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Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Downtown Area Plan

An architect's rendering shows a planned apartment building with a 28-story tower and 14-story segment topped by a roof deck.
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Taller than the Campanile: Downtown project grows to 317 feet

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Dec. 16, 2022, 2:54 p.m.December 16, 2022

Developers submitted a revised proposal this week for a nearly 600-unit apartment building at Shattuck and University avenues.

A rendering shows the 26-story housing development proposed at 2128 Oxford St. in downtown Berkeley.
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Plan for downtown Berkeley apartment building grows to 26 stories

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Oct. 21, 2022, 2:26 p.m.October 21, 2022

It’s the third proposal for a housing tower that would rise more than 250 feet over downtown. The revised plan includes a top-floor restaurant.

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From downtown to single-family blocks, Berkeley eyes big zoning changes

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge March 18, 2022, 12:59 p.m.August 4, 2022

The city could remove limits on tall buildings downtown, and provide quick approval for small apartments in most neighborhoods.

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Photos: Take a first look inside the hotel that has reshaped Berkeley’s skyline

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Dec. 12, 2021, 7:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

The new Residence Inn by Marriott, which opens Friday in downtown, is the fourth-tallest building in Berkeley and the city’s biggest in half a century.

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Developer proposes 17-story apartment building across from UC Berkeley

Avatar photo by Nico Savidge Sept. 01, 2021, 4:58 p.m.August 4, 2022

If past attempts to raise tall apartment buildings in downtown Berkeley are any indication, the plans could prove contentious.

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.

Posted inCity

16-story Residence Inn to open this October in downtown Berkeley

Avatar photo by John Metcalfe June 20, 2021, 6:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

The Marriott-branded hotel will become the third-tallest building in Berkeley and include 331 extended-stay suites, 15,000 square feet of meeting space and a rooftop bar and restaurant.

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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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Beyoncé or Bears Boulevard? You could rename (2 blocks of) Shattuck

Avatar photo by Natalie Orenstein Oct. 18, 2019, 4:29 p.m.August 4, 2022

As downtown Berkeley streets are reconfigured, the city is asking the public to weigh in on what one of the revamped stretches should be called.

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