Haven't you misplaced your Alameda Point information? It looks to me way more like Crab Cove.

You've moved Alameda Point to McKay Ave.

I can appreciate development plans for our wonderful town. I'm a life long resident and I support plans to enhance our community. My hope is that when these new homes are built that they are not stacked less than 10 feet apart right on top of each other. I hope to see yards with enough space for children and families to be able to play in and have BBQs. I think the lay out design of Bayport landing is ridiculous. Seeing new homes built so close together makes me think the developers were just trying to squeeze in as many homes as possible to make large profits.

Walgreens on Park Street = Pointless and devastating to local business.

Just to clarify something about the Marina Cove 11 development acquired from Trident. Lennar Homes in San Ramon will be developing this project – not Lennar Urban who is responsible for the Hunters Point, Candlestick and Treasure Island projects in San Francisco.

First, I completely agree with Crystal's comments above. I too am a life-long resident and remember fondly our days as kids in our big backyard. There must be some kind of density limit put on these new developments. Second, while I'm all for the new, overwhelming variety of shopping we will have when all these projects are realized, and the new jobs it will create and the tax revenue it will bring to the city, how the heck all are these new people going to get to and from Alameda without a new crossing? Why don't we make one, two or all of these new developers chip in for a new bridge at the end of Grand St, or if anyone can think of a better more possible crossing to Oakland, let us know?!

The number of projected homes and new housing units is astoundingly high. The projects all seem to be conceived with an eye toward the most units possible in the smallest amount of space. Case in point: Mapes Ranch, (basically that triangular strip of land just off the Fruitvale Bridge) will have 11 homes on 1.3 acres of land. These are just glorified apartments with non-connecting walls.

I suppose this is good for the city's tax base, good for developers, and good for existing Alameda business owners. But, additionally, all these new buildings are incredibly homogenous. Along with the new Target they could be built on any available land anywhere in the US.

So, besides the fact that theses new housing units are architecturally bland at best, the density of the construction is something that should be questioned before allowing these projects to move forward.

Question: How many developments can be squeezed into Alameda?
The answer: As many as possible.

Thank goodness I packed up our family and drove away after living in Alameda for 30 years--we headed for Central Valley farm life and to the hills of Gold Country. We do not miss the island at all because we feel Alameda lost its charm years ago anyway. We have huge yards here with endless clear vistas without a building in sight. Deer, wild turkeys in the country and of course cows and miles of almond orchards in the valley. Old California beauty.A Unspoiled. Good luck to those who like the direction Alameda is heading - with development, you will get exactly what you wish for!!!

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