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Howard Terminal with the San Francisco skyline on the horizon, rendering by BKF Engineers

Council Meeting Today May Put Oakland A’s Howard Terminal on November Ballot

The Oakland City Council will be meeting today at noon to decide if Howard Terminal should be on the ballot this November. If the measure passes, voters can decide if public funds should be used to pay for public infrastructure costs related to the project. The meeting comes days after the project passed a critical vote to allow the port land to be used for non-port-related development.

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2000 North Shoreline Boulevard aerial view, rendering via BIG and Heatherwick Studios

Google’s East Charleston Offices Nearly Complete

Construction work is finishing up on Google’s Charleston East, a canopy-covered bespoke office building designed by two international architecture firms, Bjarke Ingels Group and Heatherwick Studios. The 111-foot tall project is located at 2000 North Shoreline Boulevard, by the Mountain View waterfront and across from the Shoreline Amphitheatre and the Googleplex. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is the project owner.

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Google Caribbean, design by Bjarke Ingels Group

Photo Update For BIG-designed Google Caribbean Project in Sunnyvale

Excavation work is underway; that is the headlining story from a recent site visit to the 40.5-acre construction site of Google Caribbean in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County. Two Ziggurat-like office buildings will soon rise with design by Bjarke Ingels Group, an internationally renowned architecture firm founded in Denmark. Google has tapped Sares Regis as development manager.

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Howard Terminal with the San Francisco skyline on the horizon, rendering by BKF Engineers

Design Review Meeting Scheduled for Unsettled Howard Terminal Ballpark District

Oakland’s Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for Howard Terminal tomorrow, the proposed $12 billion waterfront ballpark district for the Oakland A’s. The meeting will be held in the shadow of great uncertainty as the baseball team remains silent on if it is still committed to the project. Delays and the risk that the baseball stadium would not be ready in time have led the team to tease a move to Las Vegas.

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