BERKELEY | 2200 Bancroft Way | 276 FT | 23 FLOORS

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The updated specs for 2200 Bancroft Way:
- 23 floors, 276 ft
- 583 units or 1,625 beds (21 singles, 21 doubles, 508 triples, 28 units for residence advisors, and 5 staff apartments) for student housing
- Amenities include a 500-seat two-story dining facility, social lounges, laundry rooms, fitness center, music rooms, presentations rooms, communal kitchen, bike storage, central courtyard
- Parking for 0 cars

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/poTmJ8wqA99rwu8j9

Possible Groundbreaking Next Year for 23-Story UC Berkeley Dorms



By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on March 17, 2025

Plans for a 23-story UC Berkeley Dorm are expected to be discussed this Wednesday in a meeting with the Finance and Capital Strategies Committee for the Regents of the University of California. The project will bring 1,625 beds and a new dining hall to 2200 Bancroft Way in Southside, Berkeley. Construction is estimated to start as early as next year and cost nearly half a billion dollars.

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The overall capacity will allow for 1,625 beds, or approximately 3.5% of the school’s total enrollment this year. The development will be a significant step in increasing the number of students housed by the university. Reporting last week by Hannah Kanik for the San Francisco Business Times notes that UC Berkeley provides housing for just under a quarter of its student body, the lowest of any campus in the UC System.

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KieranTimberlake is the project architect. The design includes an L-shaped tower rising ten stories tall over Durant Avenue and 23 stories on Bancroft Way. The tower will be wrapped with glass fiber-reinforced concrete panels, while the podium will be established with granite.

The 0.8-acre property is located along Fulton Street between Bancroft Way and Durant Avenue. The site is just on the southwest corner of the university campus, a block from Shattuck Avenue, and three blocks from the Telegraph Avenue thoroughfare. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in January 2026, with construction lasting around two years and eight month, in the late summer of 2028, potentially in time for the 2028/2029 academic year. The overall cost is estimated to be around $443.5 million, with housing to cost around $376.5 million and the dining facilities to cost an additional $66.9 million.

https://sfyimby.com/2025/03/possible-groundbreaking-next-year-for-23-story-uc-berkeley-dorms.html