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April 2018
Community Foods Market finally breaks ground in West Oakland
From San Francisco Chronicle
Construction on West Oakland’s long-anticipated People’s Community Market is finally underway, following years of starts and stops. Just as notable, there’s a new name: Community Foods Market. Brahm Ahmadi has been working to bring the project to fruition for well over a decade. In 2016, working with the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, Ahmadi was able to close escrow on the West Oakland property, located at Myrtle Street and San Pablo Avenue. Last weekend, the groundbreaking finally happened. Now, Ahmadi says things should move swiftly — the plan is to open in...
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