A City Council majority affirmed approval Thursday night of an 18-story building with 274 units planned at the site of the downtown Berkeley Walgreens at 2190 Shattuck Ave.
Mill Creek Residential
Berkeley home, formerly for sale for $1, demolished to make room for apartments
The developer and preservationists had hoped to save it, but the house was so large it would have to be cut in two to be brought through Berkeley streets.
274 new units approved over downtown Berkeley Walgreens
Thursday night, Berkeley’s zoning board approved an 18-story mixed-use building at the downtown Walgreens site, set to bring 274 new apartments to the city.
Construction begins on downtown Berkeley apartment building, 5 years after it was approved
The units will have “chic amenities” and the complex will include a gym and parking garage. The project should be finished by mid-2020.
New tower over Berkeley Walgreens is likely to be another fight
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.
Construction to start this summer on Acheson Commons
Work should begin mid-summer on the construction of 205 apartments on University Avenue right near UC Berkeley.
Equity Residential sells Acheson Commons property to Texas firm
Equity Residential has sold the square block of downtown it owns to Mill Creek Residential, which will now construct 205 apartments in a development named Acheson Commons. The tall building on the right is knows as the Bachenheimer Building and the shorter building on the left once held the MacFarlane candy store. Photo: Tracey Taylor […]
Fire downtown in structure on Shattuck and University
The fire in downtown Berkeley. Photo, taken at 3:55 p.m., by Kenneth Stein Update: 8:30 p.m. A Berkeley firefighter received minor injuries in the two-alarm fire that broke out at 3:43 p.m. in a rear courtyard stacked with wooden pallets directly behind UC Theatre’s small space at 2115 University Ave., according to Deputy Fire Chief […]
180-foot high-rise proposed at Walgreens
Terrace Green Apartments is proposed at 2190 Shattuck. Image: WRNS Studio A San Mateo-based developer has submitted an application to build a 180-foot-tall mixed-use high-rise in downtown Berkeley over a redesigned Walgreens store. Shattuck Terrace Green Apartments at 2190 Shattuck Ave., just north of Allston Way, is set to include 274 units, 12,000 square feet […]