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 reported by SF YIMBY. Otherwise, the permit details reflect a size and presentation that remain in line with earlier project iterations. Berkland Foundation remains the project’s developer.
The 78-foot-tall structure is expected to yield around 90,000 square feet, including 65,000 square feet for housing and approximately 4,000 square feet for ground-level retail. The building’s 216 apartments will be constructed using a modular unit design that allows for rapid building assembly. Past applications indicate that up to 33 of the units are to be deed-restricted affordable apartments. This could include 17 units for very low-income households and 16 for moderate-income households.
SDG Architects is the original project architect. However, the new permits do not indicate how the changes to the proposal may affect the building’s exterior. The previous plan included an articulated facade visually separated by white and black insulated metal panels. The ground floor will be improved with transparent floor-to-ceiling glass for the lobby and retail spaces.
The half-acre property is located at the corner of Oxford Street and Hearst Avenue, across from the northwest corner of the iconic UC Berkeley campus. Future residents will be a couple of blocks away from Shattuck Avenue and close to the Downtown Berkeley BART Station. Parking will be included for 14 cars and 74 bicycles.
1899 Oxford Street, image via Google Satellite
Subscribe to YIMBY’s daily e-mail
Follow YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates
Like YIMBY on Facebook
Follow YIMBY’s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews
Really nice looking design for a modular approach. Happy to see more of this method being employed (hopefully) with reasonable success.
I am so bullish on Berkeley right now. They have truly seen the light. I have no faith in anything related to Oakland right now, but I could absolutely see a world where Berkeley becomes a real alternative to SF on a small scale: where companies set up shop, where young people move to. Great weather, multiple BART stations, good freeway access, the magnet of talent and jobs that is UC Berkeley, the bones of a nice downtown, nice single family housing stock.
I always thought that parking lot was ridiculous, great project!