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Planning Board Workshop on Alameda Point Site A Design Review for Block 10 Commercial Urban Park
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To: President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Jennifer Ott, Chief Operating Officer - Alameda Point
Andrew Thomas, Assistant Community Development Director
BACKGROUND
In June 2015, the City Council unanimously approved the Site A Development Plan for a 68-acre area within Alameda Point that extends generally from the Main Street entrance to Alameda Point to the Seaplane Lagoon and the eastern edge of the Naval Air Station Alameda Historic District (Historic District).
The Site A Development Plan stipulates that the project will include approximately 14.8 acres of publicly accessible open space, parks and plazas representing approximately 22% of the 68-acre property, including a unique urban park with rehabilitated existing Navy buildings for visitor and neighborhood serving retail uses on "Block 10" at the heart of the mixed use project and across the street from the Waterfront Park. (The location of Block 10 within the Site A Development Plan is shown in the graphic below.)
The retail uses on Block 10 will contribute to the up to 400,000 square feet of commercial development in existing buildings and approximately 200,000 square feet of retail space in new buildings,
Since the City Council action on the Development Plan, the project proponents, Alameda Point Partners (APP) and BCV Architects, an experienced retail design firm, have been working to prepare detailed designs for the one new building, the rehabilitation of the three existing buildings and adjacent approximately three acres of public park for Block 10.
On December 17, 2015, the Planning Board Subcommittee provided direction and suggestions for improvements to APP/BCV's initial plans for Block 10. The attached plans (Exhibit 1) represent the revised plans for Block 10.
At this time, the Subcommittee...
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