Upcoming TOD Projects

PLANNING/PREDEVELOPMENT 

Walnut Creek (partial)

  • Once fully complete, the Walnut Creek Transit Village, by Walnut Creek Transit Lifestyle Associates (WCTLA), will consist of approximately 596 multi-family housing units (approximately $7 million will be paid in affordable housing in-lieu fees to the City at the time of building permit issuance), 27,000 square feet of retail space, a new privately owned replacement parking garage for BART patrons, a new BART zone command police facility, and a new intermodal bus facility.  
  • Phase I (parking garage, intermodal bus facility, and BART zone command police facility) and Phase II (housing) have been completed.
  • Phase III, which will include about 240 housing units, is in the planning phase. 

Pleasant Hill (partial) 

  • The third phase of development (Block D) is entitled as a 12-story, 290,000 square foot office building. 

Richmond Transit Village Phase II 

  • In December 2017, the City of Richmond finished their Nevin Avenue Improvements Project that included a new elevator and redesigned approach to the station from the east.  
  • The completion of the City’s project has paved the way for the next phase of the Transit Village that will develop the former BART parking lot and adjacent City property on the east side of the station and is anticipated to include 520 units. 

West Dublin 

  • Plans are underway for 300 100% affordable housing units at the last piece of this infill BART station. Related California is leading the four-phase development. Pending funding. The first phase should be under construction in late 2025, pending funding. 

West Oakland 

  • In February 2019, Strategic Urban Development Alliance (SUDA) secured entitlements from the City of Oakland for a mixed-use Transit-Oriented Development consisting of 382,460 square feet of office space, 762 residential units (240 of which will be affordable) and 75,000 square feet of retail on approximately 5 acres. Later that year, MacFarlane Partners joined the development team, creating Mandela Station Partners, LLC (MSP). 
  • For more information, please visit the West Oakland TOD page. 

Lake Merritt

  • The BART Board has selected the team of Strada Investment Group and the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) to develop high rise residential, affordable housing, and high-rise office at the Lake Merritt BART station. The first building in Phase I, Senior Housing, is anticipated to commence construction in mid-2024. Phase IB will be a high-rise market rate residential building with 330 units (20% affordable). Phase II consists of a high-rise office building and 100 units of affordable housing. Start of construction for Phase II is scheduled for early 2026.  
  • For updates on the project status, please visit the Lake Merritt TOD page.

North Berkeley

  • In 2023, BART signed a two-year Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with North Berkeley Housing Partners or NBHP. This development team is composed of three affordable housing nonprofits - BRIDGE Housing, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC); and Insight Housing - as well as a developer of market-rate homes, AvalonBay Communities.
  • To get community input, NBHP shared its preliminary ideas for the development at several events in 2023, then refined the designs based on feedback from neighbors.  
  • NBHP is now advancing plans that call for:
    • about 750 homes, roughly half affordable to residents with lower incomes
    • new public open space over the underground BART tracks
    • a childcare center and small retail, about 6,500 sq. ft in total 
    • a diagonal connection for the Ohlone Greenway though the site, and
    • a new bike station to serve BART riders.
  • In early 2024 NBHP will apply for planning entitlements from the City of Berkeley. The City will review NBHP’s application for consistency with objective design standards that Berkeley City Council recently adopted for the site. 
  • NBHP intends to construct buildings in several phases, with the first phase breaking ground in mid-2025 or later.
  • For more information visit BART’s North Berkeley TOD website or NBHP's project website.
North Berkeley TOD rendering

El Cerrito Plaza

  • At their November 19, 2020 meeting, the BART Board selected the development team of Holliday Development, Related California, and Satellite Affordable Housing Associates (SAHA) to advance transit-oriented development, following a competitive request for qualifications process initiated in July 2020.
  • Plans are underway for a multi-phase project with 743 housing units, new public open space, and potentially a public library. Approximately half of the homes will be affordable housing. 145 spaces of existing BART parking will be replaced within the new buildings.
  • The Master Plan was submitted to the City of El Cerrito for review in summer 2023. 
  • For more information visit BART's El Cerrito Plaza TOD website. Updates on the project can also be found at the developer team's El Cerrito Plaza TOD website. 

Ashby

  • The City of Berkeley and the BART Board approved a Memorandum of Agreement in June 2022 that identified issues to be resolved before development can proceed at Ashby.
  • A development solicitation for development of TOD at Ashby is scheduled to be released in mid- to late-2023.
  • For additional information, see BART's Ashby TOD page or the City of Berkeley's webpage on Ashby TOD planning.