Dear Friends
November 2021

EBALDC’s 2020 – 2021 Impact Report

Dear Friends, We are proud to present the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation’s 2020 – 2021 Impact Report – in a new, dynamic online format. The year 2020 was extremely traumatic for our community, our country, and the world as we faced multiple crises – an attempted insurrection that shook our belief in a shared institutional democracy; the continuing impacts of a pandemic caused by the COVID-19 virus; a racial reckoning – sparked by the murder of George Floyd and so many other Black Americans under the color of law; and... Read more
Dear Friends
April 2020

“Dear Friends” from EBALDC CEO

Dear Friends, As we near the end of our 4th week of Sheltering-in-Place in the Bay Area, I want to take a moment to shout-out to EBALDC’s essential workers.  Our on-site Property Management teams, and Resident, Youth and Financial Services teams, are on the front lines, and even more essential during these challenging times.   With 30 properties, our Property Management team has been hard at work to ensure that our residents live in a healthy and supportive environment: Two properties have 24-hour front desk clerks.  They have been critical to supporting... Read more
Commercial Real Estate
June 2019

Commercial Real Estate: Available and Upcoming Spaces as of June 2019

EBALDC is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California and thus responsible for complying with all Regulations from the California State Department of Real Estate governing marketing and leasing of real property. The CRE Department is responsible for leasing and management of commercial spaces owned and/or operated by EBALDC and/or its affiliates and partners (the “Owner”).  Several challenges and complexities are involved in managing commercial properties, including meeting financial goals, budgeting, complying with funding requirements, decreasing tenant turnover and vacancy rates, and maintaining the physical building structure. Although... Read more
Commercial Real Estate
June 2019

Crave BBQ chef opens Grammie’s Down-Home Chicken & Seafood in Oakland

From Berkeleyside
Last year, the local food media was buzzing when news emerged that Rashad Armstead, the chef behind Oakland pop-up Crave BBQ, was opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant at the historic California Hotel in West Oakland. It was to be a permanent place for Armstead to serve his smoked meats and Southern-style sides that first got attention from his pop-ups at the Ashby flea market in Berkeley and at a gas station parking lot in West Oakland. But Armstead was also excited to partner with the hotel’s owner, non-profit East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation... View article
Commercial Real Estate
May 2019

Bites: Grégoire reopens after fire, Minnie Bell’s Soul Movement stays in Emeryville

From Berkeleyside
CRAVE BBQ UPDATE This week, Oakland pop-up Crave BBQ announced it will no longer be moving into the California Hotel in West Oakland. Last November, Nosh reported that Crave chef Rashad Armstead would partner with East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), the non-profit working to turn the historic building into a visual and performing arts hub. Crave BBQ had intentions to open a brick-and-mortar, start a food incubator program to train young up-and-coming restaurant entrepreneurs, and open a blues café at the hotel. In Tuesday’s Crave BBQ newsletter, Armstead said the plans would... View article
Commercial Real Estate
May 2019

Commercial Real Estate: Available and Upcoming Spaces as of May 2019

EBALDC is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California and thus responsible for complying with all Regulations from the California State Department of Real Estate governing marketing and leasing of real property. The CRE Department is responsible for leasing and management of commercial spaces owned and/or operated by EBALDC and/or its affiliates and partners (the “Owner”).  Several challenges and complexities are involved in managing commercial properties, including meeting financial goals, budgeting, complying with funding requirements, decreasing tenant turnover and vacancy rates, and maintaining the physical building structure. Although... Read more
Commercial Real Estate
March 2019

Commercial Real Estate: Available or Upcoming Space as of March 2019

EBALDC is a licensed real estate broker in the State of California and thus responsible for complying with all Regulations from the California State Department of Real Estate governing marketing and leasing of real property. The CRE Department is responsible for leasing and management of commercial spaces owned and/or operated by EBALDC and/or its affiliates and partners (the “Owner”).  Several challenges and complexities are involved in managing commercial properties, including meeting financial goals, budgeting, complying with funding requirements, decreasing tenant turnover and vacancy rates, and maintaining the physical building structure. Although... Read more
Commercial Real Estate
January 2019

Oakland tabletop game store Endgame to close its doors

From Oakland North
On the Saturday before its final closing on February 1, Endgame customers picked through the rule books and what little else was left on sale at the 17-year-old tabletop game store on Washington Street. No matter that all of the games had been sold—long-time customers dropped by throughout the day to show support and reminisce about the many years they had played games and found friends at the two-level store. “It was a great place,” said 57-year-old David Greenwood, who discovered Endgame when he was going through a divorce. He said... View article