would have to spend 42% of their monthly income on rent. The 156-foot tall structure will also include 23,000 square feet of retail and parking space. Oriented Development (TOD) at the West Oakland BART station; 1-2 West Oakland Specific Plan Augmenting West Oakland's job-generating . The public lot provides daily and monthly fee parking. In addition to keeping the A's from moving, it could help the city realize benefits ranging from well-paying jobs and affordable housing to infrastructure and environmental improvements. Living Downstream. You can find all project related documents and information on this page. The purpose of the West Oakland Specific Plan is to develop comprehensive, multi-faceted strategies for facilitating the development of selected vacant and/or underutilized commercial and industrial properties within the West Oakland community (see map for Key Sites). A large surface parking lot is adjacent to the building, which was constructed in 1960, according to information from Google Maps and LoopNet. In its appeal, East Bay Residents for Responsible Development claimed that an earlier environmental impact report on the site, which was released in 2014 as part of the West Oakland Specific Plan, was inadequate and that a second one should be done. According to a 2019 report by the environmental justice group West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, people in West Oakland experience higher rates of asthma, cardiovascular disease, and premature death compared with other parts of Alameda County. Scott Cooper, vice president of development with Michaels, said that invalidating the sites environmental impact report would invalidate the entire West Oakland Specific Plan because the report was completed under the umbrella of the plans environmental analysis. We request that commenters consistently use the same login name. The project also includes plazas, pedestrian walkways connecting to the BART station, as well as streetscape improvements on 7th St, 5th St, Mandela Pkwy, and Chester St. Development agreement and a preliminary application for future changes to the building height and approved uses have been submitted. Get the latest posts delivered right to your inbox. In 2014, former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown bought the land at Seventh and Campbell streets where the new housing will take shape. The potential buyer is an affiliate with ties to Bay Development Group and The Martin Group. The neighborhood surrounding the West Oakland BART station could be described as a microcosm of the citys growing housing inequality: Unhoused residents live in camps alongside new apartments and condos that cater primarily to transplants and commuters. Oakland 2025 is the culmination of a year-long community engagement process that included public design workshops, neighborhood dialogue sessions, community"walk-shops," and stakeholder interviews. We will still steal your catalytic converters. West Oakland megaproject on BART land moves forward Enlarge Mandela Station will feature 762 residential units, 75,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail and 300,000 square feet of. Please click on any of the bulleted projects above for more detailed information, or contact one of our Development Planners. Your feedback will help us improve our website. (Case File #PLN19096). ga('send', 'event', 'SF YIMBY', 'Impression', 'https://sfyimby.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/sf-yimby-dot-com-graphic.jpg', { nonInteraction: true }); YIMBY News delivers the days top new development stories to your inbox every weekday morning. Everything they asked for was going to be given to them anyway, Cooper said. 533 Kirkham Street by Tidewater Capital will build 289 units across 1.17 acres. While it appears that the community is still split on whether or not Golden West should be constructed, more residents at the hearing showed support for the project than not. "It is clear that redevelopment over the past 45 years has shattered much of the life blood of the neighborhood." He sold his interest in the property in 2018. Developed in partnership by the City, ORA, affected property owners, and adjacent business and residential communities, the West Oakland Specific Plan will help convey a mutually agreed-upon vision and development strategy that will provide private investors and public agencies such as BART and Caltrans, the assurance that the City will support, and in certain cases partner with them to undertake development of properties in West Oakland. Housing | Golden West is just one of the major projects planned around the West Oakland BART station. Thats exactly what theyre doing in this case, he said. In the wake of a tragic vehicle crash on Oct. 1, 2019 that left a woman dead and a child badly injured as they were walking across the street outside Garfield Elementary School, OakDOT activated a rapid-response approach to work with the school, City leadership, and the surrounding community to design and implement additional safety measures as swiftly as possible. Community and environmental advocates still have concerns about Golden West, a proposed 222-unit complex that would be built on a vacant lot next to the BART station. It also includes off-street parking and secured bike storage for its residents. Something went wrong. Semantha Norris and Ayla Burnett on December 13, 2021. Id rather they echo expand on the community garden and do like Richmond did and make a be park, a pathway,and a trailway lined with real vegetables an and fruits for the community to freely plant and eat. The city had already assessed the environmental impact of developing the 5th Street site into housing. Project. Labor unions and residents opposed to development in their neighborhoods have tried to use the California Environmental Quality Act to kill projects through excessive delays, said Rafa Sonnenfeld, a paralegal at YIMBY Law, a San Francisco nonprofit focused on development. Oakland-based JRDV Urban International is responsible for the design. Nightclubs like Esther's Orbit Room, the Lincoln Theater and Slim Jenkins Supper Club on Seventh Street played host to the likes of Aretha Franklin, Ike and Tina Turner, Billie Holiday, B.B. I want housing developed near transit, said Councilmember Carroll Fife, who led the motion and represents District 3, where the project is located. The development team is a collaboration between Oakland-based Strategic Urban Development Alliance LLC (SUDA), Hensel Phelps Construction/Development, and China Harbor Engineering Company (CHEC). The T4 building will become an office and life sciences building, spanning over 300,000 square feet across ten floors. Delaying projects like this one are keeping us from building the housing we need to support the growth of our city.. Current Major Development Projects List (as of 11.8.2022), View Interactive Online Map of Major Projects, 500 Kirkham Street Mixed-Use Development Project, Brooklyn Basin (formerly "Oak to Ninth Mixed Use Development"), Lake Merritt BART Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Project, MacArthur BART Transit Village Project (MacArthur Station), Oakland Waterfront Ballpark District at Howard Terminal, West Oakland BART Development (Mandela Station), Archive of Select Major Development Projects, Completed Environmental Review (CEQA/EIR) Documents, Current Environmental Review (CEQA/EIR) Documents (2011- present), Apply for Major Multi-Family Residential/Mixed-Use Development or Large Commercial Project Approvals. PUBLISHED: February 25, 2022 at 10:35 a.m. | UPDATED: February 25, 2022 at 6:20 p.m. OAKLAND The Port of Oakland's board on Thursday approved a controversial proposal to build an open-air . The project is a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and Final Development Plan (FDP), located approximately one block east of the West Oakland BART Station. If supply meets demand, the theory is that rents will flatten, he said. Landlords and other people will take it as their cue to raise prices on everybody, Mouton said. The council entertaining this appeal has really put the project in a very precarious place, Scott Cooper, vice president of development for Michaels, told the newspaper. Southern California home sales fall to all-time low She had also voted in December 2013 to extend an agreement with JRDV for work on the Coliseum City project near the Oakland . Please contact the identified case planner with any residential unit count data requests. Kennedy estimates that the project could be complete by late 2021. The project is a Planned Unit Development (PUD) and Final Development Plan (FDP), located approximately one block east of the West Oakland BART Station.
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