[6][7] Planning for mixed-use transit oriented development (TOD) to replace the surface parking lots beginning in the late 1990s.

The first phase included 47 residential units, 37,000 square feet (3,400 m2) of retail, a charter high school, a health clinic, a preschool, a senior center, a public library, and a BART parking garage; it was completed in 2004.

[10] As of 2024[update], BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow additional TOD on the Derby Avenue parking lot and the busway.

[9]: 17 On January 1, 2009, a BART police officer fatally shot an unarmed man, Oscar Grant III, at Fruitvale station while responding to reports of a fight on a train.

[11][12] Grant's death sparked several protests in Oakland, and was one of several police killings that contributed to the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement.