Permits have been filed to double the residential capacity of 619-621 West Grand Avenue in Downtown Oakland. The proposal will add 2,370 square feet to an existing duplex for a total of 4,440 square feet. Lillian Rafii is listed as the site owner.
619-621 West Grand Avenue, via Google Street View
‘The Architecture Office,’ a Berkeley-based firm, will be responsible for the design. Their approach will limit any noticeable change to the facade. Construction crews will raise up and push back the building into the parcel, encroaching twelve feet into the backyard space. The added height will allow the construction crew to transform the crawl space into a third and fourth residential unit. Both will be three-bed units. Four parking spaces will be produced for all future households.
The multi-family dwevelopment site plan at 619-621 West Grand Avenue, drawing by the Architect Office
The low-density site is just nine minutes walk from the city center’s 19th Street Oakland BART station, which connects commuters to San Francisco, Richmond, San Jose, and Walnut Creek. Tenants will also find themselves just twelve minutes from Oakland’s crowning Lake Merritt park on foot.
619-621 West Grand Avenue, drawing by The Architecture Office
An estimated completion date has not been announced.
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I have a great photo of my 2x Great Grandmother and her daughter in front of that house hen they lived there in 1904. I believe my family owned it until the 1950’s or so, good to see its still around.