From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 6 Dec 2006 18:55:06 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-irf |
Subject: | [CPEO-IRF] Alameda Landing (CA) |
City Council to take new look at Alameda LandingBy Kelly Rayburn Inside Bay Area/Alameda Times-Star (CA) December 5, 2006 ALAMEDA - During the heady days of the dot-com boom, Catellus Development Corp. laid out plans for a massive office park on the site of the former Fleet Industrial Supply Center, near the old Navy base in west Alameda. The city gave its approval. But the boom went bust and, years later, the plans are very different. At a meeting today, Catellus will ask the City Council to give the green light to an ambitious project that would convert 77 acres of unused land, concrete wharf and old warehouses into what Catellus says would be a vibrant waterfront residential area and shopping district. The project would include, among other things, a boat launch, an eight-acre park and, possibly, a water taxi to Jack London Square. Council approval of the so-called Alameda Landing project would mark a major step for the conversion of Alameda's West End, once dominated by the now-closed U.S. Naval Air Station. But the proposal comes as residents and city politicians continue debating what the city should do about a number of large-scale development possibilities. At this point, not all are on board. ... For the entire article, see http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/ci_4781049 --
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