Dover, Kohl & Partners is excited to announce the adoption of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan! Based on extensive community engagement over a period of years, the Specific Plan places equity at the center, and aims to increase affordable housing, connect people with jobs and services, and support arts and culture.

Victor Dover was recently interviewed by Felipe Azenha and Ben Hoffman for an episode of their long-form podcast The Built World, where he shared his personal journey from North Carolina paperboy to leading city planner. The hosts probed for a deep dive into the beginning of his career and the transformative events that inspired Victor and longtime business partner Joseph Kohl, shaping their passion for urban design. The episode is full of Victor’s original experiences that shaped him into the person and professional he is today, including his stint as an exhibition designer at the National Gallery of Art in the mid-1980s.