1899 Oxford Street updated design, rendering by SDT Architects

Updated Building Permits Submitted for 1899 Oxford Street in Berkeley

New building permits have been submitted for the proposed project located at 1899 Oxford Street in Berkeley. The permits reflect a small reduction in the total number of proposed units from 222 to 216. The new permit also describes plans to construct the residential portion by using a modular unit style, which was not previously mentioned. Otherwise, the permit details reflect a size and presentation that remain in line with earlier project iterations. Berkland Foundation remains the project’s developer.

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762 San Antonio Road aerial view, rendering by Studio T-Square

Meeting Tomorrow For 762 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto

The Palo Alto Architectural Review Board is scheduled to review plans tomorrow evening for an eight-story apartment complex at 762 San Antonio Road in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The recently increased project invokes the Builder’s Remedy provision to replace three commercial structures with over two hundred rental units. Acclaim Companies is the project developer working on behalf of the property owner, Matt Hengehold of Hengehold Trucks.

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Map of San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan within the City of Berkeley, image via City of Berkeley

Today’s Berkeley Planning Commission Meeting to Discuss the San Pablo Corridor Specific Plan

The Berkeley Planning Commission will hold its monthly meeting later today at the North Berkeley Senior Center. One of the meeting’s main focuses will be the new San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan, which will guide the future development of the entire San Pablo Avenue economic corridor. If approved by the planning commission, this plan may have far-reaching impacts on the future of development in a large swath of Western Berkeley.

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