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

[homebucket]

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