Pre-application documents were submitted by The CIM Group for a 46-story residential tower at 325 22nd Street, named Town Tower, in Downtown Oakland. The project’s 487 feet (148 meters) tall would place it at taller than the 404-foot (123-meter) Ordway Building. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is the project architect, who also designed Atlas, the second-tallest building in Oakland. Planning documents show that design inspiration is taken from the woven products designed by the Ohlone People, the indigenous people of the Bay Area.
The development would create 596 rental apartments, 25 of which would be for very low-income residents. Residential amenities will be included on the 12th floor, with 11,600 square feet (1,077 square meters) of interiors connected to the open-air pool deck and landscaped area with seating and planters.
The 46-story tower will yield around 992,660 square feet (92,221 square meters) with 452,700 square feet (992,660 square meters) for housing, 293,980 square feet (27,311 square meters) for parking, 31,180 square feet (2,896 square meters) for common space, and 9,380 square feet (871 square meters) for retail. Unit sizes will range in size and include 140 studios, 292 one-bedrooms, 156 two-bedrooms, and eight penthouse units spanning between 1,450 to 1,577 square feet (134 to 146 square meters) each.
Parking will be included for 734 cars across a twelve-story garage podium facing 21st Street. Bike parking will be included in the 12-story garage with 500-660 square-foot (46-61 square meters) bike parking rooms on each level and a 3,300 square-foot (306 square meters) room in the basement.
The angular façade is also reminiscent of modern interpretations of the Bay Window vernacular, such as with 555 California Street and MIRA in San Francisco.
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