Historic Block Could Sink Plans for 460-Foot-Tall Oakland Tower
As we noted when the formal application to move forward with plans for a seemingly split 460-foot-tall tower to rise at 1261 Harrison Street in Downtown Oakland were filed with…
Plans to Deter Speculation around Oakland A’s Ballpark Site
With the Oakland Athletics having formally announced their plans to build a new Major League ballpark upon the 13-acre parcel of land that’s currently owned by the Peralta Community College…
Plans for a Seemingly Split 460-Foot-Tall Oakland Tower Revealed
The preliminary plans for a 374-foot-tall tower to rise at 1261 Harrison Street, at the corner of 13th in Downtown Oakland, have been scrapped. Instead, Pinnacle Red Group is now…
Oakland A’s Hope to Build a New Ballpark and Legacy Right Here
The Oakland Athletics have formally announced their intention to develop a new Major League ballpark upon the 13-acre parcel of land that’s currently owned by the Peralta Community College District…
A Happy Ending and More Housing in Chinatown as Proposed
If approved, the Happy Chinese Restaurant at 1326 Powell Street will be leveled. And in its place, a new six-story building will rise up to 65 feet in height, with…
Shrunken Development Newly Rendered and Rationalized
Plans for a pair of residential towers to rise up to 27 stories in height at 325 Seventh Street, on an S-shaped site extending from the corner of 7th and…
Major Oakland Condo Project Cut in Half
The plans for a pair of residential towers to rise up to 20 and 27 stories in height at 325 Seventh Street, on an S-shaped site extending from the corner…
Oakland Conditionally Approves Contentious Chinatown Development
The contentious redevelopment of the entire Oakland block bound by Webster, 11th, Harrison and 12th Streets, on the edge of Oakland’s Chinatown, has been approved by the City’s Planning Commission.…
Coalition Challenges Redevelopment of a Chinatown Block
While the “W12” project site, which includes the entire Oakland block bound by Webster, 11th, Harrison and 12th Streets, along with the quarter-block parcel on the northwest corner of Harrison…
416 Apartments Proposed for a Prominent Oakland Site
Plans for 339 apartments to rise up to seven stories in height across the downtown Oakland block bound by Webster, Harrison, 12th and 11th Streets, and for 77 units across…