Adams Point, Oakland

Tanja Odzak is a Top East Bay Realtor with eXp Realty, helping buyers and sellers in Oakland and across the East Bay. Adams Point sits on the northern shore of Lake Merritt, directly next to Downtown Oakland. It forms a triangle bounded by Grand Avenue on the south, Harrison Street on the northwest, and the MacArthur Freeway on the northeast. When we refer to Adams Point, we are including the Upper Adams Point in that term.

At a glance: In the 12 months through September 2026, the median sale price of a single-family home in Adams Point was $1,100,000, across 7 sales. Homes sold for about 115.9% of their list price, and the middle sale took 11 days on the market.

Lakeside Park was made from the point itself. Between 1893 and 1915 the area was cleared of houses and planted with lawns and imported trees. It is one of Oakland's larger parks and sits on Lake Merritt, which was designated a wildlife refuge in 1870. The lake's Necklace of Lights was first lit in 1925.

Mostly condos and apartments. Dense multifamily residential buildings define the neighborhood, especially along the Grand Avenue side of the lake. The Lakeside Apartments District next door, between Downtown and the lake, holds a concentration of historic luxury apartments, club buildings, and Art Deco structures, and much of it is a locally designated historic district. The art deco Bellevue-Staten Building is one of the area's landmarks.

Buyers here are typically looking for a condo to call home. They want the convenience of being close to multiple neighborhoods, including the center of Oakland, plus easy freeway access and shopping, restaurants, activities, and fun right outside the front door.

Grand Avenue's ground floor shops and restaurants sit at the neighborhood's edge. Other landmarks include the Veterans' Memorial Building and the Earl Warren House.

Most sales here are condos, so the association documents come first: the budget, the reserves, the minutes, and the rules a buyer will read closely. Oakland adds its own steps on top. The City's transfer tax is charged in tiers on the whole price and Alameda County adds its own. The sewer lateral needs a compliance certificate or a time extension certificate under the East Bay regional program before escrow closes; in a condo building, ask the association early how the building's line is handled under the program. Who brings the lateral into compliance, the seller or the buyer, is negotiated. My page on selling your home in Oakland walks through the rest.

Tanja Odzak knows what to check in an Adams Point condo, from the association's budget, reserves, and rules to the age of the building's systems, and how an Oakland sale works. If you're weighing a home here, that's worth a conversation before you tour.