Emeryville, CA Townhomes for Sale

During Prohibition, district attorney and future Supreme Court justice Earl Warren called Emeryville the "rottenest city on the Pacific Coast." Later, in the 1970s, commercial warehouses had rendered the local soil so toxic that 15,000 gallons of cottage cheese were injected into the groundwater to de-contaminate it. Today's Emeryville, however, is significantly different from its past versions and the city continues to be innovative and contemporary, always looking to the future. While this California city is smaller than its Bay Area contemporaries, with a population of nearly 13,000 and a square footage of about two miles, this is no small town. Its location on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay between the cities of Oakland and Berkeley makes it an attractive waterfront city. It sits near several major freeways, as well as the South Bayfront Bridge. "It's a great place to live and pretty much a commuter’s dream location, especially for people who work in San Francisco or downtown Oakland," says Jeff Weissman, a Compass real estate agent and resident of nearby Oakland. "It’s considerably less expensive and you can be door-to-door with a San Francisco office in about 15-20