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I tweet about Oakland housing and office construction.

Joined June 2013
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Preliminary application to replace the run-down building at Broadway and Brook St. with a 5-story, 87-unit building: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. The units will all be efficiencies. No rendering yet.
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Preliminary application from EBALDC for the second building at the Lake Merritt BART station, this one an 8-story, 112-unit, 100% affordable (low and very low income) building: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/… Seeking by-right approval. No rendering yet.
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Preliminary application from EBALDC for a 7-story, 90-unit 100% affordable (low and very low income) building at 2101 Brush: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. Seeking by-right approval.
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Preliminary application from EBALDC for the second building at the Lake Merritt BART station, this one an 8-story, 112-unit, 100% affordable (low and very low income) building: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/… Seeking by-right approval. No rendering yet.
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Preliminary application from EBALDC for a 7-story, 90-unit 100% affordable (low and very low income) building at 2101 Brush: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. Seeking by-right approval.
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Preliminary proposal for a massive revision to oWOW's previously approved project at 3403 Piedmont. The new proposal is for a 20-story tower and residential conversion of the Saw Mill building for a total of 334 units (100 affordable): aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. No rendering yet.
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The previously approved plan was for an 8-story, 105-unit (29 affordable) building (pictured below). No word yet, but I assume based on oWOW's recent projects that the new tower will be mass timber.
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Preliminary application for a 5-story, 38-unit (10 affordable) building at 5035 International, to be fast-tracked under SB-35: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/….
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Revised design proposed for the previously approved Building A at the 430 Broadway development: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. The revised plans are still for 5 stories and 66 units of affordable senior housing.
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Building permits issued for a 3-story, 10-unit building at 6518 San Pablo: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/….
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After a decade-long process, building permits were issued today for the first building in the West Oakland BART TOD project: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. The 6-story, 240-unit building will be 100% affordable. Construction is scheduled to start on 9/14.
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This proposal has been withdrawn.
Preliminary proposal for a 3-story, 193-unit, 100% affordable assisted living facility at 2400 Filbert: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. No renderings yet. A 4-story, 96-unit (14 affordable) was previously approved for this parcel.
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Preliminary proposal for a 3-story, 193-unit, 100% affordable assisted living facility at 2400 Filbert: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. No renderings yet. A 4-story, 96-unit (14 affordable) was previously approved for this parcel.
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Demo permits have been issued for SAHA's 6-story, 73-unit, 100% affordable senior housing project as 3135 San Pablo: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/….
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Preliminary application to replace the Trader Joe's steps from the Rockridge BART station with a pair of 31-story and 25-story towers with a total of 415 market-rate senior living units: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/….
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More renderings:
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Building permits issued for oWOW's 11-story, 284-unit (100% affordable) mass timber building at 1523 Harrison: aca-prod.accela.com/OAKLAND/…. This will be the largest project by units and height built in Oakland in several years.
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oWOW's mass timber development at 1510 Webster (Andys), which was completed in 2024, was taller at 18 stories, but had fewer units at 236.
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