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Life Sciences Campus May Get Approved in West Berkeley

4:30 am on April 6, 2025 By YIMBY Team

Zoning changes have been approved to support a new life sciences campus at 1333 2nd Street in West Berkeley. The project will be built on the former site of Pacific Steel Casting and will involve demolishing both the old foundry and the nearby former Berkeley Forge and Tool building. The project site spans an area of 10 acres. The scope of work includes the demolition of the former Pacific Steel Casting plant that was shut down in 2018 and development of a hub for life sciences companies.

2256 Junction Avenue Preliminary Landscape Plan, image by Kimley Horn

Site-Development Permit Approved for 2256 Junction Avenue in San Jose

8:58 am on April 5, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

At last Wednesday’s meeting, San Jose’s Planning Commission approved the development plan of a 13.68-acre site at 2256 Junction Avenue in North San Jose. The original project plans brought by Duke Realty and Kimley Horn engineering and design consultants were approved in September of 2021, but this latest site-plan approval will allow the project to move forward

Current and Proposed Floorplans, plans by Mahya Salehi Studio

Variance Request for New ADUs Proposed at 42 Allen Street San Francisco

8:15 am on April 5, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

A new variance request was submitted by Mahya Salehi Studio for the proposed remodel of the building at 42-50 Allen Street in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood. The proposal, which would involve the conversion of the lower-story garages into two ADU units, coincides with construction to seismically retrofit the building.

Site Map of ParkBridge and City Districts, image via Sacramento Department of Community Development

ParkBridge East Re-Zone Approved by Sacramento Planning and Design Commission

8:00 am on April 4, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

Last week the Sacramento Planning and Design Commission approved JEN Partners’s application to rezone 4.87 acres of land from Office/Agriculture to single or duplex housing. The proposed project, ParkBridge East, will subdivide the area into 41 residential lots. Each lot will remain a single-unit housing, most likely to be developed as unattached tract housing.

San Francisco to Revitalize Emarcadero with Multi-Million Park Renovation

6:15 am on April 4, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

Early last month the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to approve the proposed redevelopment of Embarcadero Park along the Financial District’s waterfront. The decision comes after voters approved Proposition B last November, providing up to 41 million towards the redevelopment of multiple parks in the San Francisco Downtown neighborhoods.

2655 Shattuck Avenue, rendering by Studio KDA

CEQA Notice of Exemption Filed for 2655 Shattuck in Berkeley

5:15 am on April 4, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

The 2655 Shattuck Ave project took another step forward last week when The City of Berkeley filed for a Notice of Exemption for CEQA, in accordance with the standards of Infill Development Project exemptions. Studio KDA’s updated designs were released for the project last year, but site construction has been awaiting the completion of several approvals, this exemption included.

3000 Shattuck Avenue residential entry space, rendering by Trachtenberg Architects

In-Progress | Application for a Residential Complex at 3000 Shattuck Avenue in South Berkeley

4:30 am on April 3, 2025 By YIMBY Team

Despite objections from contraction unions, an application to introduce a new residential project continues to progress for a site located at 3000 Shattuck Avenue in South Berkeley, Alameda County. The project proposal includes the construction of a new 10-story development offering space for residential and commercial uses. The project site currently houses Berkeley Gas and Smog gas station. NX Ventures is the project applicant and property owner. Trachtenberg Architects is responsible for the designs. InsideOut is responsible for landscape architecture.

Rendering of Planned Residential Conversion, image by SBC

Major Office-to-Residential Conversion Planned for CityView Plaza San Jose

6:15 am on April 2, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

In a major pivot, developer Jay Paul Co. has decided to convert a large portion of the ongoing CityView Plaza project from office to residential. The site, at the northeast corner of Almaden Boulevard and Park Avenue in Downtown San Jose, will transform an existing four-office building campus into 320 units, rebooting construction on the project which paused last year due to poor market conditions.

2403 San Pablo Avenue aerial perspective from Byron Street, rendering by Studio KDA

Berkeley Moshav Breaks Ground at 2403 San Pablo in Berkeley

5:15 am on April 2, 2025 By Gabriel Clark-Clough

Last week, Berkeley Moshav, the nation’s first Jewish urban cohousing complex broke ground at its site on San Pablo Ave. The four-story, mixed-use construction begins more than 10 years after the original proposal, making a historic debut for a new type of community-based housing. Urban Development + Partners has worked with Studio KDA architects and local Jewish community groups to realize this long-held dream.

Gateway at Millbrae Marriott Hotel, image courtesy Republic Urban Properties

Funding Secured for New Hotel Proposed at Millbrae Station Project

4:30 am on April 2, 2025 By YIMBY Team

A new hotel project has been proposed for development at 200 Rollins Road in Millbrae. The project proposal includes the development of a new five-story hotel to be built as a part of a larger transit-oriented mixed-use complex offering spaces for apartments, retail, and office uses. Republic Urban Properties and Huntington Hospitality Group have partnered up for the project. ACRM Architects is responsible for the design.

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