Updated plans have been submitted for the Lake Merritt BART redevelopment in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. The application for the second half of Block One shows developers have shifted away from the 28-story tower with mostly market-rate housing to a fully affordable eight-story complex dubbed One Fallon. East Bay Asian Local Development Company is responsible for the application.
Lake Merritt BART redevelopment Block 1 site plan, illustration by Solomon Cordwell Buenz
The Lake Merritt BART redevelopment master plan was filed in tandem with EBALDC and Strada Investment Group. The master plan was initially filed to add four structures across two blocks. Construction is currently wrapping up for Building B on Block One. The new application would address the second half of Block One. Previously. Strada was expected to develop the site with a 28-story tower containing 360 apartments and ground-floor retail. Of the 360 units, 36 would be deed-restricted as affordable. The initial details for Block 2 included a 19-story office tower next to a seven-story housing complex with 100 affordable units.
The 85-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 132,200 square feet, including 114,150 square feet of housing and 7,620 square feet of ground-level retail. Parking will be included for 60 bicycles and 17 vehicles. Unit sizes will vary with 12 studios, 43 one-bedrooms, 27 two-bedrooms, and 30 three-bedrooms. Of the 112 units, 62 will be deed-restricted as affordable to very low-income households, 49 for low-income households, and one market-rate apartment for the on-site property manager.
One Fallon facade elevation, rendering by Solomon Cordwell Buenz
The application invokes Assembly Bill 2011, Senate Bill 330, and the State Density Bonus law to streamline approval. While the project does not exceed the maximum base density of 176 units, the applicant still uses the State Density Bonus to achieve waivers and incentives related to ground-floor height and bulk control.
Solomon Cordwell Buenz is responsible for the design. Renderings show a familiar residential infill style with seven floors of vertical-patterned panels above a ground-floor level of cement plaster. The second floor will feature a podium-top terrace and an amenity flex room. The ground floor will include a garage, community room, residential services offices, and flex space facing the proposed paseo dividing the center of the block. Facade materials will include cement plaster, vertical-patterned panels, and metal.
Lake Merritt BART Senior Housing establishing view circa January 2026, image by Andrew Campbell Nelson
The 0.44-acre lot is located along 9th Street between Oak Street and Fallon Street. Future residents would live across from the PYATOK-designed seven-story affordable senior housing complex. Crews are nearing completion of the first structure within the transit-oriented development master plan. The block is adjacent to the plaza-capped BART Station and the expansive Laney College campus. The Oakland Museum of California is just over a block away.
The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.
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Well, that’s a stupid downgrade.
BART slowly but surely running all chances to get some financial gains from its parking lot redevelopments. Instead of added revenue, it’s going to be money sinks.
Ruining all*
Thanks Apple autocorrect 🙃