'Planning Sage' Seeks To Transform Oakland

Merritt Sher claims he is not in the real estate business but in the business of building communities.

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August 6, 2001, 3:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Where others see rubble, developer Merritt Sher sees Xanadu, and he's envisioning his next in downtown Oakland... Think of him as an urban- planning sage. For the past 30 or so years, Sher, now 61, has been transforming towns - for the better, he claims. He finds a place that is down on its luck and sees the way to re-infuse it with life... "

Thanks to Lauren Hertel

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Sunday, August 5, 2001 in The San Francisco Chronicle

Community / Economic Development California

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