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On December 7th the BART of directors adopted the environmental review for the Transit Operations Facility and Lake Merritt Plaza Redesign under CEQA, and approved the project. You can view the presentation to the BART Board of Directors here . Both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) require evaluation of projects for their impacts on the environment.

The Design of the site at the Lake Merritt BART Station envisions a vital new urban center that acts as a catalyst to transform this key Oakland neighborhood. Providing housing, Class A office, retail, transit access, and public spaces on two formerly underutilized land parcels, the Lake Merritt BART Station Development adds to—and extends—the dynamism and energy present at the adjacent Lake Merritt park, Laney College, and the Chinatown and downtown Oakland neighborhoods.

Lake Merritt BART Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Project. This proposed project is a two-block transit-oriented development project at 51 9th Street (Block 1) and 107 8th Street (Block 2). The project proposes 557 residential units (including 233 affordable units), up to 500,000 sf of office space, up to 16,500 sf of ground floor retail and food service, ~2,000 sf for a commercial kitchen, 6,200 sf for day care, and a total of 408 parking spaces.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — The Lake Merritt BART station has reopened after it closed Monday evening while BART police dealt with a person on the tracks. The incident began at 6:23 p.m., BART t ...