# Eastmont Town Center

East Oakland, CA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-668dfe2003` · release 2026-10-22

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/east-oakland-eastmont-town-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-668dfe2003.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-668dfe2003.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-668dfe2003

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | housing, office, healthcare, education, civic, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Currently, the mall houses the supermarket, a Social Security office, a branch of the Oakland Public Library, Alameda Health System's Eastmont Wellness Center, General Assistance and WIC offices, and other small businesses and social service organizations. There is a Rainbow discount clothing store, one of the few national retailers in the mall. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 2001 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 1997 | reported · web research agent |
| Retrofit year | 1997 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 33.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Local real estate developers | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | In 2006–07, the four-story standalone office building was converted as an adaptive reuse project into Miley Gardens, a residential senior housing complex. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **acres**: “located on 33 acres (130,000 m2) bounded by Foothill Boulevard, Bancroft Avenue, 73rd Avenue, and Church Street, in the Frick neighborhood of East Oakland.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- **after_notes**: “Currently, the mall houses the supermarket, a Social Security office, a branch of the Oakland Public Library, Alameda Health System's Eastmont Wellness Center, General Assistance and WIC offices, and other small businesses and social service organizations. There is a Rainbow discount clothing store, one of the few national retailers in the mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- **status**: “Currently, the mall houses the supermarket, a Social Security office, a branch of the Oakland Public Library, Alameda Health System's Eastmont Wellness Center, General Assistance and WIC offices, and other small businesses and social service organizations. There is a Rainbow discount clothing store, one of the few national retailers in the mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- **strategy**: “The former Eastmont Mall was renovated in 1997 and subsequently converted from an enclosed shopping mall into a multi-tenant office property.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- **enclosed**: “Eastmont Town Center is a mixed-use office and social services complex in East Oakland, California, formerly an enclosed shopping mall known as Eastmont Mall.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **site_acres**: “located on 33 acres (130,000 m2) bounded by Foothill Boulevard, Bancroft Avenue, 73rd Avenue, and Church Street, in the Frick neighborhood of East Oakland.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b
- **architect_original**: “Architect William Pereira designed the building.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3.5-lightning-30b-a3b

## Anchors

Kinney Shoes, Thom McAn, Pay 'n Save, JCPenney, Mervyn's, Safeway, Woolworth's, Gallenkamp Shoes, Syufy

## Parties

- AC Transit — operator (Wikidata, undated)
- Local real estate developers — owner (from text) (2000–2007)
- a group of real estate investors based in Oregon — owner (from text) (2007–2015)
- Vertical Ventures — owner (from text) (2015–)
- Midland Loan Services — servicer (2018–)
- Trimont LLC — servicer (2018–)
- RMF — lender (2018–)
- Rialto Mortgage Finance, LLC — lender (2018–)

## Timeline

- 1965: Groundbreaking for Safeway (first phase)
- 1966: Safeway opens
- 1969: Four-story standalone building completed
- 1970: Official grand opening
- 1974: Mervyn's opens completing mall
- 1997: Renovation and conversion to office property
- 2000: Purchase by local real estate developers
- 2001: Opened (Wikidata)
- 2001: Eastmont Transit Center opens
- 2008: $6 million renovation completed
- 2015: Sale to Vertical Ventures

## Deals and debt

- 2015 sale: 54500000.0 Vertical Ventures   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- 2007 sale:  a group of real estate investors based in Oregon   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- 2000 sale:  Local real estate developers   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Eastmont Town Center is a mixed-use office and social services complex in East Oakland, California, formerly an enclosed shopping mall known as Eastmont Mall. located on 33 acres (130,000 m2) bounded by Foothill Boulevard, Bancroft Avenue, 73rd Avenue, and Church Street, in the Frick neighborhood of East Oakland. The mall opened in phases between 1966 and 1974 on the site of a 1920s-era Chevrolet automobile factory called Oakland Assembly. Architect William Pereira designed the building. It is physically almost next to, and by entry access a few blocks away from the similarly sized Evergreen Cemetery. The official grand opening ceremony was held in November 1970.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for acres — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastmont_Town_Center
- SEC ABS-EE Exhibit 102 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1731058/000188852426017216/exh_102.xml
- SEC ABS-EE Exhibit 102 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1736862/000188852426017204/exh_102.xml

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Eastmont Town Center, East Oakland, CA." Record m-668dfe2003, release 2026-10-22, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/east-oakland-eastmont-town-center/ (accessed 2026-10-22).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_eastoaklandeastmonttowncenter,
  title = {Eastmont Town Center, East Oakland, CA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ca/east-oakland-eastmont-town-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-668dfe2003, release 2026-10-22, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-22}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.