Formal permits have been filed for the reasonably priced housing undertaking at 2455 Church Road in East Oakland, Alameda County. The developer goals to renovate present constructions and assemble a brand new six-story infill to convey over 100 houses to the small parcel. The Oakland Unified College District is the property proprietor.
Mission particulars have remained constant since our earlier protection final April. The six-structure campus will yield a mixed 94,900 sq. ft, together with 74,420 sq. ft for housing and 1,330 sq. ft of retail. The undertaking will embrace 113 models designated as reasonably priced to low-income households. House sizes will fluctuate tremendously, with 47 studios, 10 one-bedrooms, 36 two-bedrooms, and 20 three-bedrooms. Parking shall be included for 49 automobiles and 65 bicycles.
2455 Church Road pedestrian view, rendering courtesy Kodama Diseno Architects
The absolutely reasonably priced undertaking is utilizing Senate Invoice 35 to streamline approval and exempt the undertaking from the arduous CEQA assessment. The Density Bonus program was used to extend residential capability with elevated top limits and one waiver to scale back open area necessities.
Kodama Diseno Architects is chargeable for the design. The architect has reimagined the property with landscaping and inside pedestrian paths. The refurbished buildings will change into townhome-style models with doorways going through the open area. The six-story residences shall be wrapped with white and purple panels, articulated with setbacks and completely different materials patches to scale back the visible scale. The industrial areas will look straight onto Church Road.
2455 Church Road web site map, illustration by Kodama Diseno Architects
The undertaking shall be referred to as the Edward Shands Workforce Housing, named after an African American educator who labored because the principal of the Oakland Grownup Day College at 2455 Church Road all through the Sixties and Seventies.
The undertaking is near the Eastmont City Middle, a shopping mall and social providers hub. The property has served as a nexus for a number of different developments in surrounding parcels, together with Liberation Park at 6955 Foothill Boulevard, housing at 6733 Foothill Boulevard, 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, 7521 MacArthur Boulevard, 7954 MacArthur Boulevard, and 7994 MacArthur Boulevard.
2501 Church Road outlined roughly by YIMBY, picture by way of Google Satellite tv for pc
Oakland-based SUPERConstructors is listed because the applicant. The development timeline has but to be established.
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