Brentwood Accepting Proposals to Re-Purpose Brentwood Education and Technology Center

The City of Brentwood, California (“City”) may be soliciting proposal offers from interested parties for the purchase and redevelopment of an existing 30,337 square foot, single owner commercial building on a 3.01 acre piece of commercial real property within the “Brentwood Center” shopping center, APN 016-110-031,

Request for Proposals (RFP) Brentwood Center Commercial Property

101 Sand Creek, Brentwood CA 94513

Appendices – Supplemental Property Information

1. Location Map
2. APN Map
3. As-Built Floor Plan
4. Property Appraisal, Newmark, November 2021
5. Preliminary Title Report, APN  016-110-031
6. Zoning – Brentwood Boulevard Specific Plan – General Commercial
7. CC&Rs, as amended
8. Brentwood Market and Demographic Profile

Editors Note:

The building has become available due to the city council opting to pursue another location due to costs. They are also working to secure Contra Costa County Measure X funding for a youth center.  The city council also opted to use some of this funding for the proposed youth center for youth soccer fields.

Back in November, the Brentwood City Council received its  potential design of a youth center, under the name a Brentwood Education & Technology Center (Item C2 on the agenda).

Last August, staff originally estimated roughly $1 million was needed to upgrade the building plus another $400k annually to run programs. The final report is showing a cost of anywhere from $2.9 million to $5.84 million depending on which option the council selects. The cost to run programs was not included which the city aimed to run youth programing and services. Staff estimated program costs at $400k annually.

Back in August of 2020, the council agreed to allocate $100k for the study while a month later adding the Senior Activity Center into the design in a cost saving effort—according to the staff report, the study costs $89,355. Councilmember Johnny Rodriquez requested a teen-youth center be looked at back in June of 2020.

Here is tidbit from the Conceptual Design Study:

• At the City’s recommendation, the Programming Study’s preliminary space plan schemes focused on 24,420 sf on the west portion of the building, leaving the
  rest of space, approximately 10,000 sf for existing non-profit organizations in the city of Brentwood.
• The benchmark for a building only is $700/sf and the benchmark for a building + surrounding site improvement would be $800/sf if the construction is started today (Summer 2021). A new construction cost for the same project would be roughly
  $21 million for the building only and $24 million including the simple site improvement, such as parking, landscape, basic signage, and exterior
• The survey collected 1,286 responses total as of July 21, 2021: 785 responses from parents, 502 responses from youth.
• The top three activity categories favored by youth were Lounge Space, Games, and Recreation. Academic activity was the top choice for the Spanish-speaking youth. By category, the following activities were preferred by the majority of youth
  respondents:
• Academic: Tech Skills/ Job Training, Life Skills, Club Activities, Tutoring/ Homework Help (Top choice for Spanish speaking youth)
  • Creative: Cooking, Art (Painting, Drawings), and STEAM/ Robotics
  • Game: Air Hockey, Video Games, Ping Pong, and Pool
  • Recreation/Sport Activities: Indoor Climbing Wall, Weight Training, and Boxing
  • Lounge/Snack Bar: Space 2
• The top three activity categories favored by parents were Academic, Lounge Space, and Creative Academic activities were parents’ top choice, regardless of language preferences. By category, the following activities were preferred by
  the majority of parent respondents:
  • Academic: Tech Skills/Job Training, Life Skills, Club Activities, Tutoring/Homework Help (Top choice for Spanish-speaking parents)
  • Creative: Cooking, Art (Painting, Drawing), and STEAM/ Robotics
  • Game: Air Hockey, Ping Pong, Cornhole, Pool, and Board Games
  • Recreation/Sport Activities: Weight Training, Indoor Climbing Wall, Boxing, and Martial Arts.
  • Lounge: Space 2

Conceptual Cost Estimate

Cost Option 1:

• Key Assumptions:
  • Single phase construction
  • Interior demolition included where the option indicated
• Key Exclusions:
  • Project soft costs
  • Department relocations
  • AV equipment
  • Kitchen equipment
  • Reroofing
  • Front end/ Roof top HVAC equipment
  • Escalation

The total estimated construction cost of the proposed BETC renovation in Option 1: $5,581,799 and the Cost/sf is $228.5

The cost estimate above was not included the following items that can be constructed as add-on
(The figures are including GC’s markup):

• Bleachers, 4 row folding: $77,760
• Climbing walls: $27,000
• Window coverings: $32,967
• Interior renovation of Kitchen/Cooking Studio Area: $123,289

Cost Option 2

The total estimated construction cost of the proposed BETC renovation in Option 2: $2,954,536 and the Cost/sf is $258.49

The cost estimate listed above was not included the following items. They can be constructed as add-on (including GC markup):
• Bleachers, 4 row folding: $77,760
• Climbing walls: $27,000

Window coverings: $32,967
• Interior renovation of Kitchen/Cooking Studio Area: $123,289
• Operable mesh partition that divides two recreational spaces, including structural support: $47,250