Walnut Creek PD Adds Field Office to Shadelands, New Lease Signed

From Trisha Clayton:

Shadelands continues its transformation into an innovative, multi-use Walnut Creek community under the direction of the Shadelands Steering Committee, a group of owners and tenant representatives. Recent milestones include the addition of a Walnut Creek Police Department field office, a large new lease and soaring BART shuttle bus ridership.

In 2016, the Walnut Creek Police Department will open a field office in Shadelands. The field office will help provide a visible police presence in the Shadelands area and the surrounding neighborhoods. Once the field office is operational, officers working in the area will no longer have to drive back to City Hall to conduct business. This will result in lowered response times, a visible crime deterrent, and more efficient investigation of crimes. Although the field office will not be open to the public initially, signage and the increased presence of police vehicles will be noticeable as soon as the space is available. It is anticipated that police department volunteers will eventually open a public counter within the field office for several hours each week.

Alhouse Deaton announced that Mitch Hertz and John Fennell of Cushman & Wakefield leased 3,766 square feet to Crossroads Small Business Solutions for five years at the Centre Pointe Business Park in Shadelands. Crossroads is part of Crossroads Equipment Lease and Finance, headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Alhouse Deaton is the property manager for Centre Pointe Business Park. Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing broker for the park.

Ridership on Contra Costa Bus Route 7, created in early 2015 to allow easier access to and from Shadelands for BART commuters and the Shadelands neighborhood, has soared to over 100,000 through October 2015. The free bus service – providing convenient bike racks and complimentary WiFi – is funded by the Shadelands’ property owners. The natural gas buses run every 16 minutes, Monday through Friday during commute hours, making multiple stops along the way.

The Orchards at Walnut Creek, Shadelands’ budding town center, is currently under development. When completed in Fall 2016, this 25-acre parcel will house Crunch Fitness, Safeway, Stein Mart, Petco, cafés, a four-acre park, one mile of walking trails and a host of exciting amenities and services that tenants, families, and neighbors will appreciate and enjoy.

The Orchards will also include a housing development on 3.8 acres called Viamonté at Walnut Creek, the area’s first Continuing Care Retirement Community for dynamic seniors. It will be a collaboration from Northern California Presbyterian Homes & Services and Episcopal Senior Communities. The development will provide a maximum of 200 condo-quality residences with services and amenities to enrich the lives of the aging. It’s slated to open in 2018-2019.

Shadelands’ lively eco-system brings together business people, athletes, artists, musicians, entrepreneurs, medical practitioners and their patients, students, gardeners, companies and their clients, community service organizations, and even craft beer aficionados.

For a closer look, click here to watch the Shadelands video.

About Shadelands:

Shadelands is located at the intersections of Ygnacio Valley Road and Oak Grove Road in Walnut Creek. Currently Shadelands is home to a diverse group of companies and non-profits, including: Del Monte, Quick Mount PV, Civic Arts Education, ARF, Kaiser Permanente, Calicraft Brewing Co., and more.