The BART Board of Directors has voted to approve plans for the Lake Merritt Transit-Oriented Development in Downtown Oakland. The approval is a significant step towards reshaping two low-rise lots with two towers and two mid-density buildings containing affordable and market-rate housing and offices. The Board President, Rebecca Saltzman, says construction will start in 2024.
The same month that demolition work started for the state’s tallest mass timber tower, oWow revealed renderings for the second phase of construction on the same block. 1523 Harrison Street is set to be developed with an identically-tall timber tower. The proposal would replace a nearly half-acre surface parking lot with 269 homes in Downtown Oakland.
Concrete is nearing the halfway point for 1900 Broadway, a rising residential tower in Downtown Oakland. Once complete, the 39-story tower will add 452 new apartments and ground-level retail on top of the 19th Street BART Station. Behring Companies is the project developer.
New building and demolition permits have been filed for the five-story residential infill at 578 7th Street in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. The proposal will replace a single-story structure with apartments designed by one of the Bay Area’s most prominent architecture firms, Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects. Riaz Capital is the project developer.
Crews have started preparing for the demolition of a four-story structure ahead of construction of the 19-story apartment block at 1510 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. Helped by an updated California Building Code passed in 2021, 1510 Webster is expected to be the second tallest wooden tower in the county. Oakland-based oWOW is the project developer and architect.
