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Bidding for the former Oakland Raiders headquarters and practice facility will open on July 5, with a list of players interested in playing for the game.
County and Oakland officials said 65 bidders had downloaded bid packages for Alameda County as of Thursday afternoon when registration closed on Friday. told the San Francisco Business Times. The city and county jointly own two buildings in Alameda near the Oakland airport that total 17 acres and are currently at auction.
The former headquarters at 1220 Harbor Bay Pkwy features a 100,607-square-foot, two-story building built in 1986, a gated rear parking lot with electric vehicle charging stations, and a 5.45-acre loading dock. The former training facility at 1150 Harbor Drive spans more than 11 acres, but is less than 20,000 square feet because the “vast grounds” take up most of it, according to marketing materials for the sale.
The registration documents included forms allowing those interested in submitting bids for the two Alameda spaces to submit written and oral bids, but officials could not say whether each registrant represented a different entity or how many bidders there were as a result. Offer received. Far.
Auction website shows starting bid at $35.8 million, Oakland Life sciences developers appear to be interested in renovating buildings or developing new life sciences campuses from the ground up, officials told SFBT. The property is zoned for commercial manufacturing and is located adjacent to Harborside Business Park, which has multiple life science tenants. The life sciences sector has been one of the few bright spots in the local office market, although demand has started to slow recently. Office and R&D demand was particularly strong in Auckland this spring.
More information on bidders and offers will be released on Wednesday afternoon, with written offers closing at 4:30 p.m. On July 10, there will be a live oral auction where bidders must outbid the highest written bid received by at least 5%.
— emily landers