Vacant office park getting big revamp; senior living planned
LIVERMORE >> A South Livermore office park that has sat vacant for nearly a decade is expected to see new life early next year following a renovation and the city allowing a broader mix of businesses there.
After two redevelopment plans were rejected over the past several years at the site, formerly known as the Sunset Office Plaza, six of the 10 buildings have been renovated and rebranded as The Well at Sunset.
Meanwhile, the city approved plans to demolish the other four buildings on the northern portion of the site and put up a 128unit senior living facility. Construction could begin in late 2022, according to city reports and one of the developers.
The former office park, owned for decades by the Mehran family’s San Ramon Sunset Development Co., has been vacant since about 2013. That company’s varied plans for homes, an office building and town houses on the site were rejected by the city in 2014 and 2015, in large part because of pushback from some residents.
The property, at Holmes Street and Concannon Boulevard with 10 buildings on about 14 acres, was built in the 1970s. It was purchased in 2018 by Mana Investments of Carlsbad and Hunter Street Partners of Minneapolis.
The new owners gutted buildings on the southern portion of the site, revamping them with new facades; upgrading air conditioning and heating; and installing fiber-optic connections, bigger windows and new roofs. They also repaved parking lots and added more landscaping, according to Orville Power of Mana Investments.
But despite the renovations, demand for traditional office space has been soft, in part because of the pandemic, city officials said.
“Since renovation, the buildings have remained unoccupied despite significant investments in the buildings and site upgrades,” Kam Purewal, an