The Berkeley Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans tomorrow evening for the potential 17-story mixed-use tower to rise at 2274 Shattuck Avenue in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The project is expected to make adaptive reuse of the Art Deco-style United Artists Theater facade as the entryway for a cafe and residential lobby. Panoramic Interests is responsible for the application.
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New designs have been revealed for a new 100% affordable housing project opposed for development at 3265 El Camino Real in Palo Alto. The project proposal includes the construction of a six-story building offering affordable housing options. Half Dome Capital is the project developer. Trachtenberg Architects is responsible for the designs. Inside Out is listed as the landscape architect.
A new affordable housing project is proposed for development at 125 East 125 12th Street in Merritt, Oakland. The project proposal includes the development of a new eight-story building to be used as an affordable housing complex offering 94 units. Satellite Affordable Housing Associates is leading the project and working with co-developer Eastlake United for Justice.
Construction has officially started for the six-story affordable housing project at 3300 Mission Street in San Francisco’s Mission Bernal corridor. The groundbreaking ceremony was held last Thursday with the developers, Mayor London Breed, State Senate Scott Weiner, and Supervisor Hillary Ronen. The project is notable for making adaptive reuse of the existing burnt-out structure while doubling the site’s height to yield 35 units on less than a tenth of an acre.
Plans have slightly increased for the eight-story residential apartment complex at 486-496 West San Carlos Street in San Jose, Santa Clara County. The development, renamed Madera Residential, has increased by six units for a total of 278 apartments. In April this year, the developer Urban Catalyst received a $6.1 million loan to pursue construction.
