PROPOSED: Jack London Square Residential Tower

[yekaterinab 1]

Project Location

444 Embarcadero West (Southern half of the block bounded by Broadway; The Embarcadero, and Franklin and Second)

Developer

Jack London Towers LLC

Project Sponsor

Jack London Towers LLC c/o Lancar Development Inc.

City info

Catherine Payne, Major Projects, (510) 238-6168

General Plan

Mixed-Use Waterfront/ Estuary Plan Area (Retail, Dining, and Entertainment District 2 within the Estuary Policy Plan)

Number of Residential Units

257

Retail/commercial space

7,650 sf retail

Building height

Up to 310'

Building stories

Up to 26

Expected Start date

2009 or later

Expected Completion

2010 or later

Current status

Pre-application filed, environmental scoping underway

"[Project Site:] The project site is in the Jack London Square district of downtown Oakland, approximately two blocks north of the Oakland Estuary.1 The project site consists of the southern half of the block bounded by Broadway, The Embarcadero, and Franklin and Second Streets, and is 30,375 square feet (approximately 0.7 acres) in size (see Figure 1). The site is currently occupied by a four-story hotel, the Jack London Inn.

[Project Description:] The proposed project would include demolition of the existing hotel and construction of a 26-story, approximately 310-foot-tall residential building that would contain about 257 dwelling units and about 7,650 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. The project would be constructed as two asymmetrical towers

[The Voice of Reason 8]

Very nice for Oakland.

there is so much underutilized waterfront in the bay Area