Fruitvale Village I

Format
Full

City
Oakland

State/Province
CA

Country
USA

Metro Area
San Francisco

Project Type
Mixed Use

Location Type
Suburban Business District

Land Uses
Child Care
Civic Uses
Library
Medical
Multifamily Rental Housing
Office
Retail
Senior Center
Transportation Use

Keywords
Affordable housing
Bicycle garage
Brown
Community development corporation (CDC)
Infill development
Loft housing
Mixed-income housing
Not-for-profit developer
Pedestrian-friendly design
Public-private partnership
Redevelopment
Tax increment financing
Transit village
Transit-oriented development
Urban regeneration

Site Size
4 acres
acres hectares

Date Started
2002

Date Opened
2004

Fruitvale Village I is a four-acre (1.62-hectare) mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented development located next to the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the Fruitvale district about 4.5 miles (7.2 kilometers) south of downtown Oakland, California. It is the central core of Fruitvale Village, a 19-acre (7.7-hectare) area that includes a new housing development for seniors, extensive facade and street improvements, and both surface and structured parking spaces. Developed by the Unity Council, a local nonprofit community development corporation, the project mixes 37 market-rate loft-style apartments with ten affordable units, office space, more than 20 retail stores, a seniors’ center, a Head Start child development center, a city of Oakland public library, and a health clinic that provides linguistically and culturally appropriate care to patients regardless of their ability to pay.

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Case Study/Profile Type: DCS
Website: http://www.fruitvalevillage.net
World Region: North America
Developer(s): The Fruitvale Development Corporation, Unity Council
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Designer(s): McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners
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