Planning filings and local reporting suggest the Julia Morgan School for Girls may be weighing a move from the Mills College campus into the Bellevue Club, the landmark clubhouse on Lake Merritt. The possible relocation, which would shift the small all-girls middle school from Northeastern’s Oakland campus to 525 Bellevue Avenue, immediately raised questions about permits, historic review, and what a conversion could mean for students and neighbors. For now, the paperwork that set off the buzz has been recorded as withdrawn in city records.
How the tip came to light
According to Oaklandside, city planning documents identified the Julia Morgan School for Girls and outlined a proposal to convert 525 Bellevue Avenue into a school. The filings reportedly listed Gensler as the architect and described code upgrades and relatively minor construction instead of a major overhaul. Oaklandside found that those same filings were later marked as withdrawn in the city database.
What the property is and who owns it
The Bellevue Club…..