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City of San Leandro Alvarado Commerce Center Project 4 7. Project Site Background and Existing Setting The project site is located at the southwest corner of Alvarado Street and Aladdin Avenue in a neighborhood characterized by industrial and commercial uses. The project site is currently developed with three connected warehouse buildings totaling 133,994 square feet; parking and loading areas; landscaping, including approximately 20 street trees, shrubbery, and grasses; and vehicle and equipment storage areas. The warehouse buildings are generally oriented on the southern portion of the project site. Parking areas are primarily located along Alvarado and Aladdin streets on the northern and western boundaries of the site. Along the eastern boundary of the site is an unpaved area that includes trailers, vehicle, and equipment storage. The three existing buildings are configured to accommodate six tenants. Only one of the tenant spaces is currently occupied. The eastern-most warehouse building is occupied by Mr. Plastics, a plastics retail, distribution, design, and fabrication company. Previously, the other tenant spaces included general warehousing, outdoor storage, and retail activities. The project site is generally flat, although the parking area adjacent to Alvarado Street is at a lower grade than the adjacent onsite building. Photos of the project site are shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4. Surrounding development primarily consists of one- to two-story commercial and industrial buildings. North of the project site is the San Leandro Door Company, a door supplier located at 2690 Alvarado Street, and Transcon Lines, a freight shipping facility located at 601 Aladdin Avenue with an associated storage yard located at 661 Aladdin Avenue. South of the project site is a railroad right-of-way, and beyond that Georgia Pacific, a paper product manufacturer located at 2800 Alvarado Street. East of the project site are recycling and office facilities used by Alameda County Industries (ACI). West of the project site is George Oren Tires and Services, a tire shop located at 2823 Alvarado Street, and Douglas Electronics, Inc., an electronic parts supplier located at 2777 Alvarado Street. The project site was originally developed by Sherwin Williams in 1957 on vacant, undeveloped land. Sherwin Williams operated as a metal can manufacturing facility from 1957 to 1983, when the facility was sold to U.S. Can Company who continued to operate as a metal can manufacturing facility (WSP - Parsons Brinckerhoff [WSP] 2017). Previous operations conducted by Sherwin Williams and U.S. Can Company included lithographing, solvent cleaning, painting, assembly, lead soldering, drum mixing and storage. In 1989, the U.S. Can Company discontinued can manufacturing operations onsite. However, the company continued to use the building for warehouse operations until 1994. From 1994 to present, the site has been used by various tenants for warehouse, retail, and storage activities. 301