Construction crews are making progress on the first phase of Parcel H and a waterfront park in the Brooklyn Basin master plan in Oakland, Alameda County. The development is expected to produce 83 new townhouse-style apartments in a five-story building. Signature Development Group is the project developer.
Brooklyn Basin Parcel H, image by author
Brooklyn Basin Parcel H phase one site context, illustration by TCA Architects
The roughly 58-foot-tall Parcel H structure is expected to yield around 155,570 square feet, including 109,780 square feet of housing, 2,660 square feet of retail or community space, and 27,300 square feet for parking. The podium garage will include capacity for 83 cars. Bicycle storage will be included on the ground floor, though the exact capacity is not specified.
The complex will include five ground-floor apartments overlooking Harbor Lane East and activating the sidewalk with private-access stoops. The remaining 78 units will have two levels with internal stairwells. Apartment sizes will vary, with 15 one-bedrooms and 68 two-bedrooms.
Brooklyn Basin Parcel H phase one, rendering by TCA Architects
Brooklyn Basin Parcel H floor plans, illustration by TCA Architects
TCA Architects is responsible for the design, working with Jett Landscape Architect. Illustrations show that the complex will be articulated with repetitive setbacks, private balconies, and bay windows to express a human scale across the structure. Facade materials will include brick veneer, composite wood, plaster, and metal panels.
The 2.14-acre property is located along 8th Avenue between Brooklyn Basin Way and Harbor Lane East. The building will rise across from Brooklyn Basin Plaza, a new publicly accessible park at the head of the Clinton Basin. The park is expected to open later this year.
Brooklyn Basin Parcel H construction progress, image by author
Brooklyn Basin Plaza update, image by author
Reached for comment, Signature Development Group’s president, Michael Ghielmetti, shared that the second phase of Parcel H is expected to be the 137-unit mid-rise development, adding that there is no timeline for that portion of the project.
Hawk Development is the general contractor.
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it’s almost impressive how boring they have made brooklyn basin. massive apartment blocks, everything closed by 9 pm, bus service only every 30 minutes with 0 walking connectivity, lack of trees … i am happy for these 83 families that will get affordable housing, but sorry for them that it is in such a disappointing development
Most of this developments in Brooklyn basin are still not built, there is a tower planned, an other couple parcels on this side of Clinton Basin and then additional buildings and a much larger park on the other side of clinton basin. Plus, most new developments take time to feel like a community. I grew up in a new subdivision in the suburbs and it took almost 10 years for it to be completely built out and have a feel of an established community and not a bunch of transplants.
Sad for sure. More of a sleepy residential neighborhood vs a densely populated thriving waterfront destination.
I think it’s a critical mass thing, though. Once the volume of people are there, and business (however ever few spaces are in the plan at this point) gain velocity, there’ll be more interest in the area, small events, etc.
Big missed opp though given where the plan started and unfortunately increasingly common outcomes for these hopeful urban planning experiments in the Bay Area.
Will each Townhouse/apartment in Parcel H and Parcel E. Have their individual washer/dryer in each Tiwnhouse/apartment?
It is such a inconvenience when it is a community Laundry.
I hate to be a debbie downer, but I really hated this place when I visited after the last round of apartments went up. I’m holding out hope it will get better (e.g. by connecting walking paths to the nearby restaurants, adding a grocery store, adding trees, etc)