A long-approved mixed-use building at 6518 San Pablo Avenue in Oakland has picked up some of its building permits this week, and its development team has released an updated rendering showing off the project’s colorful new look. The 10-unit building sits just blocks from Oakland’s borders with Berkeley and Emeryville, in a stretch of San Pablo Avenue that’s quickly becoming a testing ground for infill housing.
According to San Francisco YIMBY, the development team released the more up-to-date visual around the same time the project was issued some of its building permits earlier this week. Design Manou is listed as the project architect and applicant, filing through Project Zero LLC. Notably, the publication reports that the updated plans retain approximately the same height and number of units as what was approved earlier this year, suggesting the changes are mostly cosmetic rather than structural.
What’s Actually Getting Built
The project is expected to yield 10 new residential units, per the same report, along with a new street-front commercial space facing San Pablo Avenue. The structure is expected to rise to roughly 40 feet, with the building expected to contain around 8,555 square feet overall, of which approximately 380 square feet is set aside for the ground-floor commercial area.
Exterior finishes will reportedly mix brick veneer, multicolor siding, and stucco cladding, with the facade’s illustrated color palette running through green, brown, orange, white, blue, and grey. The design also calls for a narrow stylized retail entrance, porthole-style windows, and an articulated facade, the outlet notes — details that suggest the developers are aiming for a building that stands out rather than blends in along the corridor…