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Rendering of apartment building design in Oakland
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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...

Oakland Waterfront
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oWow Supersizes Pill Hill Plan to 20-Story, 334-Unit Affordable Tower in Oakland, Backed by $110.4MM Tax-Credit Deal

Oakland developer oWow has filed to remake a triangular Pill Hill parking lot at 3403 Piedmont Avenue into a 20-story tower with 334...

San Jose's downtown skyline as seen from the Guadalupe River Park on a sunny spring day; Silicon Valley, California
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oWow Unit Pivots Stalled 25-Story San Jose Tower to 372 Affordable Apartments in $159.6MM Plan

Oakland-based oWow, through its American Housing Co. subsidiary, has revived a long-stalled high-rise site one block from San Jose State University with a...

Oakland skyline
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Mason at Hive in Oakland Faces July Foreclosure Auction After $39.7MM Loan Default

One of Uptown Oakland's most symbolically important apartment buildings is headed to the auction block, even as the city's broader rental market shows...

Oakland Waterfront
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74-Unit Ora Apartments Near Lake Merritt in Oakland Listed for Sale After Prime Finance’s $25MM Take-Back

The 2019-vintage building was seized by its lender in December 2024 out of a $41 million 2021 basis under Vaughn Management — and...

Rendering of apartment building design in Oakland
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Community HousingWorks Pays $10.2MM for Downtown Oakland Site, Advances 284-Unit Affordable Housing Tower

The San Diego-based affordable housing developer acquired three parcels at 1523 Harrison Street for $10.2 million and secured $39.6 million in financing from...

Home under construction
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oWow Scales Back San Francisco Housing Project to 202 Units

Developer reduces 19-story SoMa tower proposal to 14 stories amid evolving market conditions San Francisco’s South of Market district has been a testing...

Unity Council and Self-Help Ventures Win Approval for 68-Unit Senior Housing Complex in Oakland
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Unity Council and Self-Help Ventures Win Approval for 68-Unit Senior Housing Complex in Oakland

Five-story development in Fruitvale represents city's accelerating push to address housing crisis through transit-oriented development Oakland has approved plans for a five-story affordable...

Hybridge Capital Revises Plans for Affordable 144-Unit Refuge Apartments in Oakland
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Hybridge Capital Revises Plans for Affordable 144-Unit Refuge Apartments in Oakland

Abandoned tower near MacArthur BART reborn as housing for veterans and domestic violence survivors One prominent site near Oakland’s MacArthur BART Station is...

oakland and the surrounding neighborhoods
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Signature Development’s 105-Unit Mason at Hive Apartment Complex Defaults on $39.7MM Loan Amid Oakland Housing Crisis

Oakland's apartment market is buckling under the weight of oversupply and pandemic aftershocks, with some of the city's most celebrated development projects now...

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oWow Advances 11-Story Affordable Housing Tower with 285 Units in Downtown Oakland

Amid ongoing efforts to address housing affordability in the Bay Area, Oakland-based oWow is moving forward with plans for a new mid-rise development...

oakland and the surrounding neighborhoods
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oWow Loses 102-Unit West Oakland Building at 1919 Market as Market Pressures Mount

Developer's Financial Distress Reflects Broader Crisis in Oakland Multifamily Sector Oakland's multifamily housing market is experiencing a wave of financial distress, with developers...

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