OAKLAND — There is activity once again on the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital site in the east Oakland hills. Work at the Oak Knoll Development continues after an annual city grading ban from Oct. 15 – April 15, and after the coronavirus pandemic clobbered the Bay Area, halting many […]
OAKLAND — There is activity once again on the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital site in the east Oakland hills.
Work at the Oak Knoll Development continues after an annual city grading ban from Oct. 15 – April 15, and after the coronavirus pandemic clobbered the Bay Area, halting many construction projects for several months.
Developer SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail. City planners proposed 57 affordable units of varying size, including senior and possibly independent living units, on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property.
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
2009 FILE PHOTO–The former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. The 183-acre property, now owned by Sun Cal, was allowed to deteriorate after Sun Cal filed bankruptcy on the project. Many of the fire hydrants on the property do not work. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. The former officer’s club is on the top right. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
2009 FILE PHOTO–A building which appears to be an auxilary wing of the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. The 183-acre property, now owned by Sun Cal, was allowed to deteriorate after Sun Cal filed bankruptcy on the project. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
The Oak Knoll Naval Hospital is shown on Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. The hospital is scheduled for demolition on Friday, April 8. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
The former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital is imploded on Friday, April 8, 2011 in Oakland, Calif. The 11-story building which opened in 1968 was the last structure to be demolished on the 183-acre site. It served military personnel for 28 years until the base closed in 1996. Eight hundred pounds of dynamite and 18,200 feet of detonating cord were used in the implosion. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The former officer’s club is seen at the Oak Knoll Development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
2009 FILE PHOTO–The interior of the historic Club Knoll at the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital property is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. The 183-acre property, now owned by Sun Cal, was allowed to deteriorate after Sun Cal filed bankruptcy on the project. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
An unsecured building at the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital property is shown on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. The 183-acre property, now owned by Sun Cal, was allowed to deteriorate after Sun Cal recently filed bankruptcy on the project. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. The former officer’s club is on the top left. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
The exterior of the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital property is posted with asbestos warning signs on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, in Oakland, Calif. The 183-acre property, now owned by Sun Cal, was allowed to deteriorate after Sun Cal recently filed bankruptcy on the project. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
The historic Club Knoll is seen on the 183-acre site of the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. In November, the Oakland City Council approved construction of 918 townhomes and houses above Interstate 580, but construction has not yet begun. A Spanish Revival building that served as a golf clubhouse and officer’s club, the building will be relocated on site and rehabilitated. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
The historic Club Knoll is seen on the 183-acre site of the former Oak Knoll Naval Hospital in this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. In November, the Oakland City Council approved construction of 918 townhomes and houses above Interstate 580, but construction has not yet begun. A Spanish Revival building that served as a golf clubhouse and officer’s club, the building will be relocated on site and rehabilitated. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
OAKLAND, CA – OCTOBER 06: The Oak Knoll Development is seen from this drone view in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. SunCal is constructing more than 900 townhomes and houses, with miles of bike and walking trails, a restored creek, 67 acres of open space and 72,000 square feet of retail on the 183-acre former Naval Medical Center property just east of Interstate 580. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
An abandoned building on the Oak Knoll property is seen on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, in Oakland, Calif. SunCal developers bought the property, but filed for bankruptcy putting development at a near halt. The site was previously the Oakland Naval Medical Center. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)
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The project will represent one of the largest developments in the city in recent years in terms of acreage. Located at Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue, it’s the second-largest single active development in Oakland, after the 3,100-unit Brooklyn Basin project by Signature Development.
In 2017, the Oakland City Council voted 5-3 to go ahead with the project, ending a saga dating back 20 years, when the hospital closed in 1996 after decades of treating service members wounded in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
The Oak Knoll golf course was active in the 1920s and 1930s and featured a mission-style building, Club Knoll, built in 1924. The golf clubhouse, which later became an officers club, is being disassembled and its asbestos-impregnated stucco walls replaced. It will soon be moved from its current location at the southwest corner of the site.
In its day, with its sweeping views of the bay, the clubhouse was a popular venue for weddings and other gatherings. Under the latest proposal, the renovated and relocated building might again serve such a function.
The development has had a long history. SunCal, with Lehman Brothers, bought Oak Knoll for $100 million in 2006. In 2008, they landed in bankruptcy court, and the Oak Knoll Coalition helped secure over $4 million from the court to address blight and security at the abandoned base. All the buildings, except Club Knoll, were demolished in 2011.
In May 2014, SunCal purchased Oak Knoll for the second time for $76 million, considerably less than the $100 million previously paid.
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