April 5, 2018
By: Peter Hegarty, East Bay Times

ALAMEDA — The design of a building proposed for Alameda Point that will feature 200 apartments and 10,000 square feet of commercial space will be back before the Planning Board on Monday.

Known as “Block 9,” the building will be bordered by West Atlantic Avenue and Orion Street — plus two streets that still must be built — and will be within walking distance of where a new ferry terminal is planned.

The project also would feature a 1,400-square-foot rooftop deck and lounge where up to 95 people at a time could gather and look at sweeping views of the San Francisco skyline.

The location at the former Alameda Naval Air Station is part of what city officials call “Site A,” an area totaling about 68 acres where the overall $500 million project calls for 800 apartments, townhomes and condominiums and up 600,000 square feet of commercial space.

In December 2017, the Planning Board approved a design review for the building and block but wanted portions of it adjusted before final approval, which could now happen Monday.

The design revisions along the building’s West Atlantic Avenue side include an additional corner window and concrete spandrels to highlight its horizontal features, transom windows on the rooftop deck and a perforated metal screen that will separate the building’s garage from an interior courtyard.

Bamboo will help screen the garage from the courtyard. A row of trees will line the outside sidewalk skirting the building. City officials are recommending the board approve the final design.

Andrew Thomas, the city’s assistant community development director, said the rooftop deck and lounge will boost recreational opportunities for future residents and visitors to the neighborhood.

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Alameda Point Partners, LLC, has hit significant milestones on phase one of Alameda Point’s Site A development project in Alameda, CA. The JV includes Trammell Crow Residential (TCR), Cypress Equity Investments (CEI), and srmERNST Development Partners.

The $1-billion mixed-use, transit-oriented waterfront development is on the site of the former Naval Air Station Alameda. The developer closed escrow on 30 acres of the 68-acre parcel in March 2018, and broke ground in May 2018.

Demolition is complete on the entire 30-acre site, and 50% of the infrastructure work is completed and expected to wrap up late this year. The ferry dock is currently being fabricated, and construction of the terminal is slated to begin this fall.

CEI broke ground on 200 market-rate residential units on Block 9 in Site A, which also includes roughly 10,000 square feet of retail/commercial space. Eden Housing recently commenced construction on 60 units of senior housing on Block 8.

Trumark Homes will start vertical construction this summer on 64 townhomes on Block 6. TCR, in a venture with CEI, will be developing a 220-unit market rate apartment community later this year on Block 11.