The Berkeley Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for a 12-story residential infill at 2530 Bancroft Way in Southside, Berkeley. The project will bring over a hundred homes to a UC Berkeley campus-side property near the busy Telegraph Avenue thoroughfare. Landmark Properties is the project developer.
The San Francisco Planning Commission is scheduled to review plans this Thursday for the 15-story affordable housing tower at 772 Pacific Avenue in Chinatown, San Francisco. The commission will vote on an ordinance sponsored by Supervisor Peskin to establish a Special Use District for the new housing. Chinatown Community Development Center is responsible for the application.
Recent permit activity has revealed new details about the proposed eight-story apartment infill at 2201 Market Street near San Francisco’s Castro District. The most interesting information is that construction is expected to start by early 2026. The mid-rise proposal would replace a low-slung vacant commercial building with twenty homes above a new Starbucks cafe.
Construction is starting for the affordable housing project at 80 Saratoga Avenue in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County. Recent permits show the concrete pour is scheduled to start in late September, establishing the foundation for the 200 modular units and commercial space. The Pacific Companies is responsible for the application.
New zoning permits have been filed for a slightly taller iteration of the California Theater Housing tower at 2115 Kittredge Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The updates now aim to reach 23 floors above street level, retaining the planned live performance theater and adjusting the residential capacity. Rhode Island-based Gilbane Development is responsible for the project.
