Performing Arts Group Nears Purchase of Oakland’s Historic Scottish Rite Center

Built in 1927 and reworked into Greek-influenced Art Deco style after lake-air damage in the 1930s, the century-old venue would keep a rare large-scale gathering space active in a submarket still searching for a floor. A performing arts religious group has moved into escrow to acquire Oakland's nearly century-old Scottish Rite Center, positioning the Beaux-Arts-turned-Art-Deco […]