{"id":517949,"date":"2026-03-11T23:11:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/517949\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T23:11:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:11:11","slug":"reduced-plans-approved-for-6518-san-pablo-avenue-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/517949\/","title":{"rendered":"Reduced Plans Approved For 6518 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oakland Planning Department has approved plans for a narrow mixed-use infill at <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/6518-san-pablo-avenue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6518 San Pablo Avenue<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/north-oakland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North Oakland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/alameda-county\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alameda County<\/a>. The proposal looks to add ten apartments behind a street-facing storefront. Design Manou is the project architect and applicant, filing through Farmy Zero LLC.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6518-San-Pablo-Avenue-elevations-illustration-by-Design-Manou.jpg\" alt=\"6518 San Pablo Avenue elevations, illustration by Design Manou\" width=\"1500\" height=\"992\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">6518 San Pablo Avenue elevations, illustration by Design Manou<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45413\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6518-San-Pablo-Avenue-floor-plans-illustration-by-Design-Manou.jpg\" alt=\"6518 San Pablo Avenue floor plans, illustration by Design Manou\" width=\"1500\" height=\"868\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">6518 San Pablo Avenue floor plans, illustration by Design Manou<\/p>\n<p>The exterior will be clad with a mix of brick veneer, Hardie artisan siding, and stucco cladding. Illustrations show a cartoon-like design approach, including a narrow, arched entrance for retail, small circular windows, a scattering of color on the residential floors, and an extended rooftop awning over the residential walkway.<\/p>\n<p>The narrow parcel is located along San Pablo Avenue between 65th Street and 66th Street, close to the city\u2019s borders with Berkeley and Emeryville. Future residents will be just 13 minutes away from Berkeley Bowl West on foot, or 5 minutes by bicycle.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2265\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6518-San-Pablo-Avenue-via-Google-Street-View.jpg\" alt=\"6518 San Pablo Avenue, via Google Street View\" width=\"1500\" height=\"864\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">6518 San Pablo Avenue, via Google Street View<\/p>\n<p>The roughly 40-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 6,150 square feet, of which around 470 square feet will be for commercial use. The city has granted the project a five-year entitlement. The property owner is listed as an Oakland-based individual. 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\/6518-san-pablo-avenue\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">6518 San Pablo Avenue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/design-manou\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Design Manou<\/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":"The Oakland Planning Department has approved plans for a narrow mixed-use infill at 6518 San Pablo Avenue in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517950,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-517949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}