Show Printable Version Search This Thread Advanced Search   Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group (DLMNG) Register  |  Login  |  Search  |  New Posts  |  Chat Downtown Lake Merritt Neighborhood Group > Forums > Residential & Commercial Development Projects > Emerald Views EIR   Username: Password:   Remember Me? Thread Tools  | Search This Thread  Reply   Author Comment   View Member ProfileSend Private MessageSend EmailFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts richf Registered: 01/19/09 Posts: 2      01/19/09 at 04:02 AM Reply with quote #1 Does anyone have any information about the final Environmental Impact Report regarding the proposed "Emerald Views" development at 19th & Alice (Shilling Park)? View Member ProfileSend Private MessageSend EmailFind Member's Threads Find Member's Posts Critical_Chris Registered: 01/19/09 Posts: 1      01/19/09 at 04:06 AM Reply with quote #2 In the beginning, an inside source advised the EIR was going to be a swift 3-6 month process. The principal Schilling Gardens (the historic greenfield parcel at stake where the skyscraper is proposed) owner/speculator advised in a September 2006 SFC article that: "In the meantime, our project is moving through the EIR (Environmental Impact Report) process." ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/13/BAGO3L4L6L1.DTL ). Fast forward a year or so, the following summer, the talking points changed: "We haven't been in a rush to get it approved." ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/07/31/BARIR9U4C2.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea ) I can't imagine what their sentiment de jour is if pressed by a reporter. Maybe we'll soon start to hear talk of a land swap. Who knows, but good question. For an encyclopedic re-cap of the facts of the development proposal, with reference citations, click on section 6.2.1 of the following article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakeside_Apartments_District,_Oakland,_California Previous Thread | Next Thread Reply   Bookmarks    Digg  del.icio.us  StumbleUpon  Google