In April 2012, a revised multi-phased, mixed use San Leandro Crossings Masterplan and development was presented to the City Council and the public. The revised plans reflect an innovative and more financially feasible development plan that not only furthers the City’s Downtown Transit-Oriented Development Strategy but also incorporates significant and forthcoming high technology opportunities for the City including Lit San Leandro and the corporate growth of San Leandro based OSIsoft, Inc. Furthermore, the Crossings will 1) enable the City to leverage over $130 million in public and private investment in and around the downtown and San Leandro BART Station, 2) create needed new workforce rental housing to meet State and federal affordable housing requirements, and 3) create thousands of jobs locally and regionally including over one thousand permanent high tech jobs from OSIsoft’s expansion and hundreds of temporary construction jobs.
OSIsoft is a globally recognized and innovative high tech company that was founded and headquartered in downtown San Leandro. Under the revised plan, OSIsoft joins the original project developers, Westlake Development Partners LLC and BRIDGE Housing Corporation and the City of San Leandro to form the current Crossings development team. Westlake Development Partners is a preeminent private developer in the Bay Area while BRIDGE Housing is nationally recognized for affordable housing development and property management.
Key changes between the revised and original Crossings Masterplan are:
- the 200 unit Cornerstone rental development will be developed by BRIDGE as affordable workforce housing,
- BART replacement parking will be a surface lot instead of a parking garage, and
- OSIsoft will develop a multi-phased technology campus on the site formerly occupied by formerly proposed Alameda affordable rental housing complex by BRIDGE Housing. The original 2009 Crossings Masterplan proposed no commercial office uses, had substantially more residential units over multiple phases and contained a replacement BART parking garage.
For additional information on the revised Crossings Masterplan, click on the
staff report and
presentation for the April 9, 2012 City Council Work Session. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) approval including the
Initial Study and
Mitigated Negative Declaration for the original Cornerstone residential project is still applicable for the revised Cornerstone. Below is a summary of the revised Crossings Masterplan:
I. Cornerstone (Developer: BRIDGE)
a. 4-stories on podium parking
b. 200 rental units
i. All 200 units to be affordable workforce housing: 100 units for very low income and 100 units for low income households
c. 290 garage parking spaces
d. Amenities include two unprogrammed ground floor retail spaces (< 5,000 sq ft), leasing office, on-site laundry, bicycle storage, landscaped courtyard, and community room.
II. BART Replacement Parking Lot (Developer: BRIDGE)
a. Surface parking lot only
b. One for one BART replacement parking
III. OSIsoft Technology Campus Phase 1 (Developer: OSIsoft & Westlake)
a. Approximately 100,000 square feet office building (5-6 stories)
b. Surface parking lot
IV. OSIsoft Technology Campus Phase 2 (Developer: OSIsoft and Westlake)
a. Approximately 100,000 square feet office building (5-6 stories)
b. Surface and deck parking lot
c. Phase 2 schedule is yet to be determined
click image for larger PDF of the Site Plan
Key dates for the San Leandro Crossings are shown below. (Note that dates with an asterisk below indicate they are tentative and may be subject to change)
| May 1, 2012 | Community Meeting #1
Main Library (Lecture Hall)
300 Estudillo Avenue
6:30 pm
Here is more information in English, in Chinese, and in Spanish |
| May 2, 2012 | Community Meeting #2
Marina Community Center (Titan Auditorium)
15301 Wicks Blvd
6:30 pm
Here is more information in English, in Chinese, and in Spanish |
| May 21, 2012* | City Council meeting to review State Proposition 1C grant agreements for the Crossings and modifications to existing City development agreements with BRIDGE |
| June 18, 2012* | City Council meeting to review BRIDGE request for federal HOME funding for the Cornerstone |
| June 30, 2012* | Deadline to submit executed Proposition 1C grant agreements to State Housing and Community Development Department |
| Summer/Fall 2012* | BRIDGE replacement parking approval, street vacation process and City entitlement review for OSIsoft Tech Campus |
| Spring 2013* | BRIDGE submits State/federal low income housing tax credits application for Cornerstone to State |
| Summer/Fall 2013* | OSIsoft/Westlake begins Phase 1 construction and BRIDGE begins construction of BART replacement parking |
| Spring 2014 | BRIDGE completes replacement parking and begins construction on Cornerstone |
| Winter 2014 | OSI/Westlake completes Phase 1 construction |
| Spring 2016 | BRIDGE completes Cornerstone construction |
