About Juntos Fruitvale

Phase I of The Fruitvale Transit Village includes over 150,000 SF of retail, commercial and residential space at the Fruitvale BART station. This project is an award-winning national model for livable communities.

Phase II, adjacent to the Fruitvale Bart Station, includes 2 multi-story residential developments consisting of 275 additional units of affordable housing for families, chronically homeless households, and formerly homeless U.S. military veterans, named Casa Arabella and Casa Sueños.

For Phase III, Juntos Fruitvale rehabilitated a former masonic temple with unique historical characteristics to form a new space for the community. Juntos Fruitvale provides a range of services to support small businesses, providing bilingual technical assistance, consulting, and tools while also offering a variety of accessible office, meeting, and event type spaces to rent.

The Unity Council

The Unity Council is a non-profit Social Equity Development Corporation with 60 years of history in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Our mission is to promote social equity and improve quality of life by building vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive.

In the early 2000’s, The Unity Council initiated the Fruitvale Transit Village project, gathering activists, non-profits, and a variety of government agencies together to build structures that would create improvements and support community members with intention, empathy, and care.