Plans for a six-story affordable housing redevelopment of the Edward Shands Center for Adult Education campus in East Oakland, Alameda County have been revealed. Advance Submission is 113 apartments at 2455-2501 Church Street, including fourteen unoccupied people’s housing units within three renovated two-story buildings. The Auckland Unified School District is the owner of the property.
2501 Church Street bird’s eye view, rendering courtesy Kodama Diseno Architects
Kodama Diseno Architects is responsible for the design. Illustrations shared with YIMBY reveal how the building will reimagine the property, with interior landscaping and pedestrian paths that move across the new campus. The renovated buildings will become town house style units with doors facing the open space. The six-storey flats will be wrapped in white and red panels, articulated with different material setbacks and stains to reduce the visual volume. The shops will directly overlook Church Street.
2501 Church Street Pedestrian View, rendering courtesy Kodama Diseno Architects
2501 Vertical Height on Church Street, illustration by Kodama Diseno Architects
The initial application provides some details about the project. The plan states that the development will be accessible to all. The new six-storey building will comprise 65 units, with one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments on floors two through six. The space at ground level will include the garage and shops. The three buildings on the Education Center campus will be renovated to house 48 studio units for the formerly homeless.
2501 Church Street roughly outlined by YIMBY, image via Google satellite
2501 Church Street, Image via Google Street View
The development is located close to Eastmont Town Center and the proposed Liberation Park development. The park will be redeveloped with 120 affordable homes and a three-story market by the Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation.
Turner Development Resource Group is listed as a project applicant. The project team has not yet responded to a request for comment. The construction schedule has not yet been determined.
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