After A’s plan falls apart, a new twist changes everything for the future of Oakland’s waterfront

Visitors walk along the waterfront at Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, April 29, 2024. In the background the Howard Terminal can be seen in the distance. Now that the Oakland A’s stadium development is unlikely to happen the future is unsure for local businesses in the Oakland waterfront area.

But the same plan notes that areas to the west of Jack London Square — including Howard Terminal, the site of the doomed A’s redevelopment — will be “maintained for industrial uses.” Last week, a federal judge sent to trial the baseball franchise’s legal complaint against longstanding manufacturing plant Schnitzer Steel, which would’ve neighbored the A’s development and which the team has accused of failing to prevent air-quality violations and environmental hazards. Radius Recycling, the parent company of Schnitzer Steel, did not respond to an interview request.

A woman finishes her ice cream as she walks past an empty storefront business at Jack London Square in Oakland, Calif., on Monday, April 29, 2024. Now that the Oakland A’s stadium development is unlikely to happen the future is unsure for local businesses in the Oakland waterfront area. In the wake of the city’s divorce from the A’s, Mayor Sheng Thao had said the Howard Terminal property was still ripe for any developer who wanted to step forward.But much of that progress was undone last month when the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission agreed in a court settlement with a shipping-industry coalition to reinstate a clause that Howard Terminal must be prioritized for maritime uses or the shipping of goods by sea.

In March, private shipping industry groups developed a summary of how they’d instead like to “advance the industrial waterfront.” Charging stations for electric-powered trucks and off-shore wind energy projects ranked near the top of the list. An industry representative said there’s some wiggle room for other plans, but not a lot.

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