Concrete is nearing the halfway point for 1900 Broadway, a rising residential tower in Downtown Oakland. Once complete, the 39-story tower will add 452 new apartments and ground-level retail on top of the 19th Street BART Station. Behring Companies is the project developer.
1900 Broadway aerial view, image courtesy Behring Co, rendering by Neoscape
1900 Broadway with the Tapscott Building to the right, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
The transit-adjacent property will be marketed towards young professionals, offering co-working facilities as part of around 40,000 square feet of mixed-use amenities. Several units will even offer co-living spaces with rents starting at $1,700 per month.
Interiors, led by Elizabeth Premazzi, will offer a Stak WFH Furniture Package for residents working from home. This will involve interactive moving cabinets and the ORI Cloud bed stored in the ceiling.
1900 Broadway residential interior with space-efficient furniture package, GIF courtesy Behring Co, rendering by Elizabeth Premazzi
1900 Broadway lobby, image courtesy Behring Co, rendering by Elizabeth Premazzi
1900 Broadway fitness center, image courtesy Behring Co, rendering by Elizabeth Premazzi
1900 Broadway rooftop amenity lounge, image courtesy Behring Co, rendering by Elizabeth Premazzi
1900 Broadway close-up, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the project architect. The curtain-wall design will be punctuated by thin champagne-tone fins and private balconies on each floor, spanning roughly 500 square feet.
The penthouse lounge will include a members bar, media room, entertainment space, and lounge seating. A pocket park for residents will provide outdoor space with seating and tables for relaxation. Further up, a resort-inspired deck will include a pool with adjacent barbeque kitchens, fire pits, outdoor games, and dining space. Other amenities will include the fitness center, dog run, podcast studios, greenscreen labs, conference rooms, and video webinar suites.
1900 Broadway co-working space with sound-proof phonecall booths, image courtesy Behring Co, rendering by Elizabeth Premazzi
1900 Broadway seen from 20th Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
1900 Broadway street view, rendering via Solomon Cordwell Buenz
Once complete, the project will offer commanding views across the Bay Area to San Francisco. Residents will be just 15 minutes by BART to the San Francisco Financial District, giving most residents a quicker commute to work than those living in the city itself.
The tower is located between 19th and 20th Street. The block is also where Hines has proposed to development of 415 20th Street, a 622-foot office tower that would become the tallest tower in the East Bay.
1900 Broadway seen from 17th Street, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
The building is expected to top out at 395 feet by the end of 2022, with completion by November of 2023.
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WoW I’m actually intrigued to look at a display model. I live it that they are building but who’s living in these developments? I hear lots of vacancies.
The new buildings have been filling up within 18-24 months or so, and have maybe 5% vacancy rates once they fill up. My 8-story building is right around 1.5 years old and is 96% full. The taller buildings also have really high occupancy. The only high-rises I’ve seen with a notable number of vacant units are the super-spendy condos in SoMa, not rental apartments (except for brand-new apartment buildings less than two years old)
Some people keep saying that “there’s a lot of vacancies”, but when you look at the actual data that’s never the case. These larger buildings do take some time to fill up, but that’s just initially. They literally have zero vacancies after a couple of years.
No matter which way you slice it, these downtown condos tend to be incredibly popular and their prices reflect that. If they weren’t desirable then they wouldn’t be selling/renting them for so much money!
It looks like a nice building. I like the fitness center, but don’t like the Co-working space (I think the unfinished industrial look has run its course) and I don’t like the display model because it is too small for me. You have to move everything to go to bed and put everything back so you can open up the closet. It just seems like a lot of work. It is sort of like living in a hotel.