Pleasanton’s Planning Commission will be discussing potential reuse options for pieces of land located at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station during Wednesday’s commission meeting.
Some of the options for reusing properties located at the station include converting pieces of the land into housing, making improvements related to motor vehicle circulation or bike lane configurations and building a new plaza that would run parallel to the Iron Horse Trail.
None of the options up for discussion at the meeting will be voted on as the commission will solely be providing feedback as part of the BART Concept Plan project, which staff have begun work on but is not set to be completed until spring 2026.
“Staff is requesting that the Planning Commission receive this report and provide feedback regarding the site re-use options as part of the BART Concept Plan project, with the objective of incorporating this feedback into a Concept Plan for review and approval by City Council,” city Senior Planner Shweta Bonn stated in the Oct. 22 staff report.
Back when the city adopted its sixth Cycle Housing Element in 2023, one of the locations identified for high-density housing was the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station, located at 5835 and 5859 Owens Drive. The identification of potential housing for the site also included a program to prepare a concept plan for the station that staff said is intended to “further redevelopment of the site while addressing parking for new uses and existing commuters.”
According to the Oct. 22 staff report, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission awarded Pleasanton with grant funding to support the development of a concept plan and that work has already been underway since April.
“To date, the project team has initiated this process and conducted preliminary analysis in the form of an evaluation of civil engineering constraints, a market assessment to understand the potential for complementary non-residential uses, as well as an assessment of other opportunities and constraints,” according to Bonn.
Wednesday’s staff report states that the site is approximately 15 gross acres and could be developed as three to four parcels.
Under the three parcel scenario, one of the larger parcels would see a five-story building being built across eight acres that would consist of anywhere from 818 to 1,023 housing units. An alternative to this would be an eight-story tall building with a range of 1,047 to 1,309 housing units.
In the four-parcel scenario, the site could see buildings that are five to seven stories high and anywhere between 870 and 1,088 total housing units.
The commission will also review reuse options related to circulation for the western portion of the site, an off-street or on-street bicycle lane along Owens Drive, a new plaza, BART rider parking and other non-residential uses.
The Planning Commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 22). The full agenda can be accessed here.
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