Suncal

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SunCal’s top political strategist said this week that the developer didn’t follow his advice.

Although taking responsibility for SunCal’s failures has become about as common as a high-rise in Alameda, Larry Tramutola’s comments offer insight into the failed election that was really the end for the developer’s ambitions to build thousands of new homes on the island.

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Alameda Point was going to be the largest housing development that the East Bay had seen in years — certainly the biggest on this side of the hills since the 1970s. The 4,000-plus homes proposed for the former Naval Air Station would have housed about 10,000 residents. But last week, the Alameda City Council snuffed out plans for the new mini-city on the island when it voted to kill its deal with private developer SunCal. The 4-0 vote also ended an often-contentious relationship with the Orange County developer that in recent weeks even included allegations of illegal wrongdoing.

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City staff will begin work on a list of options for redevelopment Alameda Point to present to the City Council in the fall.

The council asked staff to get cracking on the list at the tail end of an action-packed, seven-hour meeting Tuesday night, the council’s last schedule meeting until September. The request came in lieu of a proposal by Councilman Frank Matarrese that would have focused the city on exploring the formation of a nonprofit corporation to handle base development and on job creation instead of housing.

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Developer SunCal released three letters last week firing back at the city's handling of Alameda Point negotiations and its investigation of Councilwoman Lena Tam, who was accused of forwarding confidential information to SunCal among other allegations of misconduct earlier this month.

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Tuesday’s council meeting exposed a bitter divide over SunCal and their proposed development at Alameda Point.

Some opponents heckled SunCal’s reps and supporters throughout the six-hour hearing on denying the developer’s project, as Mayor Beverly Johnson announced that some community members wanted people who spoke to say whether they had been paid by SunCal. But others appealed for calm.

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It took until 1 a.m. for the Alameda City Council to vote 4-0 (councilmember Lena Tam abstained) to deny SunCal’s “modified optional entitlement application,” and take the first step towards ending its four-year relationship with SunCal, an Irvine-based developer that planned to build 4,800 homes, a 60-acre sports complex, a ferry terminal, parks, schools and offices at the former Alameda Naval Air Station, which accounts for one-third of this island city.

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Alameda scrapped its contract with a developer early today to bring thousands of homes and offices to the former Navy base, sending the sprawling, contentious project back to the drawing board 14 years after the Navy left.

The City Council voted 4-0, with one abstention, to sever its four-year relationship with SunCal, an Irvine developer that planned to build 4,800 homes, a 60-acre sports complex, offices, parks, schools, a ferry terminal and other amenities at the former Naval Air Station, which comprises one-third of the island city.

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Early this morning, the City Council voted to deny SunCal’s development proposal for Alameda Point on a 4-0 vote, effectively sending the developer packing an hour after the expiration of their three-year exclusive agreement to negotiate a deal to develop the former Naval Air Station.

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Alameda was embroiled in a heated showdown Tuesday night over the fate of the long-dormant Navy base, where a developer wants to build thousands of homes and offices.

The City Council was slated to sever its four-year relationship with SunCal, an Irvine developer that planned to build 4,800 homes, a 60-acre sports complex, offices, parks, schools, a ferry terminal and other amenities at the former Naval Air Station, which comprises one-third of the island city.