Five-Year Implementation Plan 2004-2009
Acorn Progress Report - January 2008

The Acorn Redevelopment Project Area in West Oakland covers 24.55 acres of land on 14 city blocks. It is 10 blocks from Oakland’s downtown area, close to major employment centers in Oakland and San Francisco, with good public transportation access to BART and AC Transit. The area is 50 percent industrial and 50 percent residential and has been redeveloped fully in accordance with the original redevelopment plan.

Several projects have been completed since the development of the Acorn Redevelopment Project Area. The ACORN development rehabilitation resulted in 293 refurbished and redesigned rental units and 83 single-family houses. A non-profit housing development rehabilitated the Mohr housing development, correcting major blighting conditions and assuring long-term affordability.

The Jack London Gateway Center (formerly the Acorn Shopping Center) was sold in 2006 to the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation which is renovating it and constructing senior housing on an unused part of the parking lot. The Center includes a community-serving grocery store as well as other services and fast food restaurants.