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Vol. 19, No. 11
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Developers aim to move limit line
March 15, 2019
Spring Real Estate Guide
by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
A longtime Brentwood farmer and developer is among a group that has planted an idea to expand the city’s urban limit line to accommodate a large senior housing project that includes commercial elements. But another local faction has already launched plans to dry up the idea. Ron Nunn and his family, along with their partners, Matt and Steve Beinke and others (collectively the Blackhawk Nunn Partners), intend to craft a November ballot initiative to expand Brentwood’s urban limit line — the mark at which urban development must stop — 800 acres west of Shadow Lakes to Deer Valley and Balfour roads. The project seeks to accommodate up to 2,400 see Developers page 22A
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A local developer is looking to get a measure on the November ballot to expand Brentwood’s urban limit line in order to accommodate a housing project in Brentwood.
Entrepreneur center set to open in April by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
Oakley leaders this week finalized the lease amounts for the soon-to-be-opened entrepreneur center. Oakley home-based business owners and entrepreneurs looking to expand into an office space can now arrange to rent co-working space for $250 a month inside the 2,300 squarefoot facility in the upper level of 3330 Main St., across from Civic Center Plaza. The center, slated to open April 1, will also offer private offices for $350 a month, although all available options have already been secured, according to the city’s website. “The purpose of the
“ The purpose of the entrepreneur center is to kind of bridge that gap for someone who is most likely moving out of their home office, but are not ready to lease an office in an office building.
” Oakley Economic Development Manager Dwayne Dalman
entrepreneur center is to kind of bridge that gap for someone who is most likely moving out of their home office, but are not ready to lease an office in an office building,” said Oakley Economic Development Manager Dwayne Dalman. As of Tuesday night, coworking space spots were still
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available, according to the city’s website. It’s believed the center can accommodate up to three private office space tenants and up to 12 additional co-working space renters. Tenants must be city residents or own an Oakley business. The facility is touted as an affordable, less capital-intensive
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option for startup and homebased entrepreneurs who are ready to grow, but lack income to cover office building rent. The facility’s rent covers furnishings, utilities, wireless network access and use of a common printer. Co-working spaces, offering desks, couches and lounge chairs, are designed for individuals to work among other entrepreneurs and come and go from the center as their schedule permits. The setup is intended to provide a number of benefits, including structure, increased effectiveness, and opportunities to network. Similar facilities have opened in San Francisco, Berkeley, Walnut Creek and see Center page 22A
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