New projects on BART property don’t happen overnight. It took 20 years to break ground at the Walnut Creek Transit Village, while Bridge Housing’s 200-unit project at the San Leandro station started construction after a decade.
It’s not clear where exactly the $565 million West Oakland BART mega-project will fall on that spectrum. Three years into negotiations, BART staff recently moved to extend the exclusive negotiating agreement with the developers until next June.