Permits have been approved for an eight-story affordable senior housing project at 793 West Grand Avenue in the Ralph Bunche neighborhood of West Oakland, Alameda County. The entitlement is expected to replace an existing church and deliver 71 apartments on the corner lot. Community Housing Development Corporation is responsible for the application on behalf of the property owner, Joshua Christian Church.
The 94-foot-tall structure will include 71 units, a six-car garage, a nursery, a church space, a community room, and a fellowship hall. The dwelling sizes will be mostly identical, with 70 one-bedroom apartments and a two-bedroom dwelling for the on-site property manager.
793 West Grand Avenue bird’s eye view, rendering by Kodama Diseno Associates
793 West Grand Avenue ground-level floor plan, illustration by Kodama Diseno Architects
The development was streamlined with the city’s “By Right Residential Approval” process, as well as Senate Bill 330 and the State Density Bonus program. Affordability will vary with five units for extremely low-income households, 55 units for very low-income households, and ten units for low-income households.
Kodama Diseno Associates is responsible for the design. Illustrations show the facade frames each apartment window in a bold white grid pattern complemented with wood panels. The rooftop amenity deck in phase one will feature a raised pergola-capped focal point at the corner of West Street and West Grand Avenue.
793 West Grand Avenue, image via Google Street View
The property is located on the corner of West Street and West Grand Avenue on a block bound by 22nd Street and Brush Street. AC Transit provides several bus stops close to the site, while the 19th Street BART Station, just a fifteen-minute walk away, provides transit across the region. Demolition will be required for the three structures along Grand Avenue, including the primary two-story Baptist Church and two wood-frame homes owned by the church.
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