PYATOK's Lakeside Tower, designed in collaboration with AVRP Studios, in SF Business Times:

"High-rise development is starting to show signs of life in Oakland for the first time since the Great Recession, with a 298-unit apartment building on the brim of Lake Merritt expected to receive entitlements early next year.

Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments, set to rise 270 feet on a vacant site on 12th Street and 2nd Avenue, needs the City Council to greenlight a redevelopment plan for the surrounding Lake Merrit BART station area this month in order to skate through environmental review.

The building would kickstart an effort by the city to increase density around Lake Merritt, one of Oakland's most-admired assets." Read Full Article