Preliminary applications have been filed for the townhouse redevelopment of 2200 Fifth Street in West Berkeley, Alameda County. The development now seeks a Middle Housing zoning certificate to replace the surface parking lot with eight three-story apartments. Oakland-based Broadway Design Build is the project applicant.
2200 Fifth Street townhomes pedestrian view, design by BAM and Steve Walker Studio Inc
2200 Fifth Street aerial view, design by BAM and Steve Walker Studio Inc
The 35-foot-tall proposal will yield a combined 24,020 square feet, including 19,060 square feet of housing and 4,960 square feet for light industrial use. The eight homes will each contain around 2,380 square feet across three floors. Two R&D buildings will contain around 2,480 square feet. Surface parking will be included for 10 cars.
According to previously-published plans, the design team included Alameda-based Steve Walker Studio as the architect of record, working with Chicago-based Ballistic Architecture Machine. Renderings show the residential complex will feature a simplified industrialized exterior, clad with fiber cement board siding and cement plaster. The commercial addition will be wrapped with factory-finished ribbed metal panels.
2200 Fifth Street, image via Google Street View
The property is located along Allston Way between Fourth Street and Fifth Street. Future residents will find themselves between an industrial neighborhood and a low-density residential neighborhood, just a few blocks away from the Berkeley Amtrak Station.
PWP Landscape Architecture, whose offices are just across the street from 2200 Fifth Street, is listed as the property owner. Construction is estimated to be around $13 million, a figure not inclusive of all development costs.
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Is the R&D space a consequence of the fact that the parcel crosses the boundary between MU-LI and MU-R zones? Doesn’t it seem easier to fix the zoning than to propose this wacky split? Planning Commission fixed a similar quirk for a different West Berkeley parcel, 1646-1650 Fifth Street, earlier this month.