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Introduction of Ordinance Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Lease for a Portion of Building 22 with Gold Bar Spirits Company Inc., Located at 2505 Monarch Street, at Alameda Point, Alameda, California, for a Term of Six Years with One Extension Option for Five Additional Years. [Requires 4 affirmative votes]
In accordance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), this action is categorically exempt from further environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities). (Base Reuse and Economic Development 29061822)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a lease with Gold Bar Spirits, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Gold Bar), for a portion of Building 22 at Alameda Point for a term of six years with one extension option for five additional years. Gold Bar distills and distributes whiskey and is currently located on Treasure Island in San Francisco, with a tasting room also located in the San Francisco International Airport. It is seeking to relocate some distillery activities from Treasure Island and expand its tasting room presence to Alameda Point's Spirits Alley. The proposed lease Premises are located adjacent to Faction Brewing in the space formerly occupied by Proximo, known as Hangar One. The establishment of Gold Bar Spirits at Alameda Point will play an important role in supporting Spirits Alley and the other existing artisan distilleries and tasting rooms along Monarch Street.
BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda (City) owns a former aircraft hangar known as Building 22 constructed in 1941 at Alameda Point. Building 22 is located at 2505 Monarch Street and is divided into two suites of approximately 32,500 square feet each. Faction Brewing Company, which currently occupies the adjacent suite in Building 22, has a lease extending through 2028, with two options to e...
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