The Walgreens location will close Nov. 10, along with 200 store closures for the chain throughout the country.
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Berkeley step closer to limiting number of large drugstores
Walgreens objects to regulations that would put limits to the distance between large drugstores in Berkeley. Photo: Luke Chan Berkeley City Council last night adopted a first reading of regulations that will limit the number of large drugstores from opening in certain areas of the city. The law, which prohibits the location of drugstores over 5,000 […]
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Potential Walgreens lawsuit brews as Berkeley officials tackle new drugstore ordinance
Berkeley’s new drugstore ordinance could kill a proposal for a large Walgreens on Solano Avenue. Image: Courtesy of Agree Realty Corporation Berkeley’s new drugstore ordinance could kill a proposal for a large Walgreens on Solano Avenue. Image: Courtesy of Agree Realty Corporation The city of Berkeley will have a new tool to halt the proliferation of […]
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Commission votes to restrict large drugstores in Berkeley
If approved by the City Council, a law recommended by Berkeley’s Planning Commission would prohibit a controversial new Walgreens from locating on Solano Avenue. Photo: Luke Chan If approved by the City Council, a law recommended by Berkeley’s Planning Commission would prohibit a controversial new Walgreens from locating on Solano Avenue. Photo: Luke Chan Regulation […]
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Berkeley to consider restricting large drugstores, future of proposed Solano Ave. Walgreens store in the balance
A rendering of the proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, a work in progress, and a project may be impacted by a proposed new zoning decision. Image: courtesy Agree Realty Corporation Berkeley is set to consider whether to limit the number of larger drugstores in the city, at least in certain neighborhoods, which may put […]
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Opponents of proposed Walgreens hope for zoning change
A rendering of the proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue. Drawing courtesy Kahn Design Associates UPDATE, 01.17.14: About 50 people showed up to the Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday and about half of them expressed their concerns about the proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue. The commission discussed the issues but did not reach any conclusions. It asked […]
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Walgreens’ Berkeley store plan inches divisively along
A rendering of the proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue. Drawing courtesy Kahn Design Associates A rumor circulating among those following the path of a proposed Walgreens on upper Solano Avenue that Berkeley architect Charles Kahn is no longer with the project is true. But extrapolations that this means efforts to build the store are in […]
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Testy response to proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue
A rendering of the proposed Walgreens on Solano Avenue. Drawing courtesy Charles Kahn Architect A proposed Walgreens on upper Solano Avenue is meeting feisty resistance from neighbors, even before the developer has started the city’s official permit process for the project. About 50 people showed up Thursday, Oct. 24, at an informal public meeting on […]
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Countdown to new CVS in former Andronico’s on Telegraph
A CVS under construction on Telegraph Avenue, in the former Andronico’s site. Photo: Ted Friedman A CVS under construction on Telegraph Avenue, in the former Andronico’s site. Photo: Ted Friedman Construction workers have been spotted on Telegraph Avenue in the former Andronico’s location north of Derby Street, which is set to feature a CVS store and […]
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Bates: City needs another grocery store, not pharmacy
When the Andronico's on Telegraph closes, city officials are hoping the building's owner will rent to another grocery store City officials are lobbying the owners of the soon-to-be-vacated Andronico’s on Telegraph to rent the building to another grocery chain rather than a pharmacy. Mayor Tom Bates sent a letter on Dec. 1 to the Conference […]
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Locals protest scale, traffic of new Rockridge Safeway
Rendering of the Lowney Architecture design for the proposed Rockridge Safeway Plans to rebuild the Safeway store on College and Claremont on the Oakland-Berkeley border have been on the drawing board for more than two years. In fact, the store has put a number of different proposals in front of the city of Oakland and […]
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Safeway buys Berkeley’s Chimes Pharmacy, to consolidate
Chimes will be supplanted by Safeway Pharmacy. Photo: Lance Knobel Chimes Pharmacy, one of the last remaining independent pharmacies in Berkeley, will be turned into a Safeway Pharmacy on July 23. John Gelinas, who has owned and run Chimes at 3210 College Avenue near the Oakland border for more than 25 years, sold the business to […]
