Planning approval has been granted for a several-hundred-unit development at a former Quarry site in Pleasanton, Alameda County. The proposal will create a mix of suburban sprawl, apartments, and a two-acre park at 3300 Busch Road. Seefried Industrial Properties is responsible for the application.
Plans have passed through the environmental review process for the Dream 2 Housing proposal at 41223 Roberts Avenue in Fremont, Alameda County. The proposal would replace a vacant lot behind a Safeway grocery store with a residential project for adults with special needs. Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP is responsible for the application and architecture.
The paperwork for a new development permit was filed for 1719 86th Avenue in East Oakland. The project, designed by Kesete Kifle, includes the construction of a new two-story duplex in the rear yard portion of the lot, behind the existing single-family home. The 26-foot-tall new construction will add 2329 square feet of enclosed space to the 5320 square foot parcel.
On April 21st, The University of California at Berkeley celebrated the grand opening of the cutting-edge and newly re-envisioned Grimes Engineering Center. The formal Bechtal engineering building served as a foundation for the expanded project, a 35,500 two-story glass pavilion with a three-level open forum at its center. Skidmore Owning and Merill are responsible for the design, with PGA Design responsible for landscaping.
A small office building at 6355 Telegraph Avenue in the Bushrod neighborhood of North Oakland has filed initial paperwork for a partial conversion to residential apartments. The preliminary designs brought by Earthquake and Structures, INC, call for the conversion of the upper two levels into six residential units, leaving the lower floor as the original office spaces.
