Oakland, Calif.
The Alameda County General Services Agency has signed a 30-year lease for the planned Thomas L. Berkeley Square development in Oakland. The 101,000-sf facility will serve as the Social Services Agency's administrative headquarters and will consolidate divisions currently dispersed across Oakland. The North Alameda County Self Sufficiency Center, a welfare job training program, will also be housed in the building. Construction company ADco of Oakland is developing the project, which will include 5,700 sf of reserved commercial or retail space. Sited on a 1.6-acre lot with 150 parking spaces, the building is expected to break ground in the next 12 months and reach completion by May 20, 2004.
