Building Facts & History
Building:
- Located at 278 Fourth Street, Oakland, California 94607
- Constructed in 1928
- 8,620 square feet on two floors with 7,415 square feet (86%) designated as Assembly event venue space
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Alameda County as Makins Produce Company Warehouse https://noehill.com/alameda/nat2000000361.aspx
- Owned by the Radiance Oak LLC, purchased in 2015
Legal Status:
- Obtained Live/Work status in 2010
- 299 Certified Occupancy load under Fire and Life Safety
- Obtained conditional mixed use for Residential/Group Assembly 2015
- Certified Occupancy load dramatically reduced to 49 until Group Assembly Conditions are met
- Residential/Group Assembly Building Permit granted in 2016
Current Safety Structures:
- Industrial fire suppression system in all areas of building
- Smoke and CO detection, fire alarm with connection to Oakland Fire
- 11 fire extinguishers located throughout building for easy access
- Two separate and protected evacuation routes
- Marked and illuminated exit signs
- Emergency ladders from all second floor windows
- One double door exit to Fourth Street,
Construction Upgrades Required:
- Full seismic retrofit
- Full set of ADA-compliant restrooms including partitioned stalls bringing total to 8 toilets and 2 urinals
- Emergency 1-hour fire escape corridor from rear of building to new front exit
- Repositioning of staircases to accommodate fire escape corridor
- Installation of new staircase to roof
- Installation of various walls and 1-hour fire doors separating private and public spaces
- Repositioning of gas lines and meter
- Estimated cost: $600,000.
- Estimated date of completion: Fall 2018
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