Permits have been filed seeking the approval of a residential project at 2421 Fifth Street in Berkeley. The project proposal includes the development of two new residential buildings, replacing an existing single-family house on the site. Gunkel Architecture is responsible for the design concepts. Properties 180, LLC is the property owner.
Demolition permits have been filed to clear the way for a mixed-use project at 2176 Kittredge Street in downtown Berkeley. The proposal would add 165 new apartments to the college town’s housing market. East Beach Capital is responsible for the application.
Updated renderings have been shared ahead of the final design review follow-up for 1951 Shattuck Avenue, a 12-story mixed-use proposal for Downtown Berkeley. The Alameda County project would create 163 new rental units to the city in desperate need of high-density housing. Grosvenor America is responsible for the development as the property owner.
A previously approved high-rise building from 2019 at 2190 Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley is undergoing design revisions. The approved project proposal includes the development of an 18-story apartment tower on a site that currently houses a Walgreens store. Mill Creek Residential is the project developer. WRNS Studio is the architect and is responsible for the design concepts.
The UC Board of Regents has approved plans for UC Berkeley construct a $312 million mixed-housing project to replace the historically significant People’s Park in Southside, Berkeley. The L-shaped complex would take up less than half of the existing park to create housing for 1,113 university students and roughly a hundred units for extremely low income, unhoused, or formerly unhoused people. 1.7 acres of the 2.8-acre park would become landscaped open space.
