Del Monte Warehouse in Alameda Set to Become New Mixed-Use Project by Tim Lewis Communities

By Alex Girda, Associate Editor

Redevelopment is always a hot topic, especially when landmarks are involved. Tim Lewis Communities is reportedly set to breathe new life into an Alameda staple and turn it into a mixed-use community. Located along the Oakland-Alameda Estuary, the waterfront property in question is a former Del Monte warehouse that will be turned into a new community.

The project is currently subject to local approvals, with confirmation of the project’s concretization set to come in the following months, and construction start tentatively set for mid-2015.

The development plan that Tim Lewis Communities came up with for the site calls for a complete revamp of the warehouse totaling around 235,792 square feet of space. The building, consisting of brick and timber and featuring nearly a century of history, will be transformed into a mixed-use property totaling 309 residential units and around 19,000 square feet of retail, as well as newly constructed space on the nearby vacant plots of land, The San Francisco Business Times reports.

Originally developed for the California Packing Corp. in 1927, the warehouse property stretches 1,000 feet long and 240 feet wide, and is one of the 30 designated landmarks in the city of Alameda, Contra Costa Times writes. The site has been under the ownership of Tim Lewis Communities for almost a year now, when the developer picked up the property from bankrupt owner, Peter Wang. The idea of revitalizing the warehouse site has been in the conversation for around a decade.

The adjacent land that will be involved in the development project will house 55 residential units and 20,000 square feet of additional retail space. Of the total amount of housing available at the Del Monte site, 10 will be designated as live/work units, with unit sizes ranging between 1,150 and 1,766 square feet.