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LAKE MERRITT BART CHINATOWN TOD SENIOR HOUSING East Bay Asian Local Development Corp.
Oakland, California Affordable Housing / In Construction / Senior + Supportive Housing

Fifty years after devastating urban renewal and the construction of a BART tunnel, 2.7 acres above the Lake Merritt BART station are being reactivated with mixed uses and reclaimed as part of Oakland’s Chinatown. The seven-story Chinatown TOD Senior Housing leads this two-block redevelopment with affordable senior housing above ground-floor, paseo-adjoining amenities and restaurant incubation space.

From a narrow, angled site between 8th Street and the submerged BART line, the project will establish a new gateway for the community. A civic-scaled entrance facing Laney College will be one of three connectors between senior amenities and the programmed, landscaped paseo. Towards Chinatown, a gable roof caps the top floor lounge and outdoor terrace; below, the restaurant’s storefront transitions to the senior community room with help from richly patterned sunscreens. Transparency is further established at a stack of glazed elevator lobbies overlooking the paseo. Building exteriors present opportunities for public art. The building will be all-electric, with operable windows right-sized for natural light and ventilation, plenty of outdoors access, and proximity to transit that eliminates the need for on-site parking.

Chinatown TOD Senior Housing is part of a larger transit-oriented development planned after 10 years of conversations with hundreds of area residents and stakeholders. Subsequent phases include a market-rate residential tower on the other half of the block, a renovated public plaza, and office and affordable family housing with a daycare center at what is currently a low-rise office building.

Personnel

  • Marcial Chao / PIC
  • Mikki Asada / PA/PM
  • Parisa MirSadeghi / Design

Project Team

  • Cahill / GC
  • HKIT / Interiors
  • EinwillerKuehl / Landscape
  • BKF / Civil
  • DCI / Structural
  • PAE & Luma / MEP & Lighting
  • Preview Group / Fire & Life Safety
  • Endelman / Accessibility
  • Salter / Acoustics
  • HighLine / EBM
  • SGH / Waterproofing
  • Bright Green Strategies / Sustainability
  • Millennium / Joint Trench/Dry Utilities
  • American Trash Management / Waste
  • Langan / Geotechnical
  • Volz / Specifications
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    79,200 square footage
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    97 units
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    0.27 Acres site area
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  • $68.9M
  • 2026
  • 365 D.U.A
  • Gold
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  • 2026
  • 365
  • Gold (target)
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  • 360 22nd Street, Suite 600, Oakland, CA 94612
  • 510-465-7010