ALAMEDA, CA—Alameda has been planning the redevelopment of Alameda Naval Air Station since the closure of the base was announced nearly 25 years ago. Complicating the redevelopment were a number of issues associated with the site itself, the need for community input and economic cycles but now, the $1 billion mixed-use transit-oriented waterfront development at the gateway to Alameda Point is underway.
In the first of a two-part exclusive, Bruce Dorfman, senior managing director of Trammell Crow Residential's Northern California division, recently discussed the project's history, challenges and other insights on the heels of the firm hiring Brad Mooney as senior project manager for the project.
GlobeSt.com: The development on Alameda has been a long time coming. What were some of the challenges along the way?
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Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown is an editor for the south and west regions of GlobeSt.com. She has 25-plus years of real estate experience, with a regional PR role at Grubb & Ellis and a national communications position at MMI. Brown also spent 10 years as executive director at NAIOP San Francisco Bay Area chapter, where she led the organization to achieving its first national award honors and recognition on Capitol Hill. She has written extensively on commercial real estate topics and edited numerous pieces on the subject.
