Proposed Projects Approved Projects Now Leasing 426 Alice Street - Wheelink Warehouse (Jordon Realty Investments) Allegro at Jack London Square (240 Third Street) The Landing at Jack London Square 300 Harrison Street (300 Harrison Street Associates) Allegro at Jack London Square (Madison and Third Street) Allegro at Jack London Square 333 Third Street (Ace Architects) 311 Oak Street (Old Dreyer's Lot) Paper Company Lofts Third and Broadway Mixed Use Project (David S. Taylor Interests, Inc.) New Market Lofts-Safeway Corporation Adaptive Re-use (201 Fourth Street)   City Lofts (Embarcadero Pacific)     Summary of Development Projects Many of the linked documents on this page are in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed, click the icon.

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NEW MARKET LOFTS (Safeway)  201 Fourth Street  The Safeway Stores Corporate Headquarters adaptive re-use as 46 live-lofts was approved by the City Planning Commission on April 21, 1999 after an historic preservation architect concluded that the proposed design would not impair the integrity and/or the significance of the National Register-eligible Waterfront Warehouse District. The developer is Jon Q. Reynolds of Reynolds & Brown. Mr. Reynolds' father, the late Quentin Reynolds, served a president and chief executive officer of Safeway Stores from 1966 to 1971, later becoming Board Chairman. The architect Terri Flynn of Flynn Lynch + Grant Architects also designed the adaptive re-use of the Fourth Streets Lofts, Tower Lofts, and Brickhouse Lofts. Visit the the New Market Lofts website at http://www.newmarketlofts.com. To contact developer: Jon Q. Reynolds Reynolds & Brown 1200 Concord Avenue, Suite 200 Concord, CA 94250 T: (925) 674-8400 F: (925) 689-1535

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THE LANDING AT JACK LONDON SQUARE 99 West Embarcadero (Site B)  This project is completed and now leasing. Legacy Partners (formerly Lincoln Property Company) through an agreement reached with the Port of Oakland plans to construct a 282-unit gated residential rental apartment complex, known as "The Landing at Jack London Square," on a 9.1 acre unimproved parcel located at 99 West Embarcadero, or "Site B," between Jack London Village and the KTVU Television Studios, adjacent to the Oakland Estuary. The project would include four, 52-foot-high, four-story, multi-family residential buildings, a swimming pool, fitness and business center, resident lounge, and administrative offices. Legacy Partners purchased the property from the Port of Oakland. Citizens for Site B, a grassroots organization, challenged the project's environmental review up to the California Supreme Court. Among other things, the citizen's group argued that the waterfront should be preserved for Oakland citizens not sold to private investors to develop as a private, gated apartment complex. Despite the group's valiant efforts, in December 1998, the California Supreme Court denied review, paving the way for the project to proceed. Groundbreaking began Thursday, July 22, 1999. A groundbreaking ceremony was held September 21, 1999. For more information, contact the Port of Oakland's Barbara Szudy at (510) 272-1489 or bszudy@portoakland.com Now Leasing. For more information: The Landing at Jack London Square 101 Embarcadero West Oakland, CA 94607 tel 510 625-0500 fax 510 625-0472 www.thelandingatjacklondonsquare.com

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ALLEGRO AT JACK LONDON SQUARE   Third and Jackson Streets SNK Realty Corporation Inc.'s application to build 312 rental apartments on three parcels at the intersection of Third and Jackson Streets was approved by Oakland's City Council on December 8, 1998 after the developer reached a settlement with three neighborhood groups, including Jack London Neighborhood Association. One of the three SNK parcels (Parcels 2 & 3) is located in the Waterfront Warehouse District. SNK Settlement Agreement Under the terms of the settlement, SNK agreed to, among other things, incorporate a design for the Waterfront Warehouse District building that would preserve the District's integrity and eligibility for the National Register of Historic Places. SNK also agreed to the formulation of an Advisory Design Review Committee composed of a JLNA representative, a SoNiC representative, an architect from the Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board, and the two architects on the Planning Commission. The Advisory Design Review Committee reviews the design and makes recommendations for improvements to Oakland's City Planning Director who makes the final decision. Advisory Design Review Committee Meeting Notes The Advisory Design Review Committee has met periodically since March 1999. Meeting notes are below. 1. March 30, 1999 Allegro Design Review Wo Lee Parcel 2. April 14, 1999 Allegro Design Review Wo Lee Parcel 3. April 28, 1999 Allegro Design Review Wo Lee Parcel 4. May 20, 1999 Allegro Design Review Wo Lee and Parcel 4 5. June 9, 1999 Allegro Design Review Parcel 4 and Landscaping 6. July 14, 1999 Allegro Design Review Parcels 2 & 3 7. August 17, 1999 Allegro Design Review Parcels 2 & 3 8. October 27, 1999 Allegro Design Review Parcels 2 & 3   Now Leasing. For more information: Allegro at Jack London Square 308 Jackson Street Oakland, CA 94607 T: (510) 625-1928 F: (510) 625-8027

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CITY LOFTS  300 Harrison Street This project was halted by court order. It is not going forward. The property was sold on June 26, 2000 to 300 Harrison Associates. 300 Harrison Associates is pursuing a project on this site. The project has not been approved. JLNA prefers a public park on this site. San Francisco-based The Embarcadero Pacific Company proposes to build a 90-foot high rise on a 30,000 square foot unimproved parcel at 300 Harrison Street, in the heart of the Waterfront Warehouse District, to house 100 apartment units. On July 7, 1999, Jack London Neighborhood Association filed a lawsuit against the City of Oakland arising out of the City's approval of the City Lofts project. On December 17, 1999, the court ruled in favor of Jack London Neighborhood Association and ordered the City of Oakland to set aside approval of the project. The Oakland City Council approved the project on June 8 even though the City's own environmental impact report found that the "building's abrupt change in scale, its visual dominance and intrusiveness in a predominately low-rise district ... is likely to jeopardize or impair the nomination of the district to the National Register." JLNA's lawsuit challenges the City's environmental review, as well as the City's decision to grant the project a conditional use permit, a variance to waive the open space requirement, and design review. To win a design review permit, a developer must demonstrate that its proposed project is well related to the neighborhood's height and scale. The lawsuit charges that the City unlawfully rejected a scaled back version of the Project that would have preserved the District's eligibility for the National Register and made the Project compatible with the neighborhood. JLNA wants (1) the building's height reduced to 50 feet; (2) the separation between the new building and existing buildings increased from four and 15 feet to 20 feet; and (3) the project's parking ratio increased from one parking stall per household to 1.4 per household, the neighborhood's average number of cars per household. To contact developer: Margaret Cafarelli, Project Manager The Embarcadero Pacific Company 283 Fourth Street Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 286-8950 ext. 12

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PAPER COMPANY LOFTS  283 Fourth Street This project is completed and is currently occupied by several offices. The anchor tenant is Design Within Reach. The Paper Company Lofts project is part of The Embarcadero Pacific Company's so-called City Lofts/Paper Company Lofts project. The Paper Company Lofts projects involves the adaptive re-use of the former Allied Paper Company warehouse into five live-work lofts. The architect is Tom Dolan. The Allied Paper Company building is located in the Waterfront Warehouse District and is considered a contributor to the District. To contact developer: Margaret Cafarelli, Project Manager The Embarcadero Pacific Company 283 Fourth Street Oakland, CA 94607 (510) 286-8950 ext. 12

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Third and Broadway Mixed Use Project 210 Broadway To contact developer: David S. Taylor Interests, Inc

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