With large floor plates and high ceilings, the building is well-suited for creative, tech and start-ups.
OAKLAND, CA—Built in 1931, the iconic Art Deco-designed Breuner Building at 2201 Broadway was originally designed by famed architect Albert Roller as the home of Breuner's Home Furnishings. It was converted to office space some 20 years ago but languished over time.
Today, the one-of-a-kind structure has once again come to life in the Uptown area. TMG Partners purchased the building about seven years ago and completed extensive renovations including a facade upgrade, blade signage, fully reimagined lobby and common area, amenity upgrades, a new roof, and complete HVAC, elevator and fire life safety modernization.
With that revitalization beckoning tenants, co-working behemoth WeWork leased three full floors of approximately 68,000 square feet. WeWork will occupy the office space in two phases with phase I commencing immediately and phase II commencing in January 2020. The large floor plates offered in the building provide contiguous spaces that creative tenants are seeking, GlobeSt.com learns.
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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.
