Tag Archives: Alameda Point Partners

Missing the Point

Posted on January 9, 2022 by Robert Sullwold

Ever since City Planner Andrew Thomas released the first draft of his plan for enabling the City to meet the 5,353‑housing‑unit quota assigned to it by the regional planning authorities, there’s been a lot of talk about getting the federal … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Alameda Point Partners, Andrew Thomas, Brookfield Residential, Catellus, Housing Element, RHNA, Site A, Trammell Crow Residential, West Midway | 7 Comments

Busted

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Robert Sullwold

For years, the Merry-Go-Round has been speculating about whether the City of Alameda would try to convince the federal government to “bust the cap” that restricted residential development at Alameda Point to 1,425 new housing units. Well, it turns out … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Alameda Point Partners, Andrew Thomas, Debbie Potter, John Russo, RESHAP, Site A, West Midway | 12 Comments

Midway crisis

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Robert Sullwold

Three years after Council proudly adopted a plan to replace 200 dilapidated units of housing for the homeless at Alameda Point with a complex containing 267 new housing units and a community center, the fate of the endeavor remains very … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development | Tagged Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Alameda Point Partners, Building Futures, Collaborating Partners, Doug Biggs, John Knox White, Michelle Giles, MidPen, Operation Dignity, RESHAP, West Midway | 6 Comments

Great expectations

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

During his successful campaign, Governor Gavin Newsom pledged that he would “lead the effort” to develop 3.5 million new housing units in California by 2025. After the election, State Senator Scott Wiener re-introduced a bill that, its proponents say, will … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged ABAG, Adaptive Reuse, Alameda Point Collaboratiive, Alameda Point Partners, Andrew Thomas, Debbie Potter, HCD, Housing Element, Main Street Neighborhood, MTC, PDA, RHNA, Richard Bangert, Town Center, West Midway | 1 Comment

Battle of Midway

Posted on February 5, 2019 by Robert Sullwold

Tonight, Council will hold a special meeting at which the four finalists vying to be selected to develop the “West Midway” site at Alameda Point will make presentations. Slideshows of proposed designs are banned. Instead, expect to hear the presenters … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Partners, Brookfield Residential, Catellus, Cypress Equity Investments, Infrastructure, Jamestown, Main St. Neighborhood, Trammell Crow Residential, West Midway | 4 Comments

Delay of gain

Posted on March 4, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

Typically, residential development projects have been sold to skeptics in Alameda by emphasizing the “public benefits” they provide. For those who aren’t persuaded that the City needs more housing for the affluent (the pitch goes), just look at what else … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development | Tagged AC Transit, Affordable housing, Alameda Point Partners, Del Monte warehouse, Eden Housing, Infrastructure, Jennifer Ott, Neil Saxby, Site A, Tim Lewis, Transportation Demand Management | Leave a comment

They’re there in Oakland

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Robert Sullwold

For more than a while now, the Merry-Go-Round has been listening as the developers of Site A at Alameda Point and the Del Monte warehouse try to explain why their projects have not broken ground, more than two years after … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development, Housing | Tagged Alameda Point Partners, Carmel Partners, Del Monte warehouse, Greg Pasquali, Infrastructure, Joe Ernst, John Russo, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, North Housing, PLA, Project Labor Agreement, Site A, Tim Lewis Communities | 3 Comments

AUSD to the rescue?

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Robert Sullwold

If you’re one of those hoping that the development approved for Site A at Alameda Point actually will come to pass, you’d better be nice – very nice – to the Alameda Unified School District, because, without AUSD’s assistance, the project … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, City Hall, Development | Tagged Alameda Point Partners, AUSD, Bruce Dorfman, Frank Matarrese, Jim Oddie, Malia Vella, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Site A, Trish Spencer | 2 Comments

Hard times at Site A

Posted on April 23, 2017 by Robert Sullwold

Is the Site A project at Alameda Point – long-described as the “catalyst” for the redevelopment of the former Naval Air Station – in trouble? It’s not an idle question.

Posted in Alameda Point, Development | Tagged Alameda Point Partners, Bruce Dorfman, Infrastructure, Jennifer Ott, Jim Oddie, Joe Ernst, Malia Vella, Site A | 2 Comments

All aboard!

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Robert Sullwold

Predictably, the proposal presented to Council Tuesday night for the City to “collaborate” with the Water Emergency Transportation Authority to get new ferry service up and running at the Seaplane Lagoon by 2020 elicited hosannas and huzzahs from the usual … Continue reading →

Posted in Alameda Point, Budget, City Hall, Development | Tagged AC Transit, Alameda Point Partners, Christopher Peeples, Don Perata, Ferries, Frank Matarrese, Jennifer Ott, Jim Oddie, Joe Ernst, Kate Quick, Kevin Connolly, Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Master Infrastructure Plan, Measure BB, Michael McDonough, Proposition 1B, Regional Measure 2, Rob Bonta, Robert Raburn, Seaplane Lagoon, TIGER grant, Tony Daysog, WETA | 8 Comments

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