The formal application has been filed for a six-story affordable housing project at 1223 33rd Avenue in Fruitvale, Oakland. The project aims to bring 68 apartments close to the Fruitvale BART Station. Unity Council, a prolific Fruitvale-based developer responsible for several other apartments next to the transit hub, is responsible for the application.
The formal submission calls for a six-story building with five wood-frame floors above a concrete podium base. Plans have increased slightly from the preliminary application, with the project now to include 68 units, of which 64 will be one-bedrooms and four will be two-bedrooms. The ground level will include the residential lobby, office space for supportive services, bicycle storage, surface parking, and an open courtyard. The sixth floor will include a shared laundry room with an outdoor terrace.
1227 33rd Avenue, image via Google Satellite
Pyatok is listed as the project architect, though details for the design have yet to be shared. The firm’s portfolio shows consistent use of well-designed podium-style apartment complexes clad with plaster, board-formed concrete, and vertical metal panels.
The existing 0.33-acre parcel is currently occupied by surface parking and open land. The irregularly shaped small plot is located along 33rd Avenue and East 12th Street, across from the Oakland Public Library César Chávez Branch within the Fruitvale Station mixed-use development. Earlier this summer, BRIDGE Housing and Unity Council finished constructing the 181-unit Casa Sueños at 3511 East 12th Street.
Selfhelp Ventures Fund is the project developer. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.
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