Renderings have been revealed alongside increased plans for 2222 Carroll Street on Ivy Hill, Oakland. The proposal received by-right approval for a nine-story apartment complex on the narrow vacant lot, a block away from Park Boulevard and a fifteen-minute walk from Lake Merritt. Zachary Heineman of Team Projects is responsible for the application and design.
Heineman shared with YIMBY that the plans for 2222 Carroll Street received by-right approval using the Oakland S-14 overlay. He added that, “we are pursuing the first (as far as we know!) dowel-laminated timber (DLT) building in California. Above the concrete podium, we will have prefabricated cold-formed steel walls, platform-framed with the DLT floor plates. The bathrooms will be volumetric pods, and we are pursuing a single-stack plumbing system.”
The nine-story structure is expected to produce 84 efficiency units, including 17 affordable apartments. Of the 17 affordable units, seven will be deed-restricted for very low-income households, and ten will be for moderate-income households. The application requests concessions related to zoning requirements, including group open space, bicycle parking, and building height waivers.
2222 Carroll Street aerial view, rendering courtesy Team Projects
Illustrations shared by Team Projects show a bare, concrete-looking tower with shadow box frames. The ground floor will be wrapped with vertical board siding. Further information about the structure’s form and amenities has yet to be revealed.
The first preliminary application for the site was filed in 2021, with Team Projects seeking to construct a six-story complex featuring nine units on the vacant lot. In 2023, the developer filed increased plans for 18 units across three structures. The latest application requests a by-right design review and invokes the State Density Bonus law to increase residential capacity.
2222 Carroll Street, image by Google Satellite
The 0.13-acre property is located along Carroll Street between East 22nd Street and 23rd Street, one block from Park Boulevard and just over half a mile away from Lakeshore Avenue.
Team Projects is the architect and developer of the project, as well as the property owner. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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Build it, please.
Looks great
kinda ugly building, but whatever. build it yesterday, please!
I love it when you add a green zone on simcity and sim citizens start building stuff.
It looks great and they should build it, except I wish Americans could come up with a way to have fewer exposed vents. The vent count is nuts.
I think it also looks great! While vents are kind of ugly, it really makes the maintenance and ability to add heat pumps, bathroom vents, and exhaust sooo much easier.
I applaud the housing density but the design is awful. It will tower over its neighbors with blank side walls and on its front and back offer a study of bland windows and vents. Not architecture; just real estate. Team Projects has failed and will be no poster child for DLT/prefabrication. Lowest common denominator design for other commenters to praise. What a missed opportunity!
@Sassy it seems like they were constrained by the infill site and building codes that don’t allow windows along property lines
Constrained? A common code strategy is building the 1st and/or 2nd floor to lot line for parking etc. and then pulling back 5-6ft on lot lines to allow windows. The floor on top of podium allows for outdoor patios; above that light and air until breaching surrounding buildings adds views. I’d take a window looking at my neighbors building over no windows except at front and back. Less square footage but square footage of higher value.
Hmm, 5-6 ft off of the lot lines at the sides would leave less than 38 ft of building width, which isn’t very useable. Also those windows that close to the lot line have to be pretty small because of fire.
Build baby….BUILD!!!!
Very blocky and utilitarian; could use a center of interest and more greenery out front.