Mass timber is three times stronger than concrete on a pound-for-pound basis. That means lighter buildings, smaller foundations, and floors installed in half a day instead of four. #masstimber #construction #innovation #realestate
oWOW
Real Estate
Oakland, California 4,556 followers
Building apartments that people love at prices they can afford
About us
oWOW is an Oakland-based, vertically integrated real estate development platform designed to accelerate housing abundance through disciplined execution and innovation. Our subsidiaries include: • oWOW Construction – Licensed General Contractor • oWOW Design – Licensed Architecture & Design Studio • oWOW Property Management – Self-managed operations platform • American Housing Company (AHC) – Affordable housing and LIHTC-focused development platform By consolidating development, architecture, construction, and operations under one roof, we eliminate traditional silos, reduce friction, compress delivery timelines, and optimize capital deployment. We build thoughtfully designed multifamily housing at attainable price points, informed by quantified renter feedback and standardized floor plans tailored to the missing middle-income tenant. Our integrated model allows us to control the full lifecycle — from site origination and underwriting through capitalization, construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Through AHC, we are also building a scalable affordable housing platform utilizing Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) as a core financing mechanism, institutionalizing a repeatable production engine designed to deliver housing efficiently and responsibly at scale. Our ambition is simple but bold: build better housing, faster — with discipline, data, and long-term community impact — targeting 2,000+ units annually across California and beyond.
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https://owow.com/
External link for oWOW
- Industry
- Real Estate
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Oakland, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2017
- Specialties
- Real Estate Development and Affordable Housing
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411 2nd St
Oakland, California 94607, US
Employees at oWOW
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Welcome Yung Chang to the oWOW team. He's leading Construction Administration on 1523 Harrison Street, 284 affordable homes in partnership with Community HousingWorks. #meettheteam #affordablehousing #architecture #oakland #bayarea
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Next month at 1523 Harrison: concrete shear walls, podium decks, and the tower crane goes to work. Once the first three floors are done, we start mass timber construction. That's our bread and butter. #construction #masstimber #affordablehousing #oakland
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"We can do this 30% cheaper and 50% faster than concrete." Andy Ball, President of oWOW, on why mass timber changes everything in construction. #masstimber #construction #affordablehousing #realestate
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1523 Harrison Street: one month in. Excavation complete. Tower crane concrete poured. Rebar arriving on site daily for the mat foundation pour. The crane goes up this Friday. 284 affordable homes. Downtown Oakland. #affordablehousing #construction #oakland #masstimber
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Meet Caleb Cooper, Superintendent at oWOW. Every morning he walks onto a job site in downtown Oakland where 284 affordable homes are taking shape. This is the team behind oWOW. #meettheteam #affordablehousing #construction #oakland #bayarea
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We build skyscrapers out of wood. The tallest mass timber building on the West Coast is ours. 19 stories, right here in Oakland. Mass timber is 25% faster and 15% cheaper than concrete. On 1510 Webster, that meant $30M in savings. That's how we're offering rents starting at $1,650 in downtown Oakland. #masstimber #affordablehousing #construction #sustainability #realestate
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oWOW producing oWOW, along with Community HousingWorks, National Equity Fund, Inc. , Freddie Mac
Solid article on oWOW and Community HousingWorks 1523 Harrison site from Laura Waxmann and San Francisco Chronicle" oWOW has framed the project’s success as having implications extending beyond its site. By forgoing local subsidies, scarce public funds can be redirected to other developments, effectively increasing the total number of affordable units that can be financed across a city or region, Haber said. That argument comes at a moment of strain in California’s housing pipeline, where thousands of approved units — both affordable and market-rate — remain unbuilt, held back by high construction costs, elevated interest rates and persistent financing gaps.
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Many of you have heard me talk animatedly about #masstimber when you've asked what I'm working on right now. This innovative new construction material has SO much potential to transform development for the better. I got to tour an impressive 19-story mass timber project in #Oakland from oWOW in 2024 that will be talked about in this forum on Tuesday.
Last chance for second-to-last event! On Tuesday this week, we're co- presenting with SPUR & WoodWorks the 2nd in our 3-part Mass Timber Momentum event series. This next one, on March 24, is a virtual, lunchtime, one-hour format, making it easy to participate and learn about the promising construction material known as mass timber from Ben K. Mickus, Andy Ball, Scott Ehlert, & Michael Lane. Thanks Aedis Architects & MassFrame Solutions Inc. for sponsoring it. Our 3rd Mass Timber Momentum event is on April 8 in Downtown #SanJose. Attend both if you like! #realestatedevelopment #construction #housing #masstimber #sustainability #development #architecture #innovation #BayArea
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oWOW Andy Ball talking Mass Timber with 200 registered attendees this Tuesday. cc: Scott Ehlert, Ben K. Mickus, AIA, LEED, Michael Lane
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