The Master Plan for Two New Kaiser Center Towers to Rise
Plans to demolish the mall portion of the Kaiser Center complex at 300 Lakeside Drive in Oakland and build two skinny office towers rising up to 574 feet in height…
Renovated Lake Merritt Lodge on the Market
Built for the YWCA as a “home-away-from-home for young working girls” in 1929, the Blue Triangle Club building at 2332 Harrison Street was sold by the “Y” in the late…
Proposed 173-Unit Oakland Project Qualified for Quick Review
Plans for an eight-story building to rise upon the two-story Bank of Hope and medical office building’s parcel and parking lot at 1940 Webster Street, on the edge of Oakland’s…
Shuttered Oakland Chicken Shack Back on the Market for $2 Million
The shuttered Church’s Chicken shack at 345 East 18th Street, which is two blocks from the southeastern shore of Oakland’s Lake Merritt, is back on the market with a $1,999,999…
Lake Merritt Rising: The Plans for a Grand Parking Lot Parcel with Views
The site of a gas station from the mid-1940s to 1991, the service station at 500 Grand Avenue was demolished in 1992, its underground storage tanks were removed, and the…
Developer Picked For Oakland’s Shuttered Convention Center Project
Oakland’s City Council has picked Orton Development’s proposal for renovating and redeveloping the city’s long-shuttered 215,000-square-foot Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center across from Lake Merritt and the City will now…
Land Deal For Controversial Oakland Tower Approved
Oakland’s City Council has approved the sale of the East Lake development site at the corner of East 12th Street and 2nd Avenue which overlooks Lake Merritt and its estuary,…
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…
Upscale 23-Story Development Approved To Rise Near Lake Merritt
The plans for an upscale 23-story apartment building to rise on a city-owned parcel overlooking Lake Merritt were approved by Oakland’s Planning Commission yesterday, helping clear the way for the…