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THE DEVELOPMENT REPORT: With plan in place, city works to bring more affordable housing

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 - 12:05am

To a casual observer, the scene that played out during at the Alameda City Council’s January 2 discussion about the Marina Cove housing development may have held some surprises. The city’s top planner, Andrew Thomas, was detailing his efforts to prod developer Trident Partners to build more homes on the 7.14 acre Marina Cove II site, which now holds a warehouse. The developer’s representative had insisted that the company only wanted to build the 69 homes originally approved for the site. Read more >> about THE DEVELOPMENT REPORT: With plan in place, city works to bring more affordable housing

Council offers 'historic' approval on housing development despite lawsuit

Michele Ellson
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 12:01am

City leaders have granted what some deemed an historic early approval for a new housing development that will include homes that don’t comply with Measure A, despite a lawsuit that challenges an earlier decision that allows such development on a limited number of sites. Read more >> about Council offers 'historic' approval on housing development despite lawsuit

Skeleton of Clement Street buildings will see new life

Michele Ellson
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 12:05am
Stacks of 12x12 "bullseye cut" old growth Douglas fir, 20' to 30' long.

Photos by Mike Rosati. Click photo for slideshow.

“If asked to describe myself, I’d tell you I’m an artist. I don’t know how I got into this industry,” Reusable Lumber Company’s Jim Steinmetz said. Read more >> about Skeleton of Clement Street buildings will see new life

THE DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Demolition underway on Clement Avenue site

Michele Ellson
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 12:05am

A developer demolishes defunct warehouses on a site near the Park Street Bridge. Photos by Tom Charron and Michele Ellson; click photo for slideshow.

The City of Alameda is getting an early Christmas gift from a local developer. Boatworks developer Francis Collins is in the process of demolishing a series of defunct warehouses along Clement Avenue, near the Park Street Bridge.

The demolition comes in advance of what the developer’s representatives said in court papers would be a new development plan for the site. Read more >> about THE DEVELOPMENT REPORT: Demolition underway on Clement Avenue site

Housing project mired in fresh litigation

Michele Ellson
Monday, August 6, 2012 - 12:05am
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A proposed housing development that would line a stretch of waterfront near the Park Street Bridge is once again tied up in litigation, with the city insisting the blighted property be cleaned up and its owners saying those cleanup demands are inhibiting their efforts to sell. Read more >> about Housing project mired in fresh litigation

City preparing new housing plan

Michele Ellson
Monday, March 12, 2012 - 12:05am

Alameda’s city leaders are attempting once again to revise the city’s plan for housing to comply with state law and to avoid state funding losses and lawsuits. Alameda’s so-called housing element, which is designed to show that a city’s got enough land zoned in a way that allows its housing needs to be met, has been out of compliance with state law since 1999. Read more >> about City preparing new housing plan

The end of redevelopment

Michele Ellson
Monday, February 27, 2012 - 10:14pm
Building 500 at Alameda Point.

October 5, 2011 was to be a watershed moment in the city’s long struggle to revitalize the defunct Naval Air Station Alameda. That night city leaders signed a new deal with the Navy that would put most of the former base into the city’s hands by the end of 2012, free of the $108.5 million price tag the Navy had demanded in prior years. Read more >> about The end of redevelopment

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