Share Icons Properties Properties Oakland CA Lion Creek Crossings Affordable Housing Contact Information Email 6951 Lion Way, Oakland, CA, 94621 The Numbers Units 566 Square Footage 28 acres Completion 2005 Located in East Oakland, Lion Creek Crossings is the comprehensive redevelopment and revitalization of Coliseum Gardens, formerly a distressed public housing development. This transformative development serves as a catalyst for future transit-oriented development around the Coliseum BART station in Oakland, financed as part of a HOPE VI Grant to the Housing Authority of the City of Oakland. A public-private partnership with East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) and the Oakland Housing Authority, this 10-year development built over five phases is situated around a 5.7-acre public park with a basketball court, children's play area, natural creek, 12,000-square-foot community center that is home to a HeadStart center, child care center, state-of-the-art computer lab, after school program and family resource center. Lion Creek Crossings reconnected the community to transit and open space. Two new bridges strengthen the neighborhood connection to regional transit and allow pedestrian access. Phase one includes 115 affordable apartments for low-income families in garden-style walk-up buildings with the townhome units. Every apartment has its own covered and secure parking space and all apartments were designed with private decks, patios or balconies for enjoyment by families. Design & Construction Unit Types 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 Bedroom Construction Company Cahill Construction Nibbi Brothers General Contractors Sustainability status Build It Green Management Company Related Management Market status Open Architects Pyatok Architects Inc. Kodama Diseno Architects YHLA Architects Tim Dolan Architects and Wraight Architects HKIT Architects Gallery Awards 2006 Award of Merit – Coliseum Gardens - Lion Creek Crossings, Phase I, PCBC Gold Nugget Awards