Over 100,000 More Employed in Alameda County Since 2010
For the first time since early 2001, the unemployment rate in the East Bay has dropped below 4 percent, dropping from 4.1 percent in April to 3.9 percent in May…
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…
The Plans to Expand and Add Housing to an East Bay Landmark
The detailed plans to expand, improve and add 43 condos and two single-family homes to the grounds of the landmark Claremont Hotel & Spa in the East Bay hills have…
Oaklanders Could Benefit from Preferences for Affordable Housing
While the City of Oakland already provides a general preference for those who live or work in the city to qualify for affordable housing which was built in conjunction with…
Designs for Proposed 448-Unit Auto Row Development in Oakland
As proposed and working its way through Planning, the Oakland Acura Dealership at 277 27th Street will be razed and a 18-story building with 448 residential units over 66,500 square…
Prohibiting Street Parking for Residents of New Developments
Early next month Oakland’s Planning Commission is slated approve a comprehensive update of the City’s Planning Code that sets the parking requirements for new developments throughout the city, allowing buildings…
Progress for Big Oakland Project Which Could Have Been Bigger
Identified as Opportunity Site #6 in Oakland’s Lake Merritt Station Area Plan, the 226 13th Street parcel, which is currently a parking lot bounded by 13th, Jackson, 14th and Alice…
Mid-Century Hacienda in the Oakland Hills Fetches $726 Per Foot
Listed for $2.4 million, the remodeled 4,065-square-foot ‘Mid-Century Hacienda’ in the Oakland Hills which we featured last month has closed escrow with a reported contract price of $2.95 million or…
Office Rents in Oakland Hit an All-Time High
While demand for office space in San Francisco slipped last quarter, asking rents in Oakland’s Central Business District gained 8 percent, are up 36 percent versus the same time last…
Appeal Challenges Development of Oakland’s Auto Row
While the plans for a seven-story Oakland development with 225 apartments over 23,000 square feet of retail space at 2400 Valdez Street were granted a key neighborhood plan-based exemption from…