Naval Hospital Oakland
Naval Hospital Oakland, also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital, was a U.S. naval hospital located in Oakland, California, opened during World War II (1942) and closed in 1996 as part of the 1993 Base Realignment and Closure program. The 167-acre (68 ha) site is bordered on three sides by Mountain Boulevard and Keller Avenue in the city's Oak Knoll section and its map coordinates are 37°46′05″N 122°08′46″W / 37.768°N 122.146°WCoordinates: 37°46′05″N 122°08′46″W / 37.768°N 122.146°W.
Oak Knoll hospital was built during World War II for the purpose of treating American military personnel who had been wounded in the Pacific theater. In later years it also treated those who had been wounded in the Korean and Vietnam wars. The site was previously a golf course and country club which had closed during the Great Depression.
A large main hospital building was started in 1965 and opened in 1968. The base was closed in 1996 in an official Navy ceremony.
This building was imploded on April 8, 2011.
In 2005, a partnership of Lehman Brothers and SunCal (a land developer from Southern California) bought the site for $100 million with plans to build a master-planned community featuring 960 homes, a shopping area and a 50-acre (200,000 m2) park. In 2008, SunCal began demolition, but then Lehman suddenly collapsed in September of that year, cutting off financing for the project. The demolition work was stopped for over a year, although SunCal initiated legal action against Lehman in November 2008 in order to obtain the cleanup funds and resolve other issues involving the property.
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