Alameda County

La Vista Apartments, design by Architect Orange

Hayward Planning Commission Approves La Vista Apartments and School

The Hayward Planning Commission has approved plans to build two five-story residential buildings and the second location for The Primary School, an innovative school founded in 2016 by Meredith Liu and Dr. Priscilla Chan, wife of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The project will rise from a new street, in Hayward, an East Bay city with around 160,000 residents in Alameda County. At full build-out, the project will have 176 dwelling units and 384 students between preschool and fifth grade.

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Brooklyn Basin Project

Design Review Held For Brooklyn Basin Marina Expansion Project In Oakland

Oakland Planning Commission held a design review meeting discussing the Brooklyn Basin Marina Expansion Project in Oakland. The project is a proposed revision to the Brooklyn Basin Project (formerly known as Oak to 9th Street Project). The proposal includes the addition of approximately 10 acres of water surface area to accommodate the proposed marina expansion. Signature Development Group of Oakland and Beijing-based Zarsion Holdings Group are the project developers.

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1666 7th Street, rendering by MWA Architects

Permits Filed for 1666 7th Street, West Oakland

New building permits have been filed for a five-story mixed-use building at 1666 7th Street in West Oakland. The proposal, named 7th & Campbell, would create 79 residential units, all to be priced as affordable housing for extremely low-income households, earning between 0-30% of the Area Median Income. Oakland & the World Enterprises is the project sponsor, led by OAW’s CEO and former Black Panther Party chairwoman, Elaine Brown.

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ZEISS Innovation Center exterior, image by Jason O'Rear courtesy Gensler

Gensler-designed ZEISS Innovation Center Completed in Dublin

The new ZEISS office center at 5300 Central Parkway in Dublin, Alameda County, is now complete. Named the ZEISS Innovation Center, the three-story office building will centralize the firm’s previous footprint split between Dublin and Pleasanton with purpose-built facilities for the company’s evolving needs. The project architect at Gensler spoke with SFYIMBY about the building and design inspiration.

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