The Slanted Door owner and chef hopes to bring affordable, high-quality food to Cal’s architecture school which he himself attended.
Robert Lalanne
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UC Berkeley close to deal for long-empty Telegraph lot
UC Berkeley and property owner Ken Sarachan are close to a joint-venture development deal for the long-empty lot at the north-east corner of Haste and Telegraph, which means that new student housing might be in place there by August 2017. “We are in negotiations, deep negotiations,” said Robert Lalanne, UC’s Vice-Chancellor for Real Estate. Lalanne said […]
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Real Madrid to play Inter Milan on grass (!) at UC Berkeley
Real Madrid and Inter Milan will meet in the first-ever international soccer match at Cal Memorial Stadium on July 26. For fans of what the rest of the world calls football, the chance to see two of the most storied teams in the game on — for this game only — natural grass at Memorial Stadium should […]
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Improving Telegraph Ave. on new UC official’s ‘to-do’ list
You know UC Berkeley’s newly appointed vice chancellor for real estate has an open-minded attitude when he says tackling the issues at People’s Park might be a “fun challenge” and looks forward to “getting some things done” to help revitalize Telegraph Avenue. Robert J. Lalanne, a UC Berkeley alumnus and trustee of the university’s foundation, […]