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Pacific Oak Lists 368,000 SQFT Oakland City Center Office Towers Unpriced Against $179.9MM County Assessment

The Pacific Oak-controlled owner of 1300 Clay Street and 505 14th Street has put the two-tower, 368,229-square-foot Oakland City Center office portfolio up...

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oWOW Readies Topping Out of 284-Unit Mass Timber Affordable Tower at 1523 Harrison in Downtown Oakland

Oakland developer oWOW will celebrate the topping out of 1523 Harrison Street on Nov. 19, an 11-story, 284-home affordable tower framed in mass...

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Lake Merritt BART Plan Trades 28-Story Tower for 112-Unit Affordable Building in Oakland

East Bay Asian Local Development Corp. has filed plans to replace a long-planned 28-story, mostly market-rate tower on the former Lake Merritt BART...

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Block Puts Entire 361,000 SQFT Uptown Station Headquarters in Oakland on the Sublease Market

Seven months after cutting nearly half its workforce, payments company Block has put every office floor it leases at Oakland's Uptown Station on...

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Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Renews 21,000 SQFT at Lake Merritt Plaza as Oakland CBD Vacancy Tops 40%

Engineering firm Simpson Gumpertz & Heger has recommitted to 21,000 square feet at 1999 Harrison Street, the 27-story Lake Merritt Plaza tower, landing...

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Workforce Nonprofit Year Up Signs 11,000 SQFT Lease at Uptown Oakland’s Breuner Building

Year Up, the national job-training nonprofit for young adults, has taken 11,000 square feet at 2201 Broadway, the Art Deco Breuner Building in...

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Swift Real Estate Defaults on $194MM Loan Tied to 572,000 SQFT 1111 Broadway Tower in Oakland

A notice of default on the 24-story Class A tower lets Brookfield’s lending affiliate choose between a workout and a takeover, in a...

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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...

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Oakland Downtown Development Corp. Launches With $2MM, Setting Up Coordination With Benefit Districts

The Oakland Downtown Development Corp. debuted Thursday with $2 million in private backing and an agenda of lighting, safety and street programming that...

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Libertas Companies Acquires 253,000 SQFT 1333 Broadway Office Tower for $58.1MM in Oakland

A 10-story Oakland office tower has changed hands for roughly half what its previous owner paid six years ago, the latest sign that...

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Behring Plans 20,000 SQFT AI Data Center at Former Berkeley Lab Site in Oakland

A vacant supercomputer building that a national developer once eyed for a 39-story office tower before abandoning the plan is instead becoming ground...

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Related California Files Plans for 66-Unit Affordable Building at Oakland’s 430 Broadway

Related California and EBALDC file building plans for a 66-unit affordable housing building at 430 Broadway in Oakland's Jack London Square.

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