Incorporated February 2003

With over 60 years of combined experience in the building trades, Jeff Clifton and Josie Ragas McFarlane started Oaktown in the basement of their home in Oakland, California.

In the mid-seventies, Jeff began his construction career as a taping apprentice and turned out as a journey level taper. He worked on, then supervised and managed a variety of construction projects all over the Greater Bay Area. Josie’s work in the public sector involved managing personnel responsible for building repair and maintenance in schools, hospitals, business offices, jails, recreation and park facilities, sewage plants and so forth. Her career in government public works spanned over 30 years.

Beginning with residential remodels and new residential homes in Oakland, Oaktown expanded to building new “mixed-use” commercial projects – grossing over $1,000,000 in its first year of operation.

In 2006, Oaktown moved its business office out of the home basement to its current location in the Allendale Park neighborhood of Oakland.

In the past four years, Oaktown has continued to grow and has been awarded numerous construction bids in spite of the economic downturn. Adding plaster and stucco application to its repertoire of services, Oaktown completed work on two major projects – Landmark Plaza, a multi-unit terraced apartment structure in Daly City and a new hospital wing at the Veterans Hospital in Menlo Park.

Two recently completed Oakland projects, include The Orchards, a multi-unit Senior Housing Center on the corner of 29th Avenue and Foothill and the Tassafaronga Village Housing, a low income multi-family housing units located on 83rd Avenue and G Streets (see Projects).

Currently working on the University of California, Berkeley, Cal Athletic High Performance Center at the UC Berkeley Campus (see Projects), Oaktown continues to be sensitive to the ever-changing labor force of the Bay Area and the economics that impact the construction trade in the Bay Area.

The consistent growth of the business is proof positive of Oaktown’s ability to change and respond to the housing needs of the Bay Area and to maintain high construction industry standards.