A rendering is now available for the aforementioned Arpeggio in Berkeley:
http://sf.curbed.com/uploads/2008_08_arpeggio.jpg Source: Curbed SF. |
From: http://www.socketsite.com/
Budding Big Buildings Across The Bay (Oakland And Emeryville) Encinal Jackson has submitted an application to build a 56-story mixed-use tower at 1938 Broadway in Oakland. At 715 feet, the proposed tower would nearly double the height of Oakland’s current tallest building, the Ordway at 1 Kaiser Plaza. The proposed tower would contain 1.5 million square feet of space, including 790,000 square feet of office, 320,000 square feet of parking, 75,000 square feet of retail and 220 residential units. The building, designed by global architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, features a modern, glass-lined cylindrical shape with a section that curves down one side resembling a roll of fabric unraveling. And while Encinal Jackson proposes to build 1.5 million square feet up, TMG Partners has received approval to build "1.5 million square feet of residential, retail, office space and parks" across Emeryville’s EmeryBay Market Place. |
More on the building
http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/...08/story4.html Highrise hopes in Oakland Soaring tower eyed San Francisco Business Times - by Blanca Torres East Bay developer Peter Wang is back for round two of trying to develop the tallest building in Oakland. After withdrawing a previous application to build a 63-story tower, Wang’s firm, Encinal Jackson, submitted an application to build a 56-story tower rising to 715 feet at 1938 Broadway. The building would dwarf the city’s current tallest structure, the Ordway Building at 1 Kaiser Plaza, by more than 300 feet. “(Oakland) does not have a landmark on its city-scape and that creates a lack of identity,” Wang said. “The city of Oakland deserves to have a very beautiful building like this.” The proposed tower would contain 1.5 million square feet of space, including 790,000 square feet of office, 320,000 square feet of parking, 75,000 square feet of retail and 220 residential units. |
Also nearby http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/...08/story7.html
Friday, September 5, 2008 TMG moving Emeryville from suburbs to city San Francisco Business Times - by Blanca Torres Developer TMG Partners has received approvals to add up to 1.5 million square feet of residential, retail, office space and parks to Emeryville’s EmeryBay Market Place, its 14-acre office and retail project. The addition and overhaul would turn a suburban-style development into an “urban village.” Right now, if you drive down Christie Avenue past 64th Street, you see lots of big box buildings and enough asphalt to park 1,100 cars. Within a decade, the same site could become a place where people can live, work, shop, play and ditch their cars. “The goal in developing this site is to make it really convenient to leave your car,” said Denise Pinkston, a partner with TMG who is working on the project. “The development plan is to take that auto-dominated site and turn it into a urban neighborhood over time.” Emeryville, a city that takes up just over 1 square mile of space, has encouraged the creation of more mixed-use developments, like this one, in its general plan. |
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:haha: I know Michael Colbruno. He's a nice guy with political connections (he started as a reporter for a gay newspaper, became an aide/press spokesperson to Assemblywoman Carole Migden--when I was a volunteer aide in the same office--and, after moving to the East Bay, eventually got his present job). But he is most decidedly NOT an architect. On the other hand, I guess he knows what he likes as well as anyone. |
Wierd. This may be one the few, if not the only, time I've seen a design rejected with a big contributor being its rejectful design. The design really does look bland and boring, and I'm glad it was rejected.
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According to http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci.../focus3.html#1, " developer Jack Myers has ordered the steel for the second tower in his 670,000-square-foot Centennial project, even though he has not landed an anchor tenant for phase one, set for completion in December."
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Ah, I was not aware that project involved a second tower. I actually havent seen this building since I dropped off my cousin at the airport and therefore used 101. I've spent a good deal of time in Marin, but I'll have to check up on this one again soon. Thanks for that info.
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The glass has a much bluer tint than you see in the renderings:
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And just up the road from Centennial Towers
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Back on Centennial: I noticed this morning that there was a concrete pumper boom and the base of a tower crane visible at the site of the second building. This afternoon the pumper was no longer visible. I would infer from this that the foundation has been poured and the tower crane will be assembled shortly.
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...And back to Oakland.
From: http://www.abetteroakland.com/the-ta...one/2008-09-09 Encinal Tower, 715 feet, 56 stories http://www.abetteroakland.com/images/spiral2.jpg ...And two others! From: http://www.abetteroakland.com/the-ta...and/2008-06-18 Quote:
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Wow, look at Oakland trying to take some of spotlight. I like what I see about those other two towers, and I continued to be amazed by what seems to be known now as Encinal Tower.
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Here are more renderings from an old post. The buildings are designed by SOM...just like the 715 ft Tower http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=152989
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More Encinal Tower renderings http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...1&postcount=24
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More on High Rises for Berkeley
full article at:http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/i...onmental-Study Quote:
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While I like the sound of the plans and details, I have my doubts this will see the light of day, especially if its as is. After all, its Berkeley.
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It's not that all of them would ever happen, but it does mean that at least one of them would have a better chance. This gives the downtown plan more flexibility. The more plots in the study, the more likely a proposal that pencils out might come to life at one of them.
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Visual update on Centennial. Sorry about the quality. It was shot from a moving bus:
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Oakland condos don’t add up for developers
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