Permits have been filed for a mixed-use development at 2200 Fifth Street in West Berkeley, Alameda County. The application will reshape a surface parking lot with eight townhome-style units and two commercial office units facing Allston Way. Broadway Design Build is the project applicant.
Modified plans have been filed for the supportive housing project within the North Berkeley BART Station redevelopment plan. The application utilizes Assembly Bill 2011 to streamline the approval process for the amended iteration, which has increased the overall scale and average size of the 85 units. Insight Housing is responsible for the application.
Demolition permits have been filed for the existing buildings at 2128 Oxford Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The application is related to plans for what could become the tallest building in the city if finished today, a 285-foot-tall apartment complex with 456 apartments above ground-level retail space. Chicago-based Core Spaces is responsible for the application, with planning and CEQA consultation from the Rhoades Planning Group.
Preliminary permits have been filed for a mid-rise residential development at 2727 Haste Street in Southside, Berkeley. The project will offer student-oriented dwellings, including 154 beds across the six-story building, just three blocks away from the UC Berkeley campus. The Austin Group is the project sponsor.
Revised plans have been filed for the abandoned construction site at 4400 Martin Luther King Junior Way in Oakland, Alameda County. The topped-out project is located close to the MacArthur BART Station, overlooking California State Route 24. The latest filing shifts the project from offering 57 apartments to 144 units in a fully affordable development, dubbed The Refuge Apartments. Hybridge Capital Management is responsible for the redevelopment.
