For some time I have been contemplating West Oakland development sites. In college, I wrote a small research paper on possible effects of gentrification in West Oakland as it related to current development. Most recently, I have talked with more than one person about developing some kind of research facility in the neighborhood. I usually pointed to a bio-medical research facility but it was never set in stone that it had to be bio. Nevertheless, I still think that it would be a great location for some new job sector to take root in Oakland.
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