Irvine-based master developer SunCal Cos. this week was dealt another blow in its attempts to turn about half of a 1,500-acre former naval station in the Bay Area into homes and commercial space.
Alameda’s City Council voted this week to not extend a development agreement the city had with SunCal for Alameda Point, a 770-acre portion of a former naval station in the city.
SunCal had initially proposed building more than 4,200 homes at the site, but recently scaled back its plans to about 3,700 homes, according to local reports.
It also wanted to build more than 3 million square feet of commercial space at the site, formerly known as Alameda Naval Air Station.
It’s one of the developer’s largest projects proposed for California.
The vote puts SunCal’s plans in limbo. Officials for the developer said the company is exploring its options, including suing the city if the company isn’t allowed to keep working toward a deal, according to local reports.
Alameda city officials said they could move forward on a project at the site without SunCal.
SunCal’s original development agreement with the city was struck three years ago but expired this week after the City Council opted not to extend SunCal’s exclusive negotiating agreement for the site.
The project’s received a heavy amount of criticism from local activists. Area voters earlier this year rejected a ballot measure that would have increased density limits for the former air station, which the Navy left in 1997.
