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A few months ago, I reported that a group of local folks had assembled into a committee to oppose developer SunCal’s proposed plan for Alameda Point. Well, this week, SunCal’s reps announced the creation of a new group of local...
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The Island: On Point: Pro-Point development group enters fray
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Added: Sep 18, 2009 at 7:30 AM
Order to Abate Habitability Hazards issued to SunCal Oak Knoll LLC by City of Oakland,...
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Added: Sep 18, 2009 at 6:18 AM
KTVU: Abandoned Oakland Development Sparks Fire Concerns
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A neighborhood association in Oakland has taken legal action to get overgrown vegetation cut back at the defunct Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, saying it presents a significant fire hazard. The group points out the...
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Added: Sep 18, 2009 at 6:09 AM
Alameda Journal: Supporters, opponents of SunCal step up campaigns
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A new citizens' group has kicked off a campaign to rally support behind SunCal's plan for Alameda Point, saying the former military base is a burden on taxpayers and the developer will transform it into a community asset.
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Added: Sep 17, 2009 at 6:02 PM
The Island: There will be cars
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City officials have finally released a long-awaited study on the potential traffic impacts of SunCal’s proposed Alameda Point development. Their shocking conclusion? It will generate more traffic than an earlier proposal that...
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Added: Sep 16, 2009 at 4:29 PM
Alameda Point Development Initiative Election Phase II Preliminary Traffic Impact,...
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Public Benefit Cap.
The Initiative anticipates that at full buildout of the development, the property and business owners of the development will fund the operation and management of the TDM strategies. However, since the...
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Added: Sep 14, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Telegraph: Lehman collapse: the drama of a mad 48 hours that will never fade
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Lehman had acquired the site in 2005 for $100m alongside its development partner SunCal, the largest land developer in California and a name now infamous among the bank's former staff. The plan was to build 900 homes on the site...
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Added: Sep 13, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Welcome to the New Oak Knoll
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Welcome to the New Oak Knoll
Oak Knoll ... once a Roaring 20s golfing destination, then a hospital where our wounded soldiers and sailors received expert medical care ... now abandoned and deteriorating.
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Added: Sep 12, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Toronto Star: Revisiting recession's ground zero 1 year later
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Larry McDonald, whose book on Lehman, A Colossal Failure of Common Sense, documents the firm's implosion, believes Lehman's woes can be traced to a smattering of hairy real estate deals, of which the McAllister Ranch was one. The...
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Added: Sep 12, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Letter to Oakland City Attorney Regarding Hazard Posed by SunCal's Oak Knoll...
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As you are the city attorney for Oakland I want to notify you of a situation that presents an extreme and imminent danger to thousands of Oakland residents which has been allowed to worsen considerably, and has been perpetuated,...
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Added: Sep 10, 2009 at 6:11 PM