OAKLAND, CALIF. — A new food market known as Water Street Market will soon debut at Jack London Square, a mixed-use waterfront development in Oakland. The new market will be developed by Steve Carlin and the Carlin Company, in partnership with Jack London Square Ventures, a joint venture between Ellis Partners and DivcoWest.
The market will be located at 55 Harrison Street. Carlin has developed similar projects in the area, including Oxbow Public Market in Napa and the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco.
Carlin will serve as master lessor for the 32,000 square feet on the first floor. The second floor will be renovated for additional market-related uses at a later date. The building also contains 110,000 square feet of office space spread among four upper levels.
Plank, a food and entertainment venue, opened this past October at Jack London Square, while Steel Rail, a locally owned café, will open this spring. The City of Oakland also recently approved plans for 665 residential units on two parcels near the Market that will help meet the city’s growing demand for urban housing.
Jack London Square is Oakland’s only publicly accessible mixed-use waterfront area. It has been a landmark along a San Francisco Bay estuary since the mid-1800s.