Eight years after Oakland approved the Dimond District project, the four homes proposed for 3559-3589 Coolidge Avenue remain unbuilt. New filings, including a zoning worksheet, appeared in late October 2026.
San Francisco YIMBY reported that the new applications revisit much of the process as the project seeks to advance. The site is in Oakland's Dimond District, near MacArthur Boulevard and parallel to I-580.
Four Homes Around a Shared Courtyard
Plans call for four three-story single-family homes totaling 6,950 square feet. Each would have three bedrooms and three bathrooms, according to the outlet. The largest, identified in the plans as the purple house, is 1,900 square feet.
The design places the front three homes around a landscaped common area at the center of the property, accessible to all residents. Baran Studio Architecture produced the latest renderings, the outlet reports. Proposed features include a master-suite terrace, parking, private backyard space, and land that could accommodate a garage or accessory dwelling unit.
A Long and Winding Permit History
The project's permit history includes a 2019 three-unit planning application from Ripple Ideas LLC that was never completed. New building-permit applications for four single-unit structures appeared in January 2021, the last time the development drew coverage before the renewed filings this fall.
Despite the 2018 approval and later application rounds, the homes have not been completed. The October 2026 filings are the latest step in the project's lengthy path toward construction.
Oakland's Housing-Permit Context
Oakland issued building permits for 1,028 new housing units in 2024, according to the City of Oakland's 2024 Housing Element Annual Progress Report. That citywide figure offers a one-year benchmark, but on its own it does not show how permits or completed units changed over time.
A Walkable Corner of the Dimond
If built, the homes would be near Dimond Park and within walking distance of several grocery options in the Fruitvale-Dimond area. Those neighborhood amenities have remained in place during the project's long delay.
