Facilities Administration Assistant Vice President UCOP Office Consolidation Information
PROJECT POSTPONED
We have decided not to go forward with the UCOP lease consolidation project that was announced last Fall. Below you will find the UCnews Press Release that was sent out today.
We look forward to working on a space plan as soon as the comprehensive organizational review announced by the President and The Regents is completed. If you have any questions, please contact me at jon.giacomi@ucop.edu or (510) 987-9304.
Jon Giacomi
Manager - Administration & UCOP Space Planning
Department of Facilities Administration
University of California To Postpone Lease Consolidation
Time Is Needed to Determine the Size and Shape of the Office of the President
The University of California’s Office of the President has announced that it will undergo a comprehensive organizational review and has postponed its consolidation initiative and the planned lease of 190,000 square feet of office space proposed at 1100 Broadway in downtown Oakland.
UC President Robert C. Dynes, in consultation with the UC Board of Regents, is looking at the future organizational structure of the Office of the President. “Due to this change in circumstances, it is no longer an appropriate time to lock UCOP into a 10-year commitment for a substantial amount of its lease requirements, and we need to preserve flexibility as UCOP moves forward with its organizational planning,” said Larry Hershman, vice president for Budget.
In November, the University of California announced that it had selected 1100 Broadway as the new site for its office consolidation initiative. Currently UCOP has five satellite offices in and around Oakland, housing various university operations, including systemwide human resources and benefits, the UC Treasurer’s Office, the California Digital Library, and several special research and academic preparation programs. These five offices are in addition to the building at 1111 Franklin in Oakland owned by the University of California.
In April 2005, UC published a request for proposals for the office space consolidation. In July, four proposals were selected for the final phase of the evaluation process. A proposal from Oakland East End I, LLC, a partnership of Townsend Transactions of San Francisco (a subsidiary of Swinerton Inc.) and Eastmont Properties of Oakland, was selected as the preferred alternative for the lease consolidation project.
“Given the reorganization effort The Regents have called for, we need to know what we are going to look like and how we are going to be organized before we can make long-term space plans,” said Hershman. “Over the next several months, we will carefully examine the consolidation initiative and will consult internal and external sources for advice on how best to move forward.”
University staff housed in leased space will continue to occupy that space through their lease expiration dates, generally 2008 or later.
Planning for future space needs will not occur until after the organizational planning process has been completed, but will likely include allowing some leases to expire, renegotiating some of the current leases, and possibly adding some newly leased space.
Background
On Thursday, November 17, 2005, The Regents of the University of California approved a lease consolidation project for the U.C. Office of the President. Approximately 600 employees will be relocated to a new site being developed by East End Oakland I, LLC at 1100 Broadway in Oakland, a site adjacent to UCOP’s current headquarters building at 1111 Franklin Street.
This web site has been developed as a means of keeping UCOP staff informed of the project.
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