The final design review application has been filed for 2587 Telegraph Avenue in Southside, Berkeley. The approved project aims to bring hundreds of bedrooms in an eight-story building close to People’s Park and the UC Berkeley campus. Gilbane Development Company is the project developer.
Mayor Sheng Thao recently announced that the Liberation Park affordable housing proposal will receive $44 million of state financing. The money will help construct over a hundred units at 6955 Foothill Boulevard in East Oakland. The project is a joint venture between Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation and Eden Housing.
Updated permits have been filed for a seven-story affordable housing project at 285 12th Street in Downtown Oakland, Alameda County. The city approved plans for the site in December 2016, but construction never started at the surface parking lot. EBALDC is responsible for the application.
Preliminary permits have been filed with a residential development at 2147 San Pablo Avenue in Southwest Berkeley, Alameda County. The updated plans have increased the potential unit count for the project, adding 16 residences to the project. Lowney Architecture is responsible for the application.
The Julia Morgan-designed YWCA Building at 1515 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland recently changed ownership for $22.5 million. The 109-year-old Renaissance revival building is now owned by a current tenant and public charter school, with plans to bring teach housing to the top two floors. Oakland-based Highbridge Equity Partners had previously owned the property.
