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2211 Harold Way

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Apartments approved at site of downtown Berkeley development battle

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Feb. 03, 2023, 2:54 p.m.February 3, 2023

Berkeley held 37 meetings about a downtown housing project that was never built. A new plan for the block has been approved after only five.

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Shattuck Cinemas is closing, as downtown loses another movie theater

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge May 19, 2022, 5:02 p.m.August 4, 2022

Downtown Berkeley, which once boasted a half-dozen movie theaters, will soon be down to one.

2065 Kittredge St
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New developer eyes controversial site downtown for student housing

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Aug. 19, 2021, 3:40 p.m.August 4, 2022

The project would rise on the downtown Berkeley block where another developer planned an 18-story building.

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Habitot Children’s Museum is ready to move, but fundraising poses a challenge

by Sara Kassabian Feb. 25, 2020, 11:37 a.m.August 4, 2022

Now that the 18-story complex at 2211 Harold Way has fallen through, Habitot no longer faces immediate eviction. But it must still raise millions to move to its new site in South Berkeley

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Downtown Berkeley Harold Way deal for 18 stories, 300 units is officially over

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Jan. 17, 2020, 5:29 p.m.October 4, 2022

The city has decided not to grant developer Hill Street Realty more time to secure financing for the 18-story Berkeley Plaza project on Harold Way.

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Downtown Berkeley’s Harold Way saga ain’t over yet

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Jan. 09, 2020, 12:34 p.m.October 4, 2022

Efforts are afoot at City Hall to see if the 18-story, $150 million mixed-use housing complex planned on Harold Way may still, in fact, be viable — even though the developer told the city that he had scrapped the plans.

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Developer suddenly pulls the plug on 18-story Harold Way complex in Berkeley

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Jan. 02, 2020, 11:57 a.m.October 4, 2022

The developer behind an 18-story, nearly 300-unit project on Harold Way has scrapped those plans, putting an end to one of the biggest development battles Berkeley has seen in recent years.

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Downtown Berkeley high-rise Harold Way submits building permit application

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Dec. 17, 2019, 1:18 p.m.October 4, 2022

On Monday, four years after the Berkeley City Council approved plans for a new high-rise on Harold Way, the project team submitted its building permit application to the city of Berkeley.

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‘Berkeley Plaza’ on Harold Way gets 1 more year to build

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Aug. 31, 2018, 4:44 p.m.October 4, 2022

City staff has given the Berkeley Plaza complex at Harold Way another year to seek its building permit, according to a planning department letter sent Friday.

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Harold Way project team asks Berkeley to push building permit deadline to 2020

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso July 10, 2018, 10:30 a.m.August 4, 2022

The developer behind the tallest apartment building approved downtown has asked the city for one more year to meet the deadline to apply for the permit needed to break ground.

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Group tries to landmark Golden Gate views from UC Berkeley

Avatar photo by Kate Darby Rauch Nov. 27, 2017, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

After being defeated two years ago, a group of Berkeley residents is trying once more to landmark the view from the base of Cal’s Campanile.

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New tower over Berkeley Walgreens is likely to be another fight

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso Sept. 20, 2017, 3:50 p.m.August 4, 2022

Preservationists are gearing up for another battle to fight a 180-foot tower proposed above what is now a Walgreens store on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley.

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