BERKELEY | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed

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Time for this one to have its own thread.

New thread: BERKELEY | 2128 Oxford Street | 285 FT | 26 FLOORS



https://sfyimby.com/2024/07/meeting-...-berkeley.html

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Renderings are out for this one. Nothing special architecturally speaking, if not a bit bland, but solid urban minded infill nonetheless.

The specs for 2550 Shattuck Ave:
- 7 floors, 75 ft
- 72 units (18 studios, 12 1BR, 42 2BR)
- 15 of the units will be affordable
- 3,250 sq ft for retail
- Parking for 3 cars and 44 bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cyvVGh1FDhZZdKLz6

Meeting Tonight For 2550 Shattuck Avenue, Downtown Berkeley



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:00 AM ON JULY 18, 2024

The Berkeley Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for 2550 Shattuck Avenue in South Berkeley, Alameda County. New renderings shared before the meeting show updated plans for the seven-story infill. 4Terra Investment is the project sponsor.

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Kava Massih Architects is responsible for the design. The exterior will be clad with cement plaster, metal panels, and stucco. The team describes their proposal as a “quiet design without excessive movement and material changes… The composition in a flat plane of dark stucco spanning the entire height of the building, grounding the entire bulk, juxtaposed against regularly spaced large bays…” Jett is responsible for the landscape architecture. The team will oversee three different open decks on levels one and two and on the rooftop. The top deck will offer residents the most amenities, including a range of outdoor furniture, green space, and a dedicated study area.

The roughly 0.3-acre property is located along the rising Shattuck Avenue commercial thoroughfare, which runs along Blake Street and Milvia Street. Downtown Berkeley BART is just five minutes away by bus or three minutes by bike. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/07/meeting-...-berkeley.html

[homebucket]

And the renderings:











https://sfyimby.com/2024/07/meeting-...-berkeley.html

[homebucket]

Originally Posted by homebucket

An update on 2480 Bancroft Way with new renderings and specs:
- 8 floors, 83 ft
- 28 units (2 3BR, 12 4BR, 13 5BR, 1 6BR)
- 2 of the 4BR units will be affordable
- 2,000 sq ft for ground level retail
- Parking for 0 cars and 56 bicycles

https://sfyimby.com/2023/11/construc...-berkeley.html

2480 Bancroft making good progress and seems to be on schedule for completion Summer 2025.



PC: homebucket

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UC Berkeley to open lavish $268M downtown student housing this month
By Madilynne Medina, News Reporter
Aug 7, 2024

A lavish $268 million UC Berkeley residence hall is set to open this month, making it the first university-owned housing complex in Downtown Berkeley.

Anchor House, located across from the university at 1950 Oxford Street, will open on August 21 and is specifically designed for transfer students. The 14-story, 360,000 square-foot building can accommodate 772 residents. The units include studios and shared apartments two to four single bedrooms, all with kitchens and washers and dryers.

The amenities include a fitness center, an art studio, a game room, a rooftop vegetable garden, balconies and retail stores on the ground floor, There's a lounge just for students who commute via public transit and a community kitchen. But the rent comes at a hefty price, ranging from $21,695 per academic year for a studio apartment to $19,995 for a bedroom in a shared apartment. The rooms are only available for students.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/artic...m-19624230.php

[gillynova]

Congrats to Berkeley for creating all these new housing units in the 2020s

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New thread: BERKELEY | 2425 Durant Avenue | 212 FT | 20 FLOORS

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The specs for 2298 Durant Ave:
- 8 floors, 91 ft
- 65 units
- 5 of the units will be affordable

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/YdV5rffJCcQVYgyT6

Renderings Revealed For 2298 Durant Avenue in Southside, Berkeley



By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on September 9, 2024

New renderings have been shared with YIMBY for the proposed eight-story residential infill at 2298 Durant Avenue in Southside, Berkeley. Zoning permits were filed yesterday morning for the project, which plans to bring several dozen homes to a corner lot by UC Berkeley. Valiance Capital is responsible for the application.

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Studio KDA is responsible for the design. New renderings shared with YIMBY show a dark grey corner building with a ground-level courtyard facing Ellsworth Street. The brick-clad structure will feature minimalist decorative gold-colored metalwork rising from the Durant Avenue sidewalk to the parapet.

The small corner lot is located along Durant Avenue and Ellsworth Street, a block from Bancroft Way and the UC Berkeley Campus. Future residents will be half a mile from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station and two blocks away from the popular Telegraph Avenue commercial thoroughfare.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/09/renderin...-berkeley.html

[homebucket]

Looks like this one has gotten another update.

It's now gone from 17 floors, 201 ft -> 18 floors, 211 ft -> 23 floors, 211 ft. But the units have gone from 218 -> 211 -> 148.

The updated specs for 2115 Kittredge St:
- 23 floors, 211 ft
- 148 units (133 studios, 66 2BR, 12 4BR)
- 24 of the units will be affordable
- 24,250 sq ft for the 325-seat theater
- Parking for 0 cars and 113 bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HFuf6GchN4Dk3xJo9

Plans Increase For 2115 Kittredge Street, Downtown Berkeley
By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on September 13, 2024

New zoning permits have been filed for a taller iteration of the California Theater Housing tower at 2115 Kittredge Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The updates use Assembly Bill 1287 to reach 23 floors above street level, retaining the planned live performance theater and adjusting the residential capacity. Rhode Island-based Gilbane Development is responsible for the project.

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The 23-story building is now expecting to add 148 apartments, which translates to a five-floor increase and a 63-unit reduction. However, the increase in scale is still likely to translate to a significant increase of residential capacity by adding bigger apartment sizes that attract groups of prospective college students. Of the 148 dwellings, 24 will be designated as affordable housing, half for very low-income households and half for moderate-income households.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/09/plans-in...-berkeley.html

Originally Posted by homebucket

An update! Also with updated renderings:

The updated specs for 2115 Kittredge St:
- 18 floors, 211 ft
- 211 units (133 studios, 66 2BR, 12 4BR)
- 22 of the units will be affordable
- 24,250 sq ft for the 325-seat theater
- Parking for 0 cars and 113 bicycles