By ANDREW NELSON | SF Yimby | July 23, 2024
Construction is underway for a five-story complex to bring housing and a health center to 3050 International Boulevard in Fruitvale, Oakland. The development is poised to bring new affordable housing and the Native American Health Center to a former surface parking lot. Berkeley-based Satellite Affordable Housing Associates is the developer, with Nibbi as the general contractor.
Once complete, the five-story structure is expected to yield around 96,340 square feet, with 82,690 square feet for housing and roughly 14,000 square feet for the health and cultural center. Four of the 76 units will be dedicated to extremely low-income housing, 43 to very low-income households, 28 to low-income households, and one market-rate unit for the on-site manager. Unit sizes will vary with 28 one-bedrooms, 29 two-bedrooms, and 19 three-bedrooms. Parking will be included for 48 cars and 32 bicycles.
NAHC was founded in 1972 in California to serve around 15,000 members across the Bay Area, working in partnership with Indian Health Service. In 2006, the group purchased and developer the nearby property of 2950 International Boulevard with another five-story complex. The building opened in 2007 with 36 affordable homes, and space for medical and dental care.
The future health center at 3050 International will focus on youth and adolescent care. There will be behavioral health and twenty additional dental workspaces, on-site Women, Infants and Children Services (WIC), a 300-person community and cultural center to host events, and administrative offices. The site is hoped to serve ten thousand new members while facilitating an additional twenty thousand annual visits.
PYATOK Architects is responsible for the design and is working with the landscape architecture firm Cliff Lowe Associates. Facade materials will include plaster, board-formed concrete, and vertical metal panels.
The roughly 0.7-acre property is located between Derby and 31st Avenue, close to the intersection of International Boulevard and Fruitvale Avenue. The Fruitvale BART Station is around eight minutes away by foot. Construction is expected to cost around $91 million. The crews celebrated the groundbreaking in March of this year, with completion expected as early as 2025.
