Council approves $33M Bayer development agreement
The deal paves the way for a building boom at the Bayer campus in West Berkeley, which could add 1,000 new jobs.
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Bayer, city agree on $33M community benefits package tied to big expansion
The benefits are part of a broader 30-year development agreement for a major expansion at Bayer’s West Berkeley campus.
‘They can do more’: City pushes Bayer to boost $30M community benefits package
Bayer has proposed annual community benefits payments to Berkeley that would start at $720,000 and grow to $1.3 million by 2052.
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Have questions about Bayer’s West Berkeley development? Join community meeting tonight
Bayer wants to add more than 1 million square feet of work space, erect taller buildings and, eventually, hire 1,000 more employees.
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Launching careers early — Biotech Partners’ high school program drives diversity in talent pipeline
Ahniesty Fite, one of more than 300 Biotech Partners students from four high schools around the Bay Area, says working at Bayer has helped her on the path to becoming a doctor.
Bayer Berkeley plans to double workforce, significantly grow campus, over next 30 years
Bayer HealthCare’s proposal would add more than 1 million square feet of work space to its West Berkeley campus, erect taller buildings and eventually hire 1,000 more employees.
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Wondering how to re-open your business safely? Learn from the experience of an expert
Sponsored: Bayer has been operating in what it calls Next Normal mode for 12 weeks. Health and safety director Kingsley Chigbu talks about best practices for reopening a business with employees’ safety top of mind.
‘Game-changing’ $600,000 grant from Bayer Fund will support Berkeley Food Network, Alameda County Community Food Bank
The grant will allow the organizations to expand distribution sites and help fulfill increased need for food-insecure residents during the pandemic.
Bayer breaks ground on $150m building to make biologic therapies
The building comes just two years after Bayer built a $100 million quality assurance building on its 46-acre campus in West Berkeley.
Bayer HealthCare in Berkeley cuts 227 jobs, citing need to make ‘efficiencies’
The West Berkeley company, one of the city’s largest employers, says the move is a result of needing to make efficiencies as it transitions its customers to next-generation hemophilia drugs.
Remodeled space in the Berkeley Public Library attracts people for its informal, comfortable feel
Want to relax on a comfortable chair or couch and browse the internet? Need a laptop to use? A new space in the library’s Central Branch provides that, and more.
