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Oakland Wants More Office Space Uptown

OAKLAND, CA-Oakland city officials are giving Cleveland-based developer Forest City 120 days to add 200,000-sf of office space and additional affordable housing into an already massive plan for its Uptown project.

By Becky Bergman | Updated on December 27, 2000

OAKLAND, CA-City officials have told Cleveland-based developer Forest City to add about 200,000-sf of offices to their plans in the next 120 days. Less than a month before formalizing the deal for the Uptown project, the City Council has determined that Forest City’s original proposal of 2,000 apartments and 75,000-sf of retail is not adequate enough to meet Oakland’s bustling real estate market.

The city has extended the negotiating agreement to 120 days to give the developer more time to pack the offices and affordable housing into the plan. The Cleveland-based developer had originally asked for 240 days, but city officials are eager to capitalize on the hot real estate market. While councilman Ignacio de la Fuente described the changes as complicated, he believes Forest City can achieve them. “With a mix of retail, residential and office space, this will be a better project and if anybody can do it, we think Forest City can,” says de la Fuente. “After the supervisor elections, San Francisco is in shambles and we think more people will look at us.”

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