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Public Hearing to Consider a Request for a Certificate of Approval for Alameda Point Building 8 at 2350 Saratoga Street - PLN16-0468 - Alameda Redevelopers, LLC. The applicant is requesting a Certificate of Approval to restore and modify the General Storehouse Historic Building on Alameda Point.
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To: Honorable Chair and
Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Jennifer Ott, Base Reuse Director - Alameda Point
Michelle Giles, Redevelopment Project Manager, Base Reuse
Re: Public Hearing to Consider a Request for a Certificate of Approval for Alameda Point Building 8 at 2350 Saratoga Street - PLN16-0468 - Alameda Redevelopers, LLC. The applicant is requesting a Certificate of Approval to restore and modify the General Storehouse Historic Building on Alameda Point.
BACKGROUND
The proposal includes structural alterations to a 1940 designated historic building to support adaptive reuse for a light industrial, commercial and Work/Live mixed use project. The proposed modifications would allow Building 8 to be adaptively reused for approximately 88 Work/Live units and approximately 83,420 square feet of mixed light industrial and commercial space. The project plans are attached as Exhibit 1.
To assist staff with the evaluation of the proposed project, the City commissioned a peer review of the project by Chris VerPlank, VerPlank Historic Preservation Consulting. Mr. VerPlank's evaluation is attached as Exhibit 2 to this report.HAB)HAB)H
STAFF ANALYSIS
A. Historical Significance
Building 8 is a contributor to the National Register-listed NAS Alameda Historic District (Historic District). The Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in 2013, encompasses the oldest and most intact sections of the former military base. The U.S. Navy Bureau of Yards & Docks designed the majority of the buildings on the base in the Streamline Moderne style, including most of the buildings in the Administrative Core, the Residential Ar...
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