{"id":269025,"date":"2026-04-15T12:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/269025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T12:56:09","slug":"preliminary-application-for-hotel-to-housing-conversion-at-988-broadway-downtown-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/269025\/","title":{"rendered":"Preliminary Application For Hotel-to-Housing Conversion at 988 Broadway, Downtown Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Preliminary permits have been filed to convert a five-story hotel into housing at 988 Broadway in <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/downtown-oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Downtown Oakland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/alameda-county\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County<\/a>. The development could transform the Oakland Courtyard By <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/marriott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marriott<\/a> into a 64-unit apartment complex. Core Capital Investments and Gaw Capital are jointly responsible for the application.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45936\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/988-Broadway-image-via-Google-Street-View.jpg\" alt=\"988 Broadway, image via Google Street View\" width=\"1500\" height=\"841\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">988 Broadway, image via Google Street View<\/p>\n<p>The project looks to transform the 162-room hotel with minimal changes to the overall structure. The ground floor will still include 2,715 square feet of commercial retail space next to the repurposed lobby and residential amenities. The amenities will include the community room, fitness center, and bicycle parking.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is looking to produce 64 units, including eight studios, 24 one-bedrooms, 16 two-bedrooms, and 16 three-bedrooms. Seven units will be deed-restricted for low-income households earning around 50%-80% of the area\u2019s median income.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/988-Broadway-rendering-by-Steinberg-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"988 Broadway, rendering by Steinberg Hart\" width=\"1500\" height=\"971\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">988 Broadway, rendering by Steinberg Hart<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45933\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/988-Broadway-facade-elevations-illustration-by-Steinberg-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"988 Broadway facade elevations, illustration by Steinberg Hart\" width=\"1500\" height=\"920\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">988 Broadway facade elevations, illustration by Steinberg Hart<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/steinberg-hart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steinberg Hart<\/a> is responsible for the design. The reskinned facade will include a base of limestone cladding on the ground floor, plaster finish around the middle floors, and a darker mansard zinc roof.<\/p>\n<p>Public records show the property last sold in October 2024 for $10.6 million. According to documents published with this application, the original hotel was built in 2002 and designed by Patri Merker Architects and YH Lee Associates.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45932\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/988-Broadway-apartment-sample-floor-plans-rendering-by-Steinberg-Hart.jpg\" alt=\"988 Broadway apartment sample floor plans, rendering by Steinberg Hart\" width=\"1500\" height=\"862\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">988 Broadway apartment sample floor plans, rendering by Steinberg Hart<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45935\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/988-Broadway-image-via-Google-Satellite.jpg\" alt=\"988 Broadway, image via Google Satellite\" width=\"1500\" height=\"838\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">988 Broadway, image via Google Satellite<\/p>\n<p>The 0.86-acre property is located at the corner of 9th Street and Broadway, nestled between the historic Old Oakland neighborhood and Chinatown. The building is a block away from the much larger Oakland Marriott City Center, a 21-story hotel connected to the Oakland Convention Center. Future residents would be just a block away from the 12th Street BART Station.<\/p>\n<p>The preliminary application invokes Senate Bill 330 to streamline the approval process. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have not yet been shared.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hdjqhz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/988-broadway\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">988 Broadway<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/core-capital-investments\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Core Capital Investments<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/gaw-capital\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gaw Capital<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/marriott\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marriott<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/steinberg-hart\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Steinberg Hart<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Preliminary permits have been filed to convert a five-story hotel into housing at 988 Broadway in Downtown Oakland,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-269025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}