BERKELEY | 2128 Oxford Street | 285 FT | 27 FLOORS

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Time for this one to have its own thread.

The specs for 2128 Oxford St:
- 26 floors, 285 ft
- 456 units (72 studios, 97 2BR, 265 3BR, 22 4BR)
- 40 of the units will be affordable
- 14,900 sq ft for retail
- Parking for 36 cars and 303 bicycles

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/Hu9j5nY577zg3xB66

Meeting Tomorrow For 2128 Oxford Street, Downtown Berkeley



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JULY 17, 2024

The Berkeley Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for one of the tallest buildings in the city’s pipeline at 2128 Oxford Street, Downtown Berkeley. The 26-story structure, called the Hub, will bring well over a thousand bedrooms across 456 units overlooking the UC Berkeley campus. Chicago-based Core Spaces is the project developer.

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DLR Group is the project architect, working with Chicago-based Site Design Group for landscape architecture. The slab tower will rise up with articulation to break down the overall scale of the structure, visually establishing a five-story podium and the upper floors separated by distinct material choices. The tower’s most prominent perspective will be from the UC Berkeley Campus across Center Street and Oxford Way. The project team writes that the “prominent corner tower element accentuates the verticality of the building while incorporating cementitious materials that reflect that of Spanish colonial tiles found throughout the campus and within the surrounding downtown context.”

The 0.82-acre parcel occupies a corner of Oxford and Center Street on a block bound by Shattuck Avenue and Allston Way. The site overlooks the crescent driveway that serves as the western entrance to the iconic UC Berkeley Campus. Future residents will be in the city’s heart, next to the Downtown Berkeley BART Station and just a few blocks from Southside’s student-packed Telegraph Avenue thoroughfare.

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

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And the renderings:













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

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W. Other Bay Area cities take note. We need more of these.

The updated specs for 2128 Oxford St:
- 27 floors, 285 ft
- 456 units (72 studios, 97 2BR, 265 3BR, 22 4BR)
- 40 of the units will be affordable
- 14,400 sq ft for retail
- Parking for 36 cars and 304 bicycles

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/Hu9j5nY577zg3xB66

Berkeley Gives Approval For Tallest Building Yet at 2128 Oxford Street

By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on September 23, 2024

The Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board has given the final stamp of approval for a 27-story residential tower at 2128 Oxford Street in Downtown Berkeley. The project aims to add 456 larger apartments tailored for students on the western edge of the UC Berkeley campus. Chicago-based Core Spaces is responsible for the application, with planning and CEQA consultation from the Rhoades Planning Group.

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Writing to YIMBY, planning consultant Mark Rhoades of Rhoades Planning Group shared the following passage describing the board meeting: No one spoke in actual opposition to the project either in person or on Zoom. This is a notable outcome and reflects the significant state law protections for new housing that we have helped to put in place these last several years. This project demonstrates leadership in environmental sustainability, architectural design, and social equity with 40 BMR units and $11,000,000 Affordable Housing Trust Fund payment.

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DLR Group is the project architect. Plans drafted by the firm show a slab tower articulated with vertical carve-outs and material variation. The most notable corner feature is a rounded edge over the intersection of Oxford Street and Center Street. The project team writes that the “prominent corner tower element accentuates the verticality of the building while incorporating cementitious materials that reflect that of Spanish colonial tiles found throughout the campus and within the surrounding downtown context.” The palette of white, terracotta red, and dark grey are evocative of the city’s color scheme.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/09/berkeley...rd-street.html