New details have been published for the 430 Broadway parcel in Oakland’s waterfront neighborhood, Jack London Square. The development is a joint venture with East Bay Asian Local Development Company and Related California to build nearly two hundred affordable units. The property is owned by Alameda County.
The San Francisco Planning Department has approved plans for a two-unit project at 49 Hopkins Avenue on Twin Peaks, San Francisco. The approval includes the retroactive legalization of the illegal demolition of Largent House, the 1935-built home designed by the prominent modernist architect Richard Neutra. Despite the unanimous vote in 2018 by the Planning Commission to prompt the property owner to rebuild a replica of the house, a legal battle and settlement has allowed the owner to pursue new plans.
Alongside the Tuesday ribbon cutting atop Verde, my recent site visit to Mission Rock gave me an opportunity to document the completion of phase one of the ambitious master plan along the San Francisco waterfront. Construction has replaced about half of the 28-acre surface parking lot with over five hundred homes, more than half a million square feet of commercial real estate, new internal streets, shops, and a public park across from Oracle Park. The project has been a joint venture with Tishman Speyer and the San Francisco Giants.
Mayor Sheng Thao recently announced that the Liberation Park affordable housing proposal will receive $44 million of state financing. The money will help construct over a hundred units at 6955 Foothill Boulevard in East Oakland. The project is a joint venture between Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation and Eden Housing.
New renderings have been revealed for a small residential infill at 1973 Greenwich Street in an affluent corner of San Francisco by Cow Hollow and the Marina District. The project will add two units to the small parcel. San Francisco-based home builder Hyline Construction, Inc is listed as the property owner.
