Daughtrey’s proposals imagine transformed building with coffee, beer and housing
Finalists for the Alameda County-owned Daughtrey’s building redevelopment project have proposed housing, a marketplace anchored by a natural foods grocery store, restaurants, coffee shops, a wine bar, and a tap house for the former department store building at 3295 Castro Valley Boulevard in Downtown Castro Valley. The Castro Valley Municipal Advisory Council …
End game is near in Daughtrey’s redevelopment, but where is community input?
The format of Wednesday’s special Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) meeting to discuss the redevelopment of the Daughtrey’s building in the heart of our downtown is the only opportunity for Castro Valley to comment before the developer is selected. This one meeting is a missed opportunity for the robust public input needed …
Lost Worlds to take up all available space in Daughtrey’s, about third of building to remain unleased
Lost Worlds would be the sole occupant of the Daughtrey building, occupying about 25,000 square feet on the first floor and most of the basement, according to David Greensfelder, the developer for the county-owned building, The building’s second floor mezzanine would not be developed. The Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) between …
Daughtrey’s on Monday’s MAC agenda with giant indoor playground plan
Developer David Greensfelder will be at Monday’s Municipal Advisory Council (MAC) meeting to describe plans to transform the Daughtrey’s department store building on Castro Valley Boulevard into a giant indoor playground. In an email to Castro Valley Matters, Greensfelder confirmed his plan to develop the long-abandoned, county-owned building into a …
The Daughtrey Contract and (lack of) Local Control in Castro Valley
The provisions in the developer contract for the Daughtrey building highlight the lack of local control in Castro Valley.
What’s Going into the Former Daughtrey Building? Let’s Check the Contract!
We’ve been reading the developer agreement for the Daughtrey’s Building, trying to understand what Castro Valley will get out of it, and what say, if any, we will have in it. Section 6.2 (page 25) of the agreement stipulates: “The Developer acknowledges that certain proposed uses, and/or tenants of the …
Daughtrey Building Development Timeline outlined in Contract
The Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) has been released regarding the purchase of the Daughtrey’s building from the County which purchased it in 2011. The building has not had a permanent tenant in over ten years. The DDA is comprehensive in its scope, but has some very definite time deadlines. …
Daughtrey’s Building Development Agreement
The Daughtrey’s building has not been sold. The Alameda County Community Development Agency has completed negotiations with David Greensfelder for a development agreement for the Daughtrey’s building on Castro Valley Boulevard. The agreement will now go before the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for review and approval on June 24, 2014, …
California Senate Bill 1129 affects the Town Square Proposal
California Senate Bill 1129, which would reduce the hurdles in transferring former redevelopment properties for a public use, will be back in the spotlight on May 5, 2014, when the Senate Appropriations Committee holds a hearing at 1:00 PM in Sacramento to discuss the bill’s fiscal impact. This legislation could make …
Mr. Kusiak goes to Sacramento re: California Senate Bill 1129
California Senate Bill 1129, co-authored by Castro Valley’s State Senator Ellen Corbett, would reduce the hurdles in transferring former redevelopment properties, like the Daughtrey’s Building site, for a public use, such as a town square. The Senate Governance and Finance Committee starts is holding a hearing about SB 1129 at 9:30 this morning. At some point …