Westlake Urban recently sat down with Rick Williams and Karen Murray, partners at Van Meter Williams Pollack, to talk about how their innovative approach to design and architecture enhances communities. Van Meter Williams Pollack is an award-winning architecture and urban design firm based in San Francisco and Denver. WESTLAKE URBAN: What is VMWP’s approach to […]
Truth is Beauty by Marco Cochrane. Photo courtesy of Eleanor Preger. Westlake Urban has a long history of including public art at its properties. This month, we’re proud to continue the tradition with the announcement that Truth is Beauty, the 55-foot steel and LED sculpture by local Bay Area artist Marco Cochrane, will be arriving […]
TREASURE ISLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Although women still make up a small number of tech workers, a new tech campus going up in San Leandro is going to have a prominent woman at the front. A 55-foot steel sculpture of a woman that lit up Burning Man four years ago is being re-assembled by the […]
A popular piece of local art is on the move, but don’t worry, it’s not going too far. The 55-foot steel sculpture “Truth is Beauty” is moving to the San Leandro Tech Campus from Treasure Island. The sculpture, which weighs 13,000 pounds, has 2,500 individual LED lights. Truth is Beauty first made its full appearance […]
Office Lease, East Bay Finalist: OSIsoft In the 1 970s, developer Westlake Urban bought an old cannery plant next to the San Leandro BART station. The building sat vacant for decades. Housing was planned on the site, but three years ago, office development gained favor. San Leandro’s central location in the East Bay, with access […]
Software firm OSIsoft has closed a 10-year, 105,000-square-foot lease deal at the San Leandro Tech Campus, kickstarting construction on the 7.5-acre development and the city’s broader effort to become an East Bay technology hub. The Business Times first reported the lease in April. Video: San Leandro Tech Campus plans Construction on the first phase of the 500,000-square-foot […]
Beniamino Bufano’s Hand of Peace sculpture has been fondly held by the Chang family for over 25 years. The art piece had been residing in Westlake’s Quail Court property for many years before the family removed it for restoration, due to 40 years of exposure to the elements. Rather than returning the sculpture to the […]
Real estate developer Patrick Kennedy prefers minimalism and efficiency. When he ends a phone conversation, he says, “Thanks, goodbye,” then hangs up. His email subject lines contain the actual message−no need to waste time opening the email. And his hobby? Ultra-lightweight backpacking, where you strip down to the absolute minimum of what you carry. As […]