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Oakland Developer Inks $140M Lease

New project signs Alameda County Social Services Agency

In one of Oakland’s largest-ever real estate deals, the Alameda County General Services Agency has signed a 30-year lease for 101,000 square feet at a pending downtown development. Read more.

Officials Break Ground On Berkley Square

The $70 million project will bring a mix of commercial and retail development to 1.5 acres on San Pablo Avenue between 21st Street and Thomas L. Berkley Way, formerly 20th Street. Read more.

An Institution Turned to Rubble

The Oakland Post Newspaper Building, located on Thomas L. Berkley Way in downtown Oakland, is being torn down and turned into rubble. The landmark is being razed to make way for a new $70 million development by developer, Alan Dones of Strategic Urban Development Alliance. Read more.

Hotel Won’t Get Royal Treatment

The debate over whether the venerable old Hotel Royal on San Pablo Avenue should be saved is moot. The wrecking ball does not care one way or the other, so the building is coming down. Read more.

Thomas L. Berkley Square Approved

he Thomas L. Berkley Square development team was elated after receiving an historic unanimous vote for Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson’s motion to approve a $70 million dollar mixed commercial-retail-housing development planned at the junction of San Pablo Avenue, Thomas L. Berkley Way (20th St.), and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way. Read more.