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Building cranes have arrived in downtown Oakland for the first time in eight years.

As one can’t help but notice, there’s a building boom happening as multiple housing and mixed-use projects are underway throughout the city. On Valdez Street a building which was the site of a suspicious 4-alarm fire in July 2017 is being rebuilt, and groundbreakings have occurred on Webster Street and other nearby locations.

Real estate developer Carmel Partners is replacing the garage at 1314 Franklin St. with a 40-story building atop a seven-floor podium that will include 634 residential units and about 17,000 square-feet of retail space, according to city records. There will be 600 off-street parking spaces.

Construction is not only occurring downtown, the 64-acre Brooklyn Basin project near Interstate 880 and Fifth Avenue will bring 3,000 residences, parks, restored wetlands, a marina and 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. It covers 64 acres along the Oakland Estuary south of Jack London Square.

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