The formal application has been submitted for the dual-tower development at 5727 College Avenue in Rockridge, Oakland. The proposal now seeks to replace the Trader Joe’s grocery store with a shorter 26-story senior housing tower, including a potential grocery store facing BART and additional retail along College Avenue. Align Real Estate is the project applicant filing on behalf of the property owner, Albertsons.
The Valiant has officially opened at 2538 Durant Avenue in Southside, Berkeley. The project has added capacity for 265 students across from the UC Berkeley campus ahead of the fall semester. The project was developed by a joint venture between Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC, the Martin Group, and Valiance Capital.
California Attorney General Robert Bonta has weighed in on the prolonged planning process for 80 Willow Road in Menlo Park, San Mateo County. More than two years have passed since N17 filed plans for the 665-unit development, dubbed Willow Park, and the most recent progress shared by the city in May was the latest determination of ineligibility for processing under Assembly Bill 2011. In the recent ten-page letter from the Attorney General to the city, Bonta declared that the reasons for delay range from improper to unlawful.
Formal permits have been filed for plans to replace the vacant Empire Theater with housing at 85 West Portal Avenue in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood. The nine-story proposal would add several dozen apartments above ground-floor retail in the heart of the low-slung neighborhood. DM Development is overseeing the application on behalf of the property owner, Empire West Portal LLC.
The San Francisco Planning Department has granted final approval for a 23-story tower at 1965 Market Street. The project team used state law to increase residential capacity and streamline the approval process, securing entitlements for the 201-unit high-rise in less than two years. Keller Grover Properties is the project developer, with the design by RG Architecture.
