Parker Place
Quick Look
Parker Place
Status: 2010 (entitlements projected), 2012 (construction completion projected)
Project value: $60,000,000
Total Units : 156
Site area : 60,304 s.f.
Bedrooms/acre : 133
Total : 188 spaces
2598 Shattuck Avenue
2600 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94704
Challenges
Berkeley Honda/retail revenue, Strong transit access, Proximity to Downtown, Lower density residential adjacency, Shadowing on neighborhood, Traffic and parking impacts, Scale and transition – 3 zones, Shattuck Avenue “Dead Zone”, Split zoning on 2598 site, 10,817 sf in C-SA and 5345 sf in R-2A, Need for affordable housing, Potential historic resource in large floor plate, high ceiling existing building (Plachek, 1923).
Vision
155 transit-oriented infill housing units, 30+ universal design BMR units, retention/reuse of existing James Plachek building, LEED certification, endorsed by Greenbelt Alliance and accepted into Tranform’s GreenTRIP pilot program, unbundled retail and residential parking, pedestrian serving retail, native/drought tolerant landscape design, revitalization of Shattuck Avenue.
Result
Generally positive neighborhood feedback thus far.
Project Details
| Product: | Mixed-use infill development project with 156 dwelling units, @23,200 square feet of retail. |
| Approvals: | City of Berkeley Use Permit and Design Review, Landmarks Preservation Review, State Density Bonus, Mitigated Negative Declaration |
| Status: | 2010 (entitlements projected), 2012 (construction completion projected) |
| Value: | $60,000,000 |
| Partners: |
Parker Place, LLC,
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| Lenders: |
TBD
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| Contractor: |
TBD
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| Sustainability: |
LEED Silver
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| Carbon Savings |
Greenhouse Gas savings: 558,000lbs/year; Energy Savings: 1,085,000,000 BTU/year; Vehicle Miles Traveled savings: 1,550,000 miles/year (58,000 gallons of gas, 1070 barrels of oil)
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Project specs
| Number of units | |
| Studio | 16 |
| Jr 1 Bedroom | 40 |
| 1 Bedroom | 40 |
| 3 Bedroom | 4 |
| Loft Type | 36 |
| Total Bedrooms | 184 |
| Total Units | 156 |
| 2 Bedroom | 20 |
| Area | |
| Retail (gross) | 19,600 s.f. |
| Residential (gross) | 118,508 s.f. |
| Project (inc. parking) | 239,900 s.f. |
| Density ratios | |
| Site area | 60,304 s.f. |
| Acres | 1.38 |
| Bedrooms/acre | 133 |
| Units/acre | 113 |
| Parking | |
| Total | 188 spaces |
| Spaces/unit res. | 1/unit |
| Spaces/retail |