Excavation work is nearly finished for the Helen Diller Anchor House, a new UC Berkeley student dorm. The $300 million project will create 772 apartment-style bedrooms and additional facilities for the university and community at 1921 Walnut Street in Downtown Berkeley. Morris Adjmi Architects is responsible for the design.
Final Design Review has been scheduled for a mixed-use project proposed at 2099 Martin Luther King Jr Way in Downtown Berkeley. The project proposal includes the development of a seven-story building offering 72 new dwelling units and retail space. The project will replace a single-story auto service building spanning an area of 3,595 square feet. East Beach Capital is responsible for the project via 2099 MLK LLC. Kava Massih Architects is responsible for the design concepts.
New renderings have been revealed for a proposed eight-story mixed-use building at 2440 Shattuck Avenue in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The project, named The Lair @ Haste, uses the State Density Program to build a total of 40 new homes, ten more than base zoning would permit. Bill Schrader of the Austin Group is the project developer. The project will be reviewed later today by the city’s Design Review Committee.
Updated plans for 2065 Kittredge Street are up for public review by the Berkeley Design Review Committee. The eight-story project would replace three low-rise commercial buildings with an off-campus student housing building in the heart of Downtown Berkeley. CA Ventures, an international development firm based in Chicago, is responsible for the application.
Expanded permits have been filed for a nine-story residential infill at 3000 Shattuck Avenue in South Berkeley. The application marks a significant increase from plans filed by a different developer in 2017 for 23 co-living apartments. Now, NX Ventures has proposed building 156 new homes on the same corner lot, within walking distance from groceries, shops, AC Transit, and the Ashby BART Station.
