Knowing the area, just a couple of questions you can ask yourself:  - How close is it to the shops/restaurants on Grand or Selby?

Fast forward to today, and you’ll see a very pleasant downtown with tons of restaurants and shops, and rapidly gentrifying areas in the west Oakland.

The city will be negatively affected if they do not diversify their product offering which is reflected in the reduction in gambling revenues and the increased emphasis by major casinos on entertainment (nightclubs and bars) as well as restaurants/shopping.Sukhbir

If interest continues, we'll do it every month at the same time in a different member's project or a restaurant.

Legacy West will consist of corporate office space, the 292-room Renaissance Hotel, a high-end shopping center with restaurants and other retail uses, and 621 apartment homes.

If not, eating at cheaper, decent restaurants or even better, a great home cooked meal works out better and going to a 5 star restaurant.

@Robert Blanchard Gifts are fun to give, especially when you can really personalize them (dinner at a favorite restaurant) or help someone out (get a dirty furnace cleaned).

Two weeks later - I got an email from him that he later decided NOT to invest in my deal because his friend needed cash for his restaurant business.

As for zoning, there is zoning and there is "use" so your zoning might be commercial or mixed use but the assigned "use" of the property will be "restaurant".

The reason is obvious, they can't get real jobs with that liberal arts degree so they move where there's the highest density of restaurants, the big city, to be waiters.