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Port of Oakland Issues RFQ for Howard Property Redevelopment

The Port of Oakland has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) seeking a developer for its 50-acre Howard Property. Located along the Oakland waterfront, the site is a former marine terminal not used for cargo vessel operations since 2013.

Howard Property is adjacent to industrial operations to the west and Jack London Square to the east. The Port will consider a wide range of submissions, including maritime, light industrial, commercial, recreational and/or water-oriented uses.

The latest RFQ comes after years of Port officials considering different ideas for the sitel. In 2019, the Port entered into an exclusive negotiation term sheet with the Oakland A’s for a potential mixed-use ballpark development; it expired in May 2023.

“The Port has a major opportunity to create a transformational development project that can provide critical economic benefits to Oakland and the region,” said Port of Oakland chief real estate officer Jonathan Veach.

An RFQ seeking entities interested in developing Howard Property is now posted on the Port of Oakland website. Responses are due on Dec. 9, 2024.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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