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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
