Pre-application permits have been filed for a new life science development at 600 Bancroft Way in Southwest Berkeley, Alameda County. The waterfront property was sold to Invesco Real Estate in 2021 for $39.4 million. Burlingame-based Woodstock Development is the project applicant.
A brand-new residential community has just opened its doors, offering homes for sale in Castro Valley. The project proposal included the development of a residential community offering 25 single-family estate homes. Trumark Homes is the project developer.
The Julia Morgan-designed YWCA Building at 1515 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland recently changed ownership for $22.5 million. The 109-year-old Renaissance revival building is now owned by a current tenant and public charter school, with plans to bring teach housing to the top two floors. Oakland-based Highbridge Equity Partners had previously owned the property.
Preliminary permits have been filed for a new residential master plan at 2100-2400 Geng Road in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County. The sprawling project will bring over a hundred apartments and more parking to an office campus next to other offices, San Francisquito Creek, and near the waterfront Baylands Nature Preserve. San Francisco-based Strada Investment Group is responsible for the application.
Berkeley City Council has rejected an appeal of 2115 Kittredge Street, the proposed 18-story apartment tower to rise above California Theater in Downtown Berkeley. The project requires partial demolition of the 1914-opened theater, retaining the facade and bringing a new live performance space below over two hundred new apartments. Gilbane Development is responsible for the project.