Publication Date

Spring 2008

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

First Advisor

Shishir Mathur

Abstract

Observation of Oakland’s Central District Redevelopment Project Area, or Central District, leaves little question that the area within the project boundaries has been positively impacted by the redevelopment activities in the last several years. With respect to the parcel-level redevelopment in the Central District however, this study set out to explore the following questions:

1. Did the redevelopment investments in the Central District from 1990 through the end of 2006 positively impact the neighborhoods that surround the area, measured by an increase in the housing prices of single-family residences?

2. If so, did the rate of price appreciation decrease as the distance to the Central District increased?

This examination of the impact of redevelopment on surrounding neighborhoods, often referred to as a spill-over effect, should be a key consideration of public agencies choosing to adopt redevelopment policies. As redevelopment focuses public energy and investments within a specified physical boundary, the areas outside of that boundary will likely receive less attention from the public agency and may then run the risk of becom ing blighted as well. At the least, the areas near a redevelopment project area should not be negatively impacted by redevelopment, while the ideal situation is that redevelopment has a broader positive impact, thus “spilling-over” into the surrounding neighborhoods.

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