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North America’s 50th Cohousing Community is preserved in the 1917 Swan’s Market building in the historic Old Oakland neighborhood.

This historic landmark is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of an award-winning innovative mixed-used historic-preservation project, restoring an abandoned old market building with affordable rental apartments, a Cohousing community, retail, restaurants, offices and a courtyard.

To learn more about the architectural history, neighborhood, project vision, goals and timeline, see original plans and an overview of the finances, and learn about our key participants and EBALDC our co-developer, look at these informative documents:

Pyatok Architects cut-sheet (7 Page PDF)
2001 Rudy Bruner Award (30 Page PDF)