2211 Harold Way is set to stand nearly 200 feet tall and include about 300 units. Image: MVEI Architecture and Planning Residents came out en masse Thursday night to testify before Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board about possible impacts related to a large mixed-use project planned downtown on Harold Way. The Residences at Berkeley Plaza, at Harold and Kittredge Street, would […]
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First high-rise in 40 years planned for downtown Berkeley
A rendering of the Residences at Berkeley Plaza as seen from Shattuck Avenue. Courtesy of HSR Berkeley Investments A Los Angeles real estate group submitted an application Thursday to build Berkeley’s first high-rise in 40 years — a 17-story luxury apartment complex on Harold Way that connects to the historic Hink’s Department Store on Shattuck […]
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Large downtown Berkeley property changes hands
The Shattuck Cinemas property was sold to Los Angeles based Hill Street Realty. Photo: Yelp A Los Angeles real estate group has snapped up the 92,000-square foot building that holds the Shattuck Cinemas, according to the San Francisco Business Times. Hill Street Realty paid about $20 million, or $217 a square foot, for the property, […]
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Long-gone Berkeley landmarks form novel’s backdrop
Meredith Maran sets her new novel against a backdrop of long-gone Berkeley landmarks, like Hink’s Department Store on Shattuck. Berkeley may not equal Paris as a city of love, but it is the place where a lot of loving happens in Meredith Maran’s first novel, a Theory of Small Earthquakes. The book is the story […]