4400 Martin Luther King Junior Way, rendering by Humphreys and Partners Architects

Revised Plans For Abandoned Construction Site at 4400 MLK Jr. Way, Oakland

Revised plans have been filed for the abandoned construction site at 4400 Martin Luther King Junior Way in Oakland, Alameda County. The topped-out project is located close to the MacArthur BART Station, overlooking California State Route 24. The latest filing shifts the project from offering 57 apartments to 144 units in a fully affordable development, dubbed The Refuge Apartments. Hybridge Capital Management is responsible for the redevelopment.

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2455 Telegraph Avenue, rendering by Studio KDA

Plans Revealed For Housing On Top Of Amoeba Music in Southside, Berkeley

Plans have been published for a potential new housing project on top of the Amoeba Music record store at 2455 Telegraph Avenue in Southside, Berkeley. The proposal would add seven floors of housing above the existing store, retaining the site’s nearly 50-year-old landmarked murals. Amoeba co-owners Dave Prinz and Marc Weinstein are jointly responsible for the development.

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Marinwood Avenue shingle-clad apartments, illustration by LPAS

Marinwood Plaza Affordable Development Moves Forward Despite Challenges

The proposed Marinwood Plaza Housing would build 125 new affordable units at 121-197 Marinwood Avenue in unincorporated land of Marin County. Legal challenges to the project were filed by Marinwood Coalition Against Segregation, which claimed that the project violated the proscribed maximum ratio of affordable units per property. However, the challenge was voluntarily withdrawn earlier this month, clearing the way for the development to move forward.

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