Lightning Rod Oakland Tower Vote Postponed
Oakland’s City Council has postponed their vote which was expected to approve an upscale 23-story residential building to rise on a city-owned parcel at the corner of East 12th Street…
Recommendation For Oakland’s Shuttered Convention Center Appealed
While Oakland’s City Council is slated to choose between two proposals for reviving the city’s long-shuttered 215,000-square-foot Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center across from Lake Merritt next month, the City’s…
Record High Rents In San Francisco, East Bay Rents Accelerating
The average asking rent for an apartment in San Francisco ticked up to a record-setting high of $3,458 per month in the first quarter of 2015, up 2 percent since…
Uptown Giant Burgers Site For Sale With Approved Plans
With approved plans for a nine-story building to rise on the corner, the former Giant Burgers site, which has recently been remodeled and re-opened as “Space Burger,” at Telegraph Avenue…
East Bay Modern On The Market For $4.25M
A $2.5 million renovation and expansion led by architect Stanley Saitowitz transformed the former 1940’s ranch house at 25 Tanglewood Road into a “breezy, light-filled contemporary box” (per Met Home…
Record-Setting Demand For East Bay Office Space
The vacancy rate for office space in Berkeley, Emeryville and Downtown Oakland has dropped from 11.2 percent to 8.2 percent over the past year, and the active demand for East…
Live/Work Lofts For Makers Proposed For Former Animal Shelter Site
The permit to demolish the former Municipal Animal Shelter at 2013 Second Street in Berkeley has been issued. And if approved, a four story building with 19 live/work lofts dedicated…
Bay Area Bike Share Planning Big Expansion, East Bay Bikes
A proposal to increase the number of bikes in the Bay Area Bike Share program from 700 to 7,000, and expand the network to include Oakland, Berkeley and Emeryville, will…
Plans and Timing for 200 More Units near Lake Merritt
A block from the proposed 24-story tower to rise at 2270 Broadway Street in Oakland, Wood Partners has submitted plans for a 196-unit building to rise six stories along Valdez,…
24-Story Oakland Tower Could Be Fast-Tracked For Development
Lakeshore Partners has submitted plans for a 24-story building to rise on the parking lot at 2270 Broadway in Oakland. The existing “80 Grand” medical office building and parking lot…