The Design Review and Zoning permits have been filed for the proposed eight-story apartment complex at 2100 Milvia Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The proposal aims to replace the existing three-story commercial building with 201 homes and retail in the city’s heart. 4Terra Investments is the project applicant.
2100 Milvia Street pedestrian view, rendering by Kava Massih Architects
2100 Milvia Street floor plans, illustration by Kava Massih Architects
The 95-foot-tall project will bring 209,300 square feet to the central location, creating 201 apartments, four live-work units, and one retail space spanning just under 4,000 square feet. Parking will be included for nine cars and 86 bicycles. Of the 201 units, 13 will be designated as affordable. Apartment sizes will vary, with 105 studios and 96 two-bedrooms.
Kava Massih Architects is responsible for the design. The project includes a single-floor podium deck capped by seven levels of E-shaped floorplans. The second-floor podium deck will be divided into two landscaped courtyards. More open space will be opened up on the first floor and rooftop deck. The public-facing exterior centers around the full-height diagrid feature along Addison Street.
2100 Milvia Street facade elevation along Addison Street, illustration by Kava Massih Architects
2100 Milvia Street, image via Google Satellite outlined approximately by YIMBY
The property is across the street from the proposed 14-story building by NX Ventures at 2109 Milvia Street. One block away, Read Investment is nearing completion for an eight-story complex designed by Trachtenberg Architects at 2000 University Avenue. The parcel spans three-quarters of an acre at the corner of Milvia Street and Addison Street, close to the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park. Residents will be a block from the Downtown Berkeley BART Station.
The Alameda-based Marina Village Yacht Harbor is the property owner. The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be established.
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Berkeley is going to be so walkable. I’m so excited.
Berkeley is already walkable. I’m not greatly excited by a 3 story commercial building replaced by an 8 story building when the area still has so many parking lots and 1 story commercial buildings.
Berkeley used to be so anti-growth. Now it’s turning into a tower town. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for housing. Just saying…
8 stories is a tower now…