The Oakland Planning Department has approved plans for a narrow mixed-use infill at 6518 San Pablo Avenue in North Oakland, Alameda County. The proposal looks to add ten apartments behind a street-facing storefront. Design Manou is the project architect and applicant, filing through Farmy Zero LLC.
Significant construction is now underway at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Campus in Oakland. The award-winning pediatric institution has been undergoing a series of recent modernization projects aimed at expanding and improving care for the region. In 2022, SF YIMBY reported on the proposal of a new administrative support building on the site. Construction for that project is now underway, with completion expected later this year. Meanwhile, plans for a new main hospital building were approved in 2024, with preparatory construction beginning in the following months. Major construction on the hospital building is expected to start this year as well. UCSF BCH and UCSF are self-sponsoring the projects.
New zoning worksheets were filed for a proposed development at 6230 Claremont Avenue in Oakland. The site had preliminary permits filed earlier this year, outlining plans for a new seven-story senior living and residential care facility on the site. As of July of this year, the project was being developed by Ellis Partners and Spirit Living Group, but the overall property owner is listed as the American National Red Cross.
A formal building worksheet has been submitted for a proposed development at the former site of the historic “Trader Vic’s” in North Oakland. Once redeveloped, the 6500 San Pablo Avenue property is to become a 5-Story mixed use building, with 10 residential units spread across the upper 4 stories, and a ground floor commercial space.
Preliminary permits have been filed for a detached backyard development at 5150 Shafter Avenue in North Oakland, Alameda County. The application is looking to add four units behind an existing single-family house. The Richmond-based religious non-profit TentMakers Inc. is responsible for the application.
