01 / Porter
Day and night porter
Staffed coverage that keeps lobbies, restrooms and common areas presentable all day and reset every night.
View detailsFacility services in Oakland
Janitorial and facility services for Oakland properties.
One partner for cleaning, porter, exterior, grounds and maintenance across Oakland’s high-rise offices, government and civic buildings and more.
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What Oakland high-rise offices need.
Oakland’s downtown high-rise offices, civic buildings and converted warehouses and mixed-use spaces all see heavy public use.
We provide day porters for busy lobbies and restrooms, nightly janitorial crews, and exterior pressure washing for entries and plazas. Converted warehouse spaces often add high dusting and floor care on a set cycle.
What we deliver
Services that fit Oakland
Bundle any combination under one program, one schedule and one point of contact.
02 / Exterior
Pressure washing
Entries, walkways, plazas and building exteriors washed clean for a strong first impression.
View details03 / Overhead
High dusting and ceilings
Beams, vents, fixtures and ceilings cleaned in lobbies, atriums and warehouses.
View detailsWhy Continental
One partner.
The whole property.
One partner simplifies operations for property and facility managers and raises the standard everywhere.
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A single point of contact
One service manager coordinates every service, so you stop juggling vendors.
02
Consistent standards
The same checklists and supervisor inspections at every property in your portfolio.
03
Trusted teams
Background-checked crews who learn your buildings and work around your tenants.
Civic and government buildings
Government and civic buildings in downtown Oakland take public traffic all day. Visitors queue in lobbies, use restrooms and cross plazas at every hour of business. Day porters keep those spaces in order through public hours, and the overnight crew resets offices, meeting rooms and corridors after the doors close.
Public buildings often have strict access hours and secured zones. Continental’s background-checked crews work within the building’s access procedures, and the plan names every area crews enter, so nothing is left ambiguous for your security staff.
Downtown office towers
Oakland’s office towers face the pressure of any urban core: a lobby that must look ready from first arrival to the last meeting. Porters keep entrance glass, lobby floors and elevator landings clean, and restrooms on busy floors are checked and restocked on a set round.
Overnight, the janitorial crew cleans tenant suites, cores and amenity rooms to the checklist, and supervisors inspect the work against it. Floor refinishing and carpet extraction are planned on a calendar so lobbies stay polished through the year.
Converted warehouses and the waterfront
Oakland’s converted warehouses have high open ceilings, exposed beams and concrete floors. High dusting clears beams, pipes and ducts on a periodic cycle, and concrete floors are machine-scrubbed so they stay bright rather than dull.
Waterfront plazas and entries get scheduled pressure washing and litter pickup, and street-level restaurants and retail get evening cleaning set after closing. Pairing interior and exterior work in one plan means the space reads as one property from the water to the office.
Consolidating an Oakland building’s vendors
A downtown Oakland building often runs on a stack of separate vendors: one for janitorial, another for the garage, a third for plaza washing. Consolidating them starts with the walkthrough, where we map which vendor covers which area and where the gaps between them sit.
The quote then shows every area under a single plan, and the changeover is planned so no service lapses on the switch date. Our guide on switching facility vendors lays out the steps.
Janitorial costs in Oakland
Oakland prices a little below San Francisco. Going by 2026 market rates, five-night office cleaning in downtown Oakland buildings typically costs $0.16 to $0.24 per square foot a month, with towers that see heavy public traffic at the top. Day porter hours cost $36 to $45 each. A 40,000-square-foot downtown Oakland office at $0.20 comes to $8,000 a month. Civic buildings with long public hours usually add porter time, while converted warehouse offices add periodic high dusting and floor care as separate lines.
A few useful answers
Oakland questions.
Do you clean high-rise offices in downtown Oakland?
Yes. Lobbies, suites, restrooms and common areas are all on the plan.
Can you pressure wash waterfront plazas and entries in Oakland?
Yes. Waterfront entries and plazas are washed on a regular cycle.
Do you work in converted warehouse offices?
Yes, including high ceilings and exposed floors.
Can cleaning work around public hours at a civic building?
Yes. Porters cover public hours and the full clean runs overnight once the building closes.
What should an Oakland quote request include?
Each building’s type, public or tenant hours, floor types and current vendors, plus any plazas or garages you want covered.
What happens on the day we switch vendors?
The new schedule starts the day your current vendor’s service ends, so cleaning and exterior work continue without a gap.
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