Construction is starting today on 101 East 12th Street, an affordable housing infill near the southern end of Lake Merritt in Merritt, Oakland. Members of the project team and public officials will gather later this morning to witness the groundbreaking for the six-story complex, completing a winding narrative that stretches back over a decade.
Building permits have been issued for the six-story affordable housing infill at 101 East 12th Street next to Lake Merritt in Oakland. The proposal will bring nearly a hundred units to a portion of an undeveloped lot. Oakland-based East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation is the project sponsor.
New renderings have been revealed for the affordable housing infill on the high-profile East 12th Street parcel in Merritt, Oakland. The six-story project, now addressed as 121 East 12th Street, will create 91 new homes near downtown and Lake Merritt. Oakland-based East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation is the sponsor.
The City of Oakland has approved steps to constructing two affordable housing buildings at 101 East 12th Street in Merritt, by Downtown Oakland. The decision comes months after rejecting a mixed-income project co-sponsored by UrbanCore and the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation. Now, EBALDC and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates are expected to develop the lot with 100% affordable housing.
Plans for a new mixed-income tower overlooking Lake Merritt have been dashed. Oakland’s City Council voted 5-3 to reject plans to sell the city-owned vacant parcel at 101 East 12th Street to UrbanCore. The Richmond-based developer proposed building a 360-unit residential development with a mix of market-rate and low-income housing in Merritt, across from Downtown Oakland.