SkyscraperPage Forum - BERKELEY | 2115 Kittredge Street | 299 FT

The specs for 2115 Kittredge St:
- 23 floors, 299 ft
- 201 units
- 32 of the units will be affordable
- 24,250 sq ft for the 325-seat theater
- Parking for 0 cars and 113 bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/HFuf6GchN4Dk3xJo9

Quote:

Potential Second-Tallest Apartment Tower Could Rise at 2115 Kittredge Street, Downtown Berkeley

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By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on February 3, 2025

Modified plans continue to work through the planning commission for a 23-story tower at 2115 Kittredge Street in Downtown Berkeley, Alameda County. The team is continuing to pursue an increased residential capacity for the property, with new documents suggesting the tower could extend nearly three hundred feet above street level, which would make it the second tallest residential structure in the city. Gilbane Development is responsible for the application.

The modified project application is seeking five different waivers and two concessions to achieve the proposed density. The waivers and concessions include reducing the zoning requirements related to useable open space, landscaping, setbacks, overall size, and allowing architectural projections. Most significantly to this story, one waiver would enable plans to “exceed building height limits – to be 291 feet to roof and 299 feet, 4 inches to parapet… where 75 feet is the limit….”

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Studio KDA is responsible for the design. Recent renderings shared with YIMBY show that the team has repeated the design scheme for the tower by adding five additional floors. The exterior scheme is stylized with five golden fins rising above the Art Deco theater, taking inspiration from the historic facade. The gold fins will culminate on the 15th floor, while the top three floors will be set back with terraces, creating shared and private open space.

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