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RCPC and Nautilus Group finalizing a private agreement that goes beyond the City's use permit conditions to protect existing residents from negative impacts and ensure the project does not encourage auto-oriented commute patterns regardless of future ownership. Agreement to be recorded against the property.
5110 Telegraph Avenue, northeast corner of Telegraph and 51st Street
The Nautilus Group purchased two previously approved but unbuilt projects (Civiq and Creekside) on the Rockridge-Temescal border and is planning a redesigned single project covering both sites. The combined entitlements were for just over 200 residential apartment units. Nautilus plans to submit a pre-application to the City the following month.
Proposed residential/mixed-use project to replace the two previously approved but unbuilt Civiq and Creekside projects, involving over 200 residential units. A presentation on the project is scheduled at the September Land Use Committee meeting.
Detailed Land Use Committee report on this large mixed-use project. Over 200 residential units ranging from one to three bedrooms, a 25,000 sq ft grocery store, and 5,000 sq ft of small local retail shops. Ten percent of units priced for very low income tenants, entitling the project to a 35% density bonus. Building rises from 20 ft townhouses on Clarke Street to 70 ft on Telegraph and 51st. Includes a public walkway reflecting the culverted Temescal Creek below. Major concerns include the loading dock and grocery parking entry off Clarke/Redondo affecting nearby residents.
RCPC board reviewed the Nautilus development proposal at 51st and Telegraph as presented at the most recent Land Use Committee meeting. No new details reported beyond the October coverage.
Nautilus developers are scheduled to present informally about their development project, with particular interest in how it will impact Little Frog Park at Redondo Avenue and Clarke Street.
Nautilus Group's large mixed-use proposal for the former Global Video/Creekside site, successor to the previously approved but unbuilt Civiq and Creekside projects. The developer will present an update at the April Town Hall. The project proposes a large rental housing component plus retail including a grocery store.
Nautilus Group presented current plans at the April Town Hall. RCPC expressed concerns about shadowing, traffic impacts, and whether the FROG Greenbelt extension to Telegraph Avenue will happen as promised. Developers committed 185-195 residential units and 50,000 sq ft of retail. Too few details to evaluate the proposal fully.
The Nautilus Group filed a formal application for a large mixed-use project filling nearly an entire block on Rockridge's western border. A Design Review Committee hearing was held September 30. The project includes 11% affordable units, requests a 35% density bonus, height waivers, and a 50% reduction in parking requirements.
RCPC Land Use Committee reviewed the Nautilus project at its October meeting and recommended against granting an environmental review exemption, citing proximity to congested intersections and impacts from other concurrent projects. The committee recommended RPP zone extension, free transit passes, and car-share requirements.
The Nautilus project remains in review; a community debate erupts in letters to the editor over whether RCPC's stance is NIMBYism or legitimate advocacy. RCPC's comment letter has been posted publicly. The environmental review exemption decision is still pending; if granted, the project could come to Planning Commission as early as December.
The Nautilus Group's 204-unit residential/33,000 sq. ft. commercial mixed-use project on Telegraph Avenue is identified as the biggest upcoming land use item. Formal environmental review has begun including traffic and shadow studies. RCPC has been promised at least one more community meeting before Planning Commission review.
Project not yet approved; still under environmental review. RCPC board member Leonora Sea notes she has attended and spoken at Design Review and Oakland City Council meetings on the Nautilus project.
RCPC board candidate Leonora Sea notes she has spoken at Design Review and Oakland City Council meetings on the Nautilus project; secondary units; and parking. Construction on surrounding projects at the Broadway/51st Street intersection is ongoing, with truck routing onto residential streets a concern.
A 204-unit mixed-use project (including 16 very low income units) at Telegraph Avenue between 51st Street and Claremont Avenue, also including a 28,000 sq.ft. grocery store and 6,000 sq.ft. of restaurant/retail space, tentatively scheduled for a Planning Commission hearing on May 18.
Full public community meeting held May 18 on the 204-unit mixed-use project (17 very low income units, 28,000 sq.ft. grocery, 6,000 sq.ft. restaurant/retail). Planning Commission hearing and potential approval set for June 1. RCPC engaged with applicant and city staff on traffic, parking, and neighborhood impact concerns.
Planning Commission approved the 204-unit mixed-use project after the applicant incorporated several RCPC-suggested changes. Commission declined to restrict on-street residential parking permits for project occupants or to set aside fines for future mitigation. RCPC separately negotiated a binding agreement with the developer to address these concerns.
RCPC and Nautilus Group finalizing a private agreement that goes beyond the City's use permit conditions to protect existing residents from negative impacts and ensure the project does not encourage auto-oriented commute patterns regardless of future ownership. Agreement to be recorded against the property.
“It is the successor to two large projects, Civiq and Creekside, that were approved but never built. It proposes a fairly large rental housing component plus a retail component including a grocery store.”2015_04 - Land Use Update, April 2015
“The Nautilus Group, developer, will present an update on its proposal at RCPC's April Town Hall meeting.”2015_04 - Land Use Update, April 2015
“RCPC concerns include shadowing of the surrounding area; traffic impacts; and whether the extension of the FROG Greenbelt to Telegraph Avenue will occur as promised. The developers have painted a picture, but there are too few details to know whether it will be a masterpiece, or an optical illusion.”2015_05 - Land Use Update, May 2015
“RCPC is asking the DRC to make the public hearing an opportunity for preliminary design input, with another public hearing once the project's environmental impacts (which could include traffic, parking, noise, and shadowing impacts) have been better defined.”2015_10 - RCPC position, Land Use Update
“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.”2015_10 - Land Use Update, October 2015