Encinal Tower
| Encinal Tower | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Status | Never built |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Location | 1938 Broadway Oakland |
| Owner | Chengben Wang; Encinal Broadway, LLC |
| Height | |
| Roof | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 56 |
| Floor area | 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill |
| Developer | Chengben (Peter) Wang; Encinal Broadway, LLC |
The Encinal Tower was a skyscraper proposed for construction in Downtown Oakland, California. The mixed-use tower was planned to rise 715 feet (218 m) and contain 56 floors for office and residential use. The project design consisted of a glass and X-bracing-covered cylindrical building with one side that resembles a roll of fabric unraveling. If built, the skyscraper would have been the tallest building in Oakland and third-tallest in the Bay Area after 555 California Street and the Transamerica Pyramid, both located in San Francisco. The project had undergone several design and name changes since it was first proposed in 2006. The proposal was withdrawn in 2010, and in 2012 the property sold to a developer who plans a much smaller tower.
The project was located in Downtown Oakland a few blocks away from Lake Merritt and right next to the 19th Street BART station. The site is bounded by Broadway, Franklin, 19th, and 20th streets. Several lowrise buildings and a parking lot currently inhabit the proposed building site. The developers of the project were Chengben (Peter) Wang, and Encinal; the architect is Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
The proposed building had the shape of an oval cylinder with one side that curves outward and downward. Its exterior skin consisted of glass and X-braces with a horizontal line passing through the center of the X. The large tower was planned to stand 715 ft (218 m) tall with 56 floors and contain 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2) of floor space. The majority (790,000 sq ft (73,000 m2)) of this space would consist of offices, 320,000 sq ft (30,000 m2) would have gone to parking, and 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) for retail space. The top 22 floors of the skyscraper would have housed 220 residential units or ten units per floor. There would have been a large, 60 ft (18 m) lobby housing artwork at the base of the building. The building's floorplates will average 32,000 sq ft (3,000 m2) in size. Wang intended to make this building a landmark for the city of Oakland.
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