East Bay Community Energy expands offices near Downtown Oakland

Utility takes up 21K sf, more than doubling its footprint at Lake Merritt Plaza

Source: The Real Deal

East Bay Community Energy’s Nick Chaset and 1999 Harrison Street (EBCE, Google Maps)

The locally based nonprofit utility has leased 20,800 square feet in Lake Merritt Plaza at 1999 Harrison Street, taking up an entire floor, the San Francisco Business Times reported. Financial terms of the lease were not disclosed.

The utility, which has occupied 9,000 square feet at the plaza for four years, plans to move its headquarters to its new offices on the 23rd floor, according to its marketing director, Dan Lieberman.

“When the pandemic came, we were largely working remotely, and so having the small office wasn’t much of an issue — we just weren’t going in everyday,” Lieberman told the Business Times. “But during that time we staffed up, and now we’re at the point where we’re desk-sharing.”