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.
Updated permits have been filed for a seven-story affordable housing project at 285 12th Street in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. The city approved plans for the site in December 2016, but construction never started at the surface parking lot. EBALDC is responsible for the application.
The Julia Morgan-designed YWCA Building at 1515 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland recently changed ownership for $22.5 million. The 109-year-old Renaissance revival building is now owned by a current tenant and public charter school, with plans to bring teach housing to the top two floors. Oakland-based Highbridge Equity Partners had previously owned the property.
Development permits have been filed seeking the approval of a new affordable housing project at 8301 MacArthur Boulevard in Eastmont, Oakland. The project proposal includes the construction of a new five-story building offering 82 dwelling units as affordable housing.
A new residential project has been proposed for development at 490 West MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland. The project proposal includes the conversion of an existing hotel into permanent supportive housing. Bay Area Community Services Housing Corp (BACS) and Memar Properties Inc (MPI Homes) will develop and manage the property.
