Back in 2023, when Oakland’s sprawling Holy Names University campus sold for $65 million, worries swirled that the land would be redeveloped for housing. At the time, BH Properties, the real estate investment firm that purchased the site, said in a statement that the site offered “a unique opportunity to provide facilities for the many educational institutions seeking expansion alternatives.”
Now, less than three years later, that stance has reversed. On Monday, zoning permits were filed to redevelop the campus, demolish 14 existing buildings and build 165 single-family homes.
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