500 Kirkham Street Development Agreement Community Meetings. Residents of the Prescott neighborhood, the epicenter of new development in West Oakland, listed economic development and the reformation of blighted industrial lots as one of their top. That low-income unit number earned the development adensity bonus, a city incentive that enables the developer to add more overall units than would typically be allowed on a specific parcel. Golden West would add 222 apartments next to BART station Jul 25, 2022, 8:30 AM By TRD Staff SHARE THIS ARTICLE A plan to build 222 apartments in West Oakland has been approved by the. 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). project will be up for approvals in Brisbane later this year. The statue, like many memorials, fails to meet its . The Oakland City Attorney's Office declined to comment Friday. He is a graduate of San Jose State University with a BA degree in broadcasting and journalism. +. 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. The Red Star yeast factory operated there for over a century until it closed in 2003 under pressure from environmentalists. 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. Among many successes over the years, Hensel Phelps and SUDA jointly undertook the development of Thomas Berkley Square at 2000 San Pablo Ave., Oakland, CA. Mandela Station aerial view highlighting T1 Tower, rendering by JRDV Urban International. 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. I really dont think we need more market-rate and above market-rate housing, especially in communities of concern like West Oakland, said Wheeler, who used to live in the neighborhood. 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. One development in particular Golden West, a proposed eight-story apartment complex, would add 222 market-rate units and 16 low-income units on what is currently an empty 1-acrelotacross from the BART station at 1396 Fifth St. But its good to see that its future form is something that the community can rally around and get their stamp on it.". It was Oaklands planning staff that ultimately stopped councilmembers from formally voting to require additional environmental review, the Business Times reported. Basics of the Plan. Oakland North assumes no liability for comments posted to the site and no endorsement is implied; commenters are solely responsible for their own content. Councilmember Carroll Fife, who represents District 3, was more apprehensive. 500 Kirkham by Panoramic Interests is expected to create 1,032 new units and a 32-story apartment tower. Click on the Contact Us button below to request a real-time, up-to-date report. The Michaels Organization proposed an eight-story residential building with 222 units at 1396 Fifth St., a vacant parcel one block. He said interest rate hikes and the rising cost of construction may now prove too steep, and could have been avoided had the council acted when the appeal was filed early last year. The coalition and the council are particularly concerned about benzene, lead, diesel, and other hazardous substances that could harm workers and nearby residents. 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 As part of a largerWest Oakland Specific Planlaunched by the city in 2014, hundreds of market-rate units, stores and workspaces are expected, which would change West Oaklands skyline permanently. Mandela Station view from 5th Street, rendering by JRDV Urban International, Mandela Station market cafe along 7th Street, rendering by JRDV Urban International, West Oakland BART development T1 Building seen along 7th Street, rendering courtesy JRDV, West Oakland BART development T3 Building, rendering courtesy JRDV, West Oakland BART public plaza, rendering courtesy JRDV, Mandela Station 7th Street and Mandela Parkway view, rendering by JRDV Urban International. 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. Allow 48 business hours for a response. (In Alameda County, very low income is defined as $47,950 for a single person and $68,500 for a family of four). In particular, it stated that the level of contaminants on-site is still significant by Bay Area Air Quality Management District standards, putting it in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act. The Oakland Planning Commission approved a huge housing project at the West Oakland BART station last week, part of a push for more affordable housing near public transportation. Housing | The goal was to promote housing, local cultural retail districts, and economic development in the distressed community of Oakland, California. Kennedy estimates that the project could be complete by late 2021. Semantha Norris and Ayla Burnett on December 13, 2021. That mixed-use project included the development and construction of a 101,000 square foot build-to-suit office building that houses the headquarters for the County of Alameda Department of . 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. The property will rise seven floors to be 80 feet tall and include 240 affordable family units and 16,000 square feet of retail. Oakland North is an online news service produced by students at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and covering Oakland, California. The Food Oriented Development (F.O.D.) The Oaklandside relies on reader support to remain free for everyone in our community. "Development is scary for people who have lived in West Oakland," explained Simon. The WOAQ platform helps West Oaklanders visualize neighborhood air quality data collected by WOEIP's volunteer residents, and use that data to explore the environmental issues that directly impact their health and well-being every day. The Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code Sections 66000 66025) requires a local agency to conduct an analysis and make findings every five years for each impact fee that the agency imposes on development projects. West Oakland Development Group owns the property at present, documents on file with the Alameda County Assessors Office show. The Howard Terminal Ballpark Project represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the City of Oakland. That price is more the norm today. 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. Todd Trumbull. Oakland Mixed-Use. August 20, 2019. The team is assuming the combined name of CHEC-SUDA-Hensel Phelps. But opponents of the project say that building for high-income earners that can afford market-rate housing without building proportional affordable housing isnt a solution. 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. Housing | West Oakland Dj Vu. 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. Aerial renderings have been provided for the West Oakland Mandela BART Station development, spanning 5.58 acres around 1451 7th Street.The development hopes to create new homes, a life science laboratory, thriving retail, and a network of public open spaces to reshape former surface parking into a new urban heart for the burgeoning area. 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 plan establishes a target of bringing nearly four-million square feet of new business and industrial space to the neighborhood and opens the door for a major commercial, office, and retail. Two new streets would be. OAKLAND Elaine Brown is back. The first two virtual community meetings occurred on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 5-6 pm; Saturday, December 5, 2020 10-11 am; and Monday, December 14, 2020 5:30-6:30pm. "It is clear that redevelopment over the past 45 years has shattered much of the life blood of the neighborhood." Theres no dispute that theres benzene, lead, and other cancer-causing materials in the soil, he said. Southern California home sales fall to all-time low In West Oakland, growing food on a small-scale, ecologically sustainable and socially-minded way is an effort to combat the food desert [citation needed].West Oakland's high levels of food insecurity stems from racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities- a history of poverty . She had also voted in December 2013 to extend an agreement with JRDV for work on the Coliseum City project near the Oakland . 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. Housing capacity was increased by 35% above base zoning, thanks to the State Affordable Housing Bonus. The proposed project consists of demolition of an existing single-story commercial building and surface parking, the proposal by the Martin Group states. Housing advocates contend Golden West was exempt from CEQA because it falls under an umbrella environmental review conducted for the West Oakland Specific Plan. Development agreement and a preliminary application for future changes to the building height and approved uses have been submitted. The council held a public hearing on Sept. 21 where residents on both sides of the issue weighed in. 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. The development, planned for the site of a . Stay up to date! 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.