CVSan Preps Site for New HQ

Excavators demolished old Caltrans structures on the property where Castro Valley Sanitary District will build its new headquarters at the corner of Castro Valley Boulevard and Center Street.

The corner of Center Street and Castro Valley Boulevard was busy last week as Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) demolished and removed old buildings where its new headquarters will be located.

Excavators started work on March 1 on the former California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) maintenance facility structures that had been there since about 1984. CVSan acquired the property in 2013 for $1,500,000. 

“The new building is expected to be completed in Spring 2024,” says Mike Nelson, Public Outreach Specialist for CVSan. “We received four bids and awarded it to the lowest bidder, DL Falk Construction, for $20,844,000.”

According to public documents prepared by CVSan, the property totals about two acres. The new CVSan operations facility will include an approximately 19,795-square-foot, two-story building. It will house a public counter for the CVSan Engineering Department, office space, equipment storage, conference rooms, an employee kitchen, a break room, a shower, and lockers.  

The plans also indicate vehicle maintenance facilities, a workshop, and materials storage areas in a separate hazardous material building to house chemical products, paint, and emergency fuel. A 72-space parking lot is included.   

CVSan is responsible for the operation and maintenance of Castro Valley’s sanitary sewer collection system, administration of a refuse collection franchise, recycling programs, and related functions. 

Nelson says that CVSan has held monthly neighborhood meetings for the last year and a half to provide updates to the community.  For information on these meetings, see cvsan.org/projects. (The Operations and Engineering Building Center Street Project is at the top.) Questions may be directed to CVSan’s main office, (510) 537-0757.