The project team is hoping to lock down the fifth and final tall building slot allowed downtown.
David Trachtenberg
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8 new housing projects approved in Berkeley in 2020
Berkeley’s zoning board has approved eight medium-to-large housing projects around the city in 2020 totalling 560 units. See the roundup.
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‘A mini-urban miracle,’ new Berkeley homeless housing could be model for the state
It’s been a big week for subsidized housing in Berkeley. And it just got bigger.
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Berkeley Honda moves into new Berkeley location, ending 10-year saga
In a nod to neighborhood concerns about traffic and parking, cars coming to get serviced at the new site will pull completely inside the building and not sit on the street.
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Proposed in Berkeley: 50 units in place of Anh Hong
A developer wants to replace downtown Berkeley Vietnamese restaurant with a seven-story building including a 1,500-square-foot ground-floor restaurant.
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LeConte residents express concern about Berkeley Honda’s move to site of Any Mountain store
A photo of a preliminary rendering of 2777 Shattuck Ave. prepared by Trachtenberg Architects More than 50 residents of the LeConte neighborhood turned up for a meeting Wednesday night to hear about Berkeley Honda’s plans to move into the historic Shattuck Avenue building now housing Any Mountain. While numerous people at the raucous – and […]
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Housing to replace Berkeley Grocery Outlet building
A housing complex has been approved for West Berkeley, along with new retail that may become a grocery store.
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Saul’s applies to build a parklet in front of deli
The Jewish deli has applied for a permit to build a parklet, which would be the third approved under a Berkeley pilot program launched last year.
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5-story complex proposed on Grocery Outlet site
A mixed-use, five-story complex could be the latest in a sequence of developments to pop up near an industrial area of West Berkeley.
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Sierra Nevada’s Torpedo Room opens in Berkeley
Readers were thrilled when we first brought you news that Sierra Nevada was opening a tasting room in Berkeley. It throws its doors open today.
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‘The Aquatic’ wins easy approval from Berkeley officials
The Aquatic mixed-use development at 800 University Ave. in Berkeley could open by summer 2015. Image: Trachtenberg Architects A proposal for a new University Avenue mixed-use development, set to include 58 units, sailed through Berkeley zoning board review Thursday night, winning acclaim from commissioners for what they said was its beautiful design and sensitivity to […]
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Nine Berkeley buildings win ‘design excellence’ awards
Comal restaurant in downtown Berkeley, whose interior was designed by Berkeley’s Abueg Morris Architects, was awarded separately for its interior and for its exterior architecture. Full credits in the BDA 2013 Awards brochure. Photo: BDA Nine buildings have been singled out as representing the best new design work in Berkeley for 2010-2012. Berkeley Design Advocates, […]