Hayward, California
Hayward's biggest holdings are public (the City's 527-acre airport and CSU East Bay's 355 acres), while Southland Mall's 2025 sale to a Namdar affiliate cut its roll value from $271.5M to $70.0M; owners stay off the County's open record and a deed costs $3.50 a page.
8 buildings · 6 with an owner established · 19 sources · 5 tier A · 3 tier B · prepared 2026-10-20
Can you find out who owns it?
California has no public register of title and keeps owners' names off the open record. Alameda County publishes every parcel as open map data with its assessed land and improvement values, use code and latest recorded document, but no owner name and no sale price. Finding the owner means buying a copy of the deed from the Clerk-Recorder at $3.50 a page. Each sale pays the County's documentary transfer tax of $0.55 per $500 plus Hayward's own real property conveyance tax of $8.50 per $1,000 (Ord. No. 92-26).
Is ownership public?Public, but one paid search at a time
Cost of one title searchRecorded documents $3.50 per page; certification $1.00 (Alameda County Clerk-Recorder fee schedule effective 1 Jan 2024)
Bulk ownership dataNone published
Sale pricesNo transaction data published
Sites that forbid taking their data
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward Executive Airport 20301 Skywest Dr, Hayward, CA 94541 527 acres |
Civic | City of Hayward The City's airport page (s3): built by the U.S. Army in 1942 as Hayward Army Airfield; 'The City of Hayward assumed operational control of the airport in 1947'; 527 acres; run as a self-supporting Enterprise Fund. A July 2021 staff report (s4) says the Skywest Golf Course 'was located on the property of Hayward Executive Airport' under a long-term ground lease assigned to the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District in 1975, and that on 30 Sep 2020 'the 126-acre parcel of land was returned to the City', which is now planning hangars, open space and light industry on it. Airport parcels on Skywest Dr carry $0 values on the County layer (s2). |
Government | —A |
| California State University, East Bay (Hayward campus) 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward, CA 94542 354.68 acres; 1,858,905 sq ft of structures |
Institutional | State of California (California State University) The Department of General Services' Statewide Property Inventory (s5) lists 'CSU, EAST BAY', 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, agency 'CAL STATE UNIVERSITY', with 354.68 fee acres and 1,858,905 sq ft of structures - by far the largest State holding in Hayward. The inventory records State-owned real property. The privately held apartment parcel next door at 25200 Carlos Bee Blvd ($74.6M on the roll, s2) is not part of the campus record. |
Government | —A |
| Chabot College 25555 Hesperian Blvd, Hayward, CA 94545 94-acre campus |
Institutional | Chabot-Las Positas Community College District The District's 2019 Facilities Master Plan for Chabot College (s6) says 'Today, the Chabot College campus consists of 94 acres' and plans new buildings of 50,000-100,000 gross sq ft on it, funded by the District's Measure A and Measure B bonds. The plan treats the campus as District property but does not use the word 'owns', hence tier B; no deed was read. The 25555 Hesperian Blvd situs does not appear on the County parcel layer (s2). |
Government | —B |
| St. Rose Hospital 27200 Calaroga Ave, Hayward, CA 94545 |
Institutional | Hayward Sisters Hospital (dba St. Rose Hospital), a California nonprofit corporation A notice to the Attorney General dated 7 Aug 2024 (s7): Hayward Sisters Hospital, dba St. Rose Hospital, and Saint Rose Medical Building, Inc. would pass control to Alameda Health System, a public hospital authority, as sole corporate member; 'the assets of St. Rose and SRMB will continue to be the assets of St. Rose or SRMB'; no sale proceeds; Alecto Healthcare Services Hayward LLC's management and asset-purchase agreement would end and Alecto would waive any purchase option. The notice does not itemise real property, hence tier B. The County layer (s2) carries 27200 Calaroga Ave at $1.45M land + $11.2M improvements and $2.69M net. |
Institution | —B |
| Southland Mall Southland Mall / Southland Dr at Winton Ave and I-880, Hayward, CA 94545 (APNs 442-10-4-20, 442-10-4-19, 442-10-8) three parcels of about 61 acres (polygon estimate) |
Retail | An affiliate of Namdar Realty Group Wikipedia (s8), citing KTVU (4 Nov 2025): owned by Namdar Realty Group and its partner Mason Asset Management as of November 2025; the previous owner was Brookfield Properties. The County layer (s2) is consistent: three mall parcels share one document recorded 24 Oct 2025 (2025-133870), and their land and improvements now total $70.0M. The City's FY2025 ACFR (s12) had listed 'Southland Mall LP' at $271.5M before that sale. Tier B: owner from a secondary source; the KTVU report was not opened (Fox terms forbid automated use), so no price is recorded. The Sears anchor stands empty. |
Private company | —B |
| Russell City Energy Center Hayward shoreline industrial area (37.6346 N, 122.1337 W) 635 MW combined-cycle gas plant |
Industrial | Russell City Energy Company, LLC Calpine 75%, GE Energy Financial Services 25% (Wikipedia, s13) The City's FY2025 ACFR (s12), from the County Assessor's rolls, lists Russell City Energy Company, LLC as Hayward's fourth-largest property taxpayer at $210.8M taxable value, down from first place at $480.1M in FY2016. Wikipedia (s13) gives the plant's owners as Calpine (75%) and GE Energy Financial Services (25%), with Calpine as operator, commissioned 8 Aug 2013. Those stakes come from Wikipedia alone and may be out of date. The plant has no situs on the County parcel layer. |
Private company | —A |
| Hayward Regional Shoreline West of Hayward, along San Francisco Bay (Winton Ave shoreline) 1,841 acres |
Land | Not established a paid title search would answer it The East Bay Regional Park District's page (s11) says Hayward Regional Shoreline 'consists of 1,841 acres' of salt, fresh and brackish marshes, including Cogswell Marsh (250 acres, restored 1980), Hayward Marsh (145 acres, 1985, fed by treated effluent) and Oro Loma Marsh (364 acres, 1997). The District runs the park, but its page does not say who holds title, and running a park is not owning it. The Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency's pages on the City site could not be opened (relaunch 404s). Deeds would have to be bought from the Clerk-Recorder. |
Not established | —A |
| South Hayward BART transit-oriented development (Alta Mira and Cadence) South Hayward BART Station, Dixon St at W Tennyson Rd, Hayward, CA 94544 357 homes (151 affordable + 206 market-rate) |
Residential | Not established a paid title search would answer it BART's completed-TOD page (s9): two buildings 'built on a former BART rider parking lot' - Alta Mira, 151 affordable homes 'Developed and managed by Eden Housing', and Cadence, 206 market-rate apartments 'Developed and managed by AMCAL', completed 2017. Developing and managing is not owning, and the page does not say whether BART sold the land or ground-leased it. At Hayward station, by contrast, BART says it 'sold and transferred land to the City of Hayward' for City Hall and 160 townhomes (1998). |
Not established | —A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
Alameda County's open parcel layer carries every parcel's assessed land and improvement values and its latest recorded document, but no owner. Under Proposition 13 a value resets to the purchase price on a change of ownership and then rises at most 2% a year, so a long-held site is carried far below market and a sale shows up as a jump or a drop. Figures were read from the layer in October 2026 (2025-26 roll values).
City-wide assessed value (parcel layer)$31.63B land + improvements
39,731 parcels with situs city HAYWARD: $10,499,978,580 land + $21,127,494,665 improvements; $30,971,555,314 net taxable. The City's ACFR (s12) gives total assessed valuation of $35.57B for FY2024/25 on the combined rolls (secured and unsecured), up from $18.89B in FY2015/16. Parcels layer (s2), read Oct 2026.
Highest taxable parcel$189.7M net
25801 Industrial Blvd (APN 441-45-5-4): $55.2M land + $134.5M improvements, about 20 acres, latest document 23 Jun 2021. Next: two parcels at 22301 Foothill Blvd ($141.8M and $101.4M, apartments use code) and 25800 Clawiter Rd ($139.8M). The layer names no owner. Parcels layer (s2).
Southland Mall reset by its 2025 sale$271.5M (FY2025) to $70.0M
The ACFR (s12) carried 'Southland Mall LP' at $271.5M taxable in FY2025; after the deed recorded 24 Oct 2025, the three mall parcels carry $70.0M land + improvements on the County layer (s2). The main parcel is $44.0M land + $11.8M improvements.
Parcels carried at $02,850 parcels
Hayward parcels with $0 land and $0 improvements, among them the airport parcels on Skywest Dr. They cover about 59% of the mapped parcel polygon area in the city (ratio of polygon areas in the layer's Web Mercator projection). Parcels layer (s2).
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
Hayward's largest holdings are public. The City owns the 527-acre airport, including the 126-acre former Skywest golf course. The State's university campus covers 354.68 acres. The regional park district runs 1,841 acres of bay marsh, and the community college occupies 94 acres. Of the 39,731 parcels with a Hayward situs on the County layer, 2,850 carry $0 land and $0 improvements, typical of public and exempt land; they make up about 59% of mapped parcel area (s2). Owner names are absent from the layer, so private landholdings cannot be ranked by area. The ACFR ranks taxpayers by value instead (s12): first is 'Lincoln Landing Property Owner LLC' ($262.3M).
| Name | Type | Holdings (as stated) |
|---|---|---|
| City of Hayward Airport facts page (s3) and July 2021 staff report (s4): the golf-course ground lease on airport property ended on 30 Sep 2020 and the 126-acre parcel 'was returned to the City'. BART (s9) says it 'sold and transferred land to the City of Hayward' at Hayward station for City Hall, a plaza and housing in the 1990s. The City also holds former Caltrans Route 238 corridor parcels, but its pages on them would not open (see unverified). |
Government | Hayward Executive Airport, 527 acres (incl. 126-acre Skywest site)A |
| State of California DGS Statewide Property Inventory, city 'HAYWARD' (s5): CSU East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd (354.68 acres, 1,858,905 sq ft); CHP Hayward Area replacement facility, 25100 Santa Clara St (6.07 acres) and Hayward Area office, 2434 Whipple Rd (2 acres); DMV office, 150 Jackson St (2.7 acres); Hayward Hall of Justice, 24405 Amador St (Judicial Council, 2.5 acres, 184,785 sq ft); a Caltrans surveys office (0.23 acres). The inventory keys on postal city. |
Government | 6 properties, 368.18 acres, 2.06M sq ft of structuresA |
| East Bay Regional Park District The District's page (s11) gives the shoreline park as 1,841 acres of marsh and wetland. It does not state how much the District owns outright; other agencies' holdings in the shoreline were not established. |
Government | Hayward Regional Shoreline, 1,841 acres (operated)A |
| Chabot-Las Positas Community College District The District's 2019 Facilities Master Plan (s6): 'the Chabot College campus consists of 94 acres'. Tier B because the plan does not say 'owns'. |
Government | Chabot College campus, 94 acresB |
| San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) BART's Hayward Maintenance Complex page (s10): about $791M to acquire and improve 'four properties on the west side of the existing Hayward Yard' and build storage tracks for up to 250 cars on 'undeveloped BART property on the east side', including 6 acres for a mainline connector. The page does not say how much of the yard lies inside the city limit. At South Hayward station BART's former parking lot became housing (s9). |
Government | Hayward Yard and maintenance complex; 2 stationsA |
| Lincoln Landing Property Owner LLC City ACFR FY2025, Principal Property Tax Payers (s12, from the Assessor's combined rolls): $262,271,471, 0.74% of city taxable value. Other FY2025 entries: Southland Mall LP $271.5M (printed at rank 2), Clawiter Innovation LLC $251.5M, Russell City Energy Company LLC $210.8M, Hayward 544 LLC $187.9M, Gi ETS Hayward LLC $167.9M. The top ten hold 4.84% of the $35.57B roll. In FY2016 Kaiser Foundation Hospitals ranked fourth at $153.6M. |
Private company | $262.3M taxable value (FY2025, rank 1)A |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
New-home building in Hayward has nearly stopped. The Census Bureau's permit survey (s18) counts 1,348 homes authorised in 2019 (695 single-family, 653 in buildings of five or more units), 538 in 2020 (10 months reported), 334 in 2021, 390 in 2022, 170 in 2023 (11 months), 174 in 2024 and just 47 in 2025. Most recent supply has come from small infill projects, many with City funding or under its inclusionary-housing ordinance (s19). There is no builder league table for the city; the builders below are named by the City or BART with their own project counts. Essex is listed as the largest owner of apartments found in a filing, not as a builder.
| Name | Type | Units (as stated) |
|---|---|---|
| AMCAL BART (s9): Cadence, 206 market-rate apartments at South Hayward station, 'Developed and managed by AMCAL'. |
Private company | 206 apartments (Cadence, 2017)A |
| Eden Housing BART (s9): Alta Mira, 151 affordable rental homes for seniors and families at South Hayward station, developed and managed by Eden Housing, a nonprofit developer. |
Institution | 151 affordable homes (Alta Mira, 2017)A |
| EAH Housing City of Hayward (s19): Mission Paradise, 76 senior apartments at 28000 Mission Blvd, and Pimentel Place, 57 family apartments at 22648 Second St, both opened for applications in 2024; EAH is a nonprofit affordable-housing developer. |
Institution | 133 apartments (2 buildings, 2024)A |
| The Olson Company BART (s9): at Hayward station, '160 townhome units adjacent to the station developed by the Olson Company and Regis Homes', on land BART sold and transferred to the City. |
Private company | 160 townhomes (1998, with Regis Homes)A |
| Homes Built for America City of Hayward (s19): Fusion, a mixed-income project of 55 units at 27177 Mission Blvd, six of them income-restricted townhomes. |
Private company | 55 units (Fusion, 2024)A |
| D.R. Horton City of Hayward (s19): La Playa Place, 'a new mixed-income development by D.R. Horton near Southland Mall'; seven below-market townhomes offered in January 2024. Total units not stated. |
Public company | La Playa Place (7 BMR townhomes offered Jan 2024)A |
| Essex Property Trust Essex's FY2025 10-K (s17): City View, 572 units, built 1975, acquired 1998; City Centre, 192 units, built 2000, acquired 2014 and owned by Wesco IV, LLC, in which Essex has a 65.1% interest. An owner, not a builder of these. |
REIT | 764 apartment units owned (2 communities)A |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Hayward's commercial stock is industrial: the flatlands between I-880 and the bay (Clawiter, Industrial Blvd, Arden Rd, Whitesell) are warehouses, food plants and life-science space. The City's ACFR (s12) shows the biggest taxable holdings are now held by single-asset LLCs - 'Clawiter Innovation LLC' ($251.5M), 'Hayward 544 LLC' ($187.9M), 'Gi ETS Hayward LLC' ($167.9M), 'Hayward Point Eden I Limited Partnership' ($121.8M) - whose parents the table does not name. The landlords below are those whose Hayward holdings an SEC filing states. Prologis does not list properties by city in its 10-K.
| Name | Type | Holdings (as filed) |
|---|---|---|
| Healthpeak Properties Healthpeak's FY2025 10-K Schedule III lists 13 lab properties in Hayward (CA5001-CA5013), built 1996-1999 and all acquired in 2007, with a gross carrying amount of $174.9M and no encumbrances. The schedule gives no street addresses or floor areas. |
REIT | 13 lab properties, $174.9M gross book costA |
| Terreno Realty Corp Terreno's FY2025 10-K Schedule III: 3528 Arden Road (acquired 2024, $26.0M gross), 20269-20281 Mack Street (2024, $11.2M), San Clemente (2018, $10.4M), Foley Street (2 buildings, 2021, $9.0M) and Clawiter (2011, $7.3M). |
REIT | 5 properties, 6 buildings, $63.8M grossA |
| First Industrial Realty Trust First Industrial's FY2025 10-K Schedule III: 24101 Whitesell Street (acquired 2023, $19.7M gross), 24200 Clawiter Road (2022, $15.2M), 22950 Clawiter Road (2020, $7.6M) and 27403 Industrial Boulevard (2020, $5.5M). |
REIT | 4 industrial properties, $48.0M grossA |
| PSB Northern Calif Industrial Portfolio LLC The City's ACFR (s12) ranks it Hayward's seventh-largest property taxpayer at $123,389,310 in FY2025, down from second ($201.2M) in FY2016. The table names the LLC only; its parent is not stated in any source opened. |
Private company | $123.4M taxable value (FY2025)A |
| Hayward Industrial Park Associates Tenth-largest property taxpayer in FY2025 at $113,546,016, seventh in FY2016 at $84.3M (ACFR, s12). No source opened names its partners. |
Private company | $113.5M taxable value (FY2025)A |
| Namdar Realty Group (affiliate) Southland Mall, bought from a Brookfield affiliate in late 2025 (Wikipedia, s8); the three parcels sharing the 24 Oct 2025 deed carry $70.0M land + improvements on the County layer (s2). See the marquee entry. |
Private company | Southland Mall, 3 parcels, $70.0M on the rollB |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Who owns the highest-value parcels: 25801 Industrial Blvd ($189.7M), 22301 Foothill Blvd ($141.8M + $101.4M), 25800 Clawiter Rd ($139.8M) and 2701 W Winton Ave ($118.5M). The layer shows no owner, and no filing opened ties them to an ACFR taxpayer name; matching an LLC's name to an address would be inference.
- Parents of the ACFR's single-asset taxpayers (Lincoln Landing Property Owner LLC, Clawiter Innovation LLC, Hayward 544 LLC, Gi ETS Hayward LLC, Hayward Point Eden I LP, IPT Hayward Logistics Center LLC): not named in any source opened. IPT's FY2025 figure is printed as $11,710,091 at rank 9, out of order with its neighbours and possibly a misprint.
- The price of Southland Mall's 2025 sale: KTVU and the East Bay Times reported $70M cash, but neither was opened (Fox's terms forbid automated use; East Bay Times not tried). The roll's $70.0M total agrees.
- City of Hayward's Route 238 corridor lands (ten parcel groups bought from Caltrans; search snippets give about 200 acres and a 2027 reversion deadline): the City pages 404 after its site relaunch.
- Kaiser Permanente: the old Kaiser Hayward hospital site is not established here. Kaiser San Leandro Medical Center is in San Leandro, not Hayward. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals was Hayward's fourth-largest taxpayer in FY2016 ($153.6M) and is absent from the FY2025 top ten (s12).
- Holdings of Alameda County, Hayward Unified School District, Hayward Area Recreation and Park District, Union Pacific and PG&E inside Hayward: no source stating acreage or parcel count was opened.
- Who holds title to Hayward Regional Shoreline (EBRPD, HARD, the City or the State) and the Eden Landing Ecological Reserve: not established.
- Mt. Eden / Eden Shores: no source on who built or owns the Eden Shores subdivisions was opened.
- Russell City Energy Center ownership stakes (Calpine 75% / GE EFS 25%) rest on Wikipedia alone and may predate later Calpine transactions.
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Sources
- Clerk-Recorder Fee Schedule effective 1 Jan 2024: copies $3.50/page, certification $1.00; County DTT $0.55 per $500; Hayward real property conveyance tax $8.50 per $1,000 (Ord. No. 92-26) — Alameda County Clerk-Recorder · openA
- Parcels FeatureServer: every Alameda County parcel with APN, situs, Land, Imps, TotalNetValue, use code, latest document number and date; no owner name field — Alameda County Information Technology Department (Assessor data) · openA
- Airport Facts & History: built by the U.S. Army in 1942; City of Hayward assumed operational control in 1947; 527 acres; operates as an Enterprise Fund — City of Hayward · openA
- Staff report to the Council Airport Committee, 15 Jul 2021: Update on Reuse of Skywest Property - golf course on airport property under a long-term ground lease; 126-acre parcel returned to the City on 30 Sep 2020 — City of Hayward, Director of Public Works · openA
- Statewide Property Inventory, RealProperty layer: six State-owned properties with city HAYWARD (agency, fee acreage, structure sq ft) — California Department of General Services · openA
- Chabot College Facilities Master Plan (draft of 30 Aug 2019), Chabot-Las Positas Community College District: 'the Chabot College campus consists of 94 acres' — Chabot College / Chabot-Las Positas Community College District · openA
- Notice of Anticipated Transaction, 7 Aug 2024: Hayward Sisters Hospital dba St. Rose Hospital and Saint Rose Medical Building, Inc. to Alameda Health System; assets remain St. Rose's or SRMB's; Alecto agreement to terminate — Counsel for St. Rose Hospital, filed with the California Attorney General · openA
- Southland Mall (Hayward, California): 'owned and managed by Namdar Realty Group and its partner, Mason Asset Management as of November 2025. The previous owner was Brookfield Properties' — Wikipedia · openB
- Completed TOD Projects: Hayward Station (BART sold and transferred land to the City; 160 townhomes, City Hall, 1998) and South Hayward Station (Alta Mira, 151 affordable homes, Eden Housing; Cadence, 206 apartments, AMCAL; 2017) — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District · openA
- Hayward Maintenance Complex: acquisition and improvement of four properties west of the existing Hayward Yard; storage tracks on 'undeveloped BART property' east of the yard; about $791M — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District · openA
- Hayward Regional Shoreline: 'consists of 1,841 acres' of marshes, seasonal wetlands and trails; Cogswell Marsh 250 acres, Hayward Marsh 145 acres, Oro Loma Marsh 364 acres — East Bay Regional Park District · openA
- City of Hayward Annual Comprehensive Financial Report FY2025, statistical section: Principal Property Tax Payers, FY2025 and FY2016 (source: Alameda County Assessor); total assessed valuation FY2024/25 $35,565,173,763 — City of Hayward Finance Department · openA
- Russell City Energy Center: owners Calpine (75%), GE Energy Financial Services (25%); operator Calpine; 635 MW; commissioned 8 Aug 2013 — Wikipedia · openB
- Terreno Realty Corp Form 10-K FY2025, Schedule III: 20269-20281 Mack Street, 3528 Arden Road, Clawiter, Foley Street (2 bldgs), San Clemente - Hayward, CA — SEC EDGAR (Terreno, CIK 0001476150) · openA
- First Industrial Realty Trust Form 10-K FY2025, Schedule III: 27403 Industrial Blvd, 22950 Clawiter Rd, 24200 Clawiter Rd, 24101 Whitesell St - Hayward, CA — SEC EDGAR (First Industrial, CIK 0000921825) · openA
- Healthpeak Properties Form 10-K FY2025, Schedule III: 13 lab properties CA5001-CA5013, Hayward CA, all acquired 2007 — SEC EDGAR (Healthpeak, CIK 0000765880) · openA
- Essex Property Trust Form 10-K FY2025: City View, Hayward (572 units, built 1975, acquired 1998); City Centre, Hayward (192 units, 2000, acquired 2014; owned by Wesco IV, Essex 65.1%) — SEC EDGAR (Essex, CIK 0000920522) · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual place files (West Region) 2019-2025: Hayward, CA units authorised by structure size — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- More than 150 affordable housing units started coming online in 2024 (14 Jan 2025): La Playa Place (D.R. Horton), Mission Paradise and Pimentel Place (EAH Housing), Fusion (Homes Built for America), Sequoia Grove (Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley) — City of Hayward · openA