We. Build. Opportunity.
We accelerate the design, development and construction of high quality new housing to increase opportunity for everyone.
The Problem.
Building new housing in cities today costs too much, it takes way too long, and investors can make more money by doing something else.
oWOW is changing that.
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"Mass Plywood Panels Add Strength, Speed to Oakland, Calif., High-Rise"
Engineering News Record
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“A New Hope for Housing”
Structure Magazine
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"oWow, developer of downtown Oakland's sole post-pandemic apartment tower, is building something 'fundamentally different'"
San Francisco Business Times
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"Plans Nearly Tripled For 960 Howard Street, San Francisco"
SF YIMBY
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"First-of-its kind, mass timber apartment high rise going up in Oakland"
KTVU Fox 2
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"The Future of Skyscrapers… WOOD?"
Matt Risinger / The Build Show
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"YIMBY Tours 1510 Webster Street In Downtown Oakland"
SF YIMBY
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"OWow aims for new heights on second resi tower in Oakland"
The Real Deal
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"WoodWorks announces winning projects in its 2023 Wood Design Awards"
The Architect’s Newspaper
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"Developer wants to ‘supersize’ S.F. project under new state housing law — while it’s being built"
San Francisco Chronicle
We’re a one-stop-shop.
Development. Design. Construction. Property management. Our Vertically Integrated Team consolidates multiple disciplines under one roof, increasing opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and efficiency.
Our approach in action
We don’t just talk about innovation. We put it into action with world-class built projects.
*Embodied carbon of 18-story mass timber and concrete buildings in the Pacific Northwest
Citation: Comparative LCAs of Conventional and Mass Timber Buildings in Regions with Potential for Mass Timber Penetration. Sustainability 2021, 13, 13987.