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.
Updated permits have been filed for a small residential infill project at 425 West MacArthur Boulevard in Mosswood, Oakland. The plans would replace an existing duplex with twenty apartments. The project applicant is now a San Jose-based shell company, 425 W MacArthur LLC.
Zoning worksheet permits have been filed for a potential new residential infill project at 2923 Webster Street in Pill Hill, Oakland. The proposal is seeking to add 150 units of affordable housing to the property, currently occupied by a three-story medical office center. Christian Mirner of Fortress Capital Group is listed as the project applicant.
Zoning permits have been filed for a five-story affordable infill at 472 West MacArthur Boulevard in Mosswood, Oakland. The development will bring 80 apartments of permanent supportive housing for seniors. Irvine-based Domus Development is the project sponsor.
