325 7TH STREET

325 7TH STREET


SECTOR:  HIGH-RISE RESIDENTIAL

LOCATION: OAKLAND, CA

PROJECT DESIGNER / ARCHITECT / MANAGER: LAWRENCE DESANTIS

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26 STORY HIGH RISE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT CONSISTING OF GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL RETAIL, RESTAURANT, ART GALLERY AND ANCILLARY FUNCTIONS PLUS A PARKING GARAGE IN A PODIUM BUILDING COMPRISING 2 LEVELS ABOVE GRADE AND 1 BASEMENT LEVEL, AND TWO RESIDENTIAL TOWERS RISING TO 9 STORIES AND 24 STORIES ABOVE THE PODIUM (26 LEVELS AT HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL DWELLING FLOOR) RESPECTIVELY.  INCLUDING USABLE OPEN SPACE AND COMMUNITY ROOMS ON THE ROOF OF THE TALLER TOWER (27TH FLR). THE 3RD FLOOR ALSO PROVIDES FOR A COMMON RECREATION COURTYARD OVER THE PODIUM AND HOUSES COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS SUCH AS A FITNESS CENTER, YOGA ROOM, GAME ROOM AND DOGWALKER'S LOUNGE.  THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 380 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND 2 RETAIL COMMERCIAL UNITS.

AUTOMOBILE PARKING CONSISTS OF 235 ASSIGNED RESIDENT STALLS  INCLUSIVE OF 2 LEVEL STACKERS AT BASEMENT 1 AND THE 2ND FLR.  BICYCLE PARKING IS PROVIDED AS BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM. SHORT TERM PARKING IS ALONG THE SIDEWALKS IN THE FORM OF 12 RACKS THAT ALLOW PARKING 2 BIKES EACH FOR A TOTAL OF 24 BIKES WHILE LONG TERM PARKING IS PROVIDED AS WALL/FLOOR MOUNTED RACKS OF WHICH 13 ARE ON THE FIRST FLOOR IN THE BIKE STORAGE RM NEAR THE PEDESTRIAN RAMPS IN THE GARAGE WHILE THE REMAINING 207 ARE IN A BIKE STORAGE ROOM ON THE 2ND FLOOR IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SOUTHERN ELEVATOR CORE.