Archive Analysis · Land Use
Forty years of development in Rockridge
Every major development proposal in the neighborhood since 1986, traced through the pages of The Rockridge News — who proposed it, whether neighbors supported or opposed it, and what was ultimately built, approved, rejected, or abandoned.
247proposals tracked
1986–2026four decades
46drew organized opposition
21 built · 11 stoppedknown outcomes
Over time
Mentions vs. opposition, by year
Happening now
The fights on the table today
The record
The biggest fights, 1986–2026
Safeway/College Ave redevelopment
2007–2016 · 6310 College Avenue at Claremont
opposedcompleted built
Rockridge Shopping Center rebuild (Broadway & Pleasant Valley)
2007–2023 · Broadway and Pleasant Valley Road
mixedunder construction
CCA campus redevelopment (5212 Broadway)
2016–2025 · 5212 Broadway (east side of Broadway, north of Shops at the Ridge)
mixedin review
Rockridge Shopping Center / Shops at the Ridge redevelopment
2015–2025 · 5100 Broadway (Shops at the Ridge / Rockridge Shopping Center)
neutralstalled
Caldecott Tunnel 4th Bore
2003–2010 · Caldecott Tunnel, Oakland Hills
opposedunder construction
Dreyer's College Ave expansion
1986–2000 · 5919-5921 College Avenue / Chabot Road / Claremont Avenue
opposedcompleted built
Hauser Creekside (5132 Telegraph)
2007–2008 · 5132 Telegraph Avenue
opposedin review
Rockridge Montessori Expansion (5616 Broadway)
2004–2013 · 5616 Broadway, Oakland
opposedstalled
In their own words
From the archive
“Dreyer's Ice Cream Corporation representative Rick Graffis confirmed Wednesday, March 12, that the firm has completed its plans for a major development on College, Chabot, and Claremont Avenues and will submit them to the City Planning Department by Friday, March 14.”
“the Corporation still proposes a three-story, 41,000 square foot office building fronting on College Avenue, a two-story, 5,400 square foot research and development building on Chabot Avenue, and a four-level garage on Claremont Avenue with parking for 120 employees”
“The project, which includes 204 apartments as well as almost 34,000 square feet of ground floor commercial retail area, replaces two earlier projects, Civiq and Creekside, both of which had City approval but which were not built.”
“Plans for Rockridge BART Plaza on Track”
“The College Preparatory School (CPS) has submitted a proposed facilities master plan to the City. The plan outlines major construction projects for the next 10 to 15 years. The project amounts to about 20,000 sq. ft. of space, some of which would replace buildings to be demolished. The school envisions no increase in its student population.”
“After Tussle, Council OKs Phase I Rezoning”