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.
Formal permits have been submitted for Encore Estates, the builder’s remedy-assisted plans to add hundreds of homes and an 81-room hotel at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, Santa Clara County. Alongside new housing, the project will add a clubhouse, gatehouse, and additional parking to the historic winery and concert venue. William Hirschman of Lexor Builders is responsible for the application.
Preliminary permits have been filed with a residential development at 2147 San Pablo Avenue in Southwest Berkeley, Alameda County. The updated plans have increased the potential unit count for the project, adding 16 residences to the project. Lowney Architecture is responsible for the application.
A new mixed-use project has proposed for development at 3260 26th Street in Mission District, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the construction of a new six-story mixed-use building offering residential and commercial spaces. Plans call for the demolition of the existing one-story industrial structure on the site. Kerman Morris Architecture LLP is responsible for the designs.
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.
