Introduction
The former Naval Air Station Alameda has been renamed 'Alameda Point' and the City of Alameda has been trying for decades to redevelop the property. Alameda Point lies at the western tip of the island of Alameda and consists of 2,842 acres of dry and submerged lands, and is bordered by the Oakland Inner Harbor to the north, San Francisco Bay to the south and west, and the rest of the city of Alameda to the east. Alameda Point encompasses one-third of 'mainland' Alameda's land mass.
In August of 2006, Alameda Point Community Partners (APCP) affirmed to Alameda City Council that they would continue forward with the redevelopment of Alameda Point under terms agreed to between the City of Alameda and the United States Navy in July of the same year. APCP was a consortium of different companies, including Shea Homes, Shea Properties, Industrial Realty Group, Centex Homes and Morgan Stanley. But APCP pulled out of the project the following month, in September, 2006, citing the Navy's $108.5 million purchase price for the land, and the declining housing market.
Alameda City Council, acting as the Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority (ARRA) put the Alameda Point Redevelopment project back out to bid, ultimately drawing interest from Catellus, Corky McMillin, Lennar Urban, SunCal, and a group led by United World Infrastructure. Corky McMillin and United World Infrastructure dropped out of the race before ARRA could select a master developer. Ultimately, ARRA awarded the master developer contract to SunCal Companies, based in Irvine, California.
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