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Uptown Oakland

The theater and entertainment area around Telegraph Avenue and Broadway. It overlaps the broader Downtown context.

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Road geometry: U.S. Census Bureau TIGERweb, checked 17 October 2026. Census open data. Location context: existing Rofo district records. These are reference locations, not surveyed edges or complete city coverage. Unshaded places may be unreviewed; the map does not establish overlaps or zoning.

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How to read Uptown Oakland

Mixed-use Oakland office district for smaller-company, arts-adjacent, and transit-oriented teams.

Uptown Oakland is the more mixed-use counterpart to Downtown Oakland, with office buildings, arts venues, food, apartments, BART access, and Lake Merritt-adjacent commercial blocks sharing a tighter urban setting.

Office remains the clearest commercial pattern, but the district should read through its mixed-use setting rather than as another formal downtown core.

It works for teams that want East Bay access and professional office options without the formality of the civic downtown core.

Compared with Downtown Oakland, Uptown feels less institutional and more mixed-use. Compared with Jack London Square, it is less waterfront and more Broadway, Franklin, Webster, and Lake Merritt oriented.

Small and mid-sized office users Creative and professional service teams Nonprofit organizations East Bay access with street-level context

Location fit

Where Uptown Oakland fits

Uptown Oakland is Downtown Oakland's mixed-use, arts-adjacent counterpart, better suited to smaller companies and teams that value street-level texture, food, housing, and transit access over a formal civic office core.

Mixed-use startup district Arts-adjacent office district BART-adjacent neighborhood commercial

✓ Best fit

• ✓ Smaller office users that want a mixed-use East Bay setting
• ✓ Creative, nonprofit, and professional teams comparing Broadway access with street-level activity
• ✓ Companies that want BART access without the more formal Downtown Oakland core

× Less ideal for

• × Users that need the strongest civic or public-sector adjacency
• × Large tenants seeking conventional downtown office concentration
• × Warehouse/flex users needing loading or production formats

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Compare Uptown Oakland with Downtown Oakland

Compare if the choice is between formal Broadway/civic office context and a more mixed-use district.

Compare Uptown Oakland with Jack London Square

Compare if waterfront or adaptive service-commercial texture may be a better fit.

Temescal

Compare later for a smaller neighborhood-commercial alternative north of Uptown.

Views of Uptown Oakland

A few views that show Uptown Oakland’s mixed-use, arts-adjacent commercial setting north of Downtown Oakland.

Representative Buildings

Representative buildings in Uptown Oakland

Selected examples that help ground the area's commercial texture.

1 Kaiser Plz

Office space · Lake Merritt edge office setting

2101 Webster St

Office space · Uptown office and mixed-use edge

1970 Broadway

Office space · Broadway arts-adjacent office corridor

415 20th St

Office space · Smaller-company Uptown office fabric

Nearby commercial districts

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Formal core contrast

Downtown Oakland

More formal, civic, and traditional office-core oriented, with stronger Broadway and City Center context.

Waterfront contrast

Jack London Square

More waterfront and service-commercial, with warehouse-adjacent texture south of the downtown core.

Neighborhood-commercial contrast

Temescal

More neighborhood retail and small-business oriented north of Uptown, with less formal office concentration.

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