New permits have been filed for the affordable proposal at 6733 Foothill Boulevard, close to Oakland’s Eastmont Town Center. The application shows a significant plan shift for AMG & Associates, pivoting away from two six-story apartments with over five hundred units to 167 dwellings across three structures. AMG and The Pacific Companies are jointly responsible for the development.
The recent application for 6733 Foothill shares a limited glimpse of how the developers have shifted plans. The description calls for three residential buildings beside a two-story garage. Full build-out would crate 167 affordable apartments and parking for 97 cars. The filing invoked Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus law to streamline the approval process and receive waivers for local zoning.
6733 Foothill Boulevard establishing view, rendering by AO Architects
The property spans 2.417 acres and is currently undeveloped. It is across the street from the Eastmont Town Center shopping mall. The neighborhood has seen several affordable and mixed-income proposals surrounding the Eastmont Town Center shopping mall and social services complex. Those include the Liberation Park project, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, 7521 MacArthur Boulevard, 7954 MacArthur Boulevard, 7994 MacArthur Boulevard, and more recently with plans for 8301 Macarthur Boulevard. Future residents will be near over half a dozen AC Transit bus lines within a few blocks, and 40 minutes from Downtown Oakland by bus.
While a new plan set or renderings have yet to be published, the prior plans were designed by the Orange County-based architecture firm AO. The project team has yet to reply to a request for comment.
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Huge downgrade. 167 units over 2+ acres with parking is basically low rise.
While the height of the new buildings is more in keeping with the neighborhood, the significant decrease in number of units is regrettable.
boooooo reduced size
If the revised plan actually proceeds to completion, that will represent over a 67 percent decrease in the number of dwellings, and that is after the developer took advantage of recent regulatory concessions The State put into place to encourage development. I think it is safe to say that this won’t make a dent in the affordable housing crisis, even if completed as proposed.
Much more human scale. Sometimes those in the YIMBY movement are so focused on building building building that they forget that people have to live in the buildings. High rise projects don’t have a great success rate.
Majority of Alameda County affordable units are being proposed in East Oakland. How about Pleasanton, Albany, Livermore and other locations sharing the burden? Affordable housing residents need access to better schools and services and less crime than what they can get in East Oakland.