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Wareham Renovating Piece of Music History

BERKELEY, CA-The San Rafael, CA-based company begins improving the two-building, 130,000-sf development where Creedence Clearwater Revival and other music legends recorded.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on February 13, 2007

BERKELEY, CA-Work is underway to revive the house that Creedence built. Wareham Development recently acquired for upward of $20 million the Saul Zaentz Media Center here and is now busy remaking the entrance and lobby. The property–2.64 acres holding two buildings totaling 130,000 sf–remains the home of Fantasy Records, the country’s largest indie label, and Saul Zaentz Co., one of the world’s top recording studios in the 1970s and 80s.

A two-story building which still contains recording studios was constructed on the site in 1971. In 1980, a seven-story tower equipped with two theaters and a sound stage was added to the property, which is located between Tenth and Parker at 2600 Tenth Street.

For Wareham Development principal Rich Robbins, the building is more than investment real estate. “This property became known as the house that Creedence built,” says Robbins. “John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Neil Young, they all recorded here. It’s an essential part of Americana to our generation.”

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