Construction is expected to start soon for the eight-story residential infill named The Valiant at 2538 Durant Avenue in Southside, Berkeley. Two local developers, Martin Group and Valiance Capital, have added Canyon Partners Real Estate to a new joint venture with the goal of an imminent groundbreaking. The team closed on a construction loan from the Beverly Hills-based Kennedy Wilson.
New permits have been filed to increase the scale of a mixed-use development at 2154 MacArthur Boulevard in the Dimond District of Oakland. The residential component has increased by a floor and a substantial increase in unit count. Redwood City-based Dollinger Properties is responsible for the application.
N17 Development has shared with YIMBY that it will resubmit updated plans for a 33-story residential tower at 598 Bryant Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The project aims to replace a gas station and single-story commercial building with retail and nearly four hundred rental apartments. N17 is responsible for the application and filing on behalf of the property owner, Allrise Capital.
The Oakland Planning Department has approved plans for a five-story residential infill at 220 Alice Street in Oakland’s waterfront Jack London Square neighborhood, next to Downtown Oakland. The proposal could bring 160 apartments to a low-slung parcel across from the Amtrak transit station. Riaz Capital is the project sponsor.
The environmental review process has concluded for the potential redevelopment of the California College of the Arts campus in Rockridge, Oakland. The proposal will retain two of the twelve historic buildings and create over five hundred apartments across two buildings. Emerald Fund and Equity Community Builders are the project sponsors.
