Claremont Condos For Sale
The Claremont neighborhood of Oakland and Berkeley is best known for the jewel in its crown — the Claremont Club and Spa, a landmark Victorian resort hotel completed in 1915 that sits atop a prominent hill at the Oakland-Berkeley border. Bright white and visible from much of the East Bay, the hotel's panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay are among the most dramatic in the region — and those same views belong to the condos and homes on the hillside streets above and around it. When it opened, a streetcar delivered guests directly to its front door. Over the decades, writers, musicians, scientists, and business leaders have made it their preferred East Bay address. Living here means that landmark is your neighbor.
Condos in Claremont - Oakland
Claremont condos offer a genuinely rare combination: hillside setting with Bay views, walkable access to one of the East Bay's best commercial corridors, and a position that keeps both Oakland and Berkeley's best amenities within easy reach. The neighborhood straddles the city boundary — some addresses are Berkeley, some Oakland — which has meaningful implications for school district assignment. Berkeley addresses are served by Berkeley Unified School District, one of California's most respected urban districts. Oakland addresses fall under Oakland Unified. The boundary runs through the neighborhood and is not always obvious from a street address alone, so buyers should verify at the parcel level before purchase.
A few blocks below the hotel, the College and Claremont Avenue corridor delivers everything a walkable neighborhood should. College Avenue begins at the UC Berkeley campus and runs south through the Elmwood district and through Rockridge all the way to Broadway in Oakland — offering an extensive range of restaurants, independent retail, wine bars, and coffee shops that reflect the genuine character of the East Bay rather than a developer's idea of it. Two cultural anchors sit along the corridor: the Julia Morgan Center for the Arts, housed in a historic Berkeley church designed by the pioneering architect Julia Morgan, and the Elmwood Rialto Cinema, a beautifully preserved neighborhood movie house that is itself worth the visit.
Directly south of Claremont, the Hiller Highlands neighborhood offers a different approach: open, modern single-family homes on larger lots, designed specifically to capture the panoramic Oakland and Bay views that the elevated hillside provides. Buyers who want more space and a modern architectural sensibility, with the same dramatic setting, often find Hiller Highlands a natural complement to Claremont in their search. Upper Rockridge to the north offers similar hillside character with larger lots and strong connection to Rockridge BART.
For commuters, Rockridge BART is approximately 10–15 minutes away — connecting to San Francisco's Embarcadero in roughly 23 minutes. Highway 13 and Highway 24 provide quick freeway access in multiple directions. AC Transit's Transbay E bus offers direct express service to San Francisco for upper hillside residents who prefer not to drive to BART.
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