Berkeley drops objections to UC construction project for $82.64 million
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The project at Hearst and La Loma avenues on the northeast edge of the UC Berkeley campus will move forward under an agreement between UC and the city of Berkeley.Solomon Cordwell Buenz
The city of Berkeley is dropping its objections to a University of California construction project on the northeast edge of campus and to continued increases in UC Berkeley enrollment in exchange for $82.64 million over the next 16 years to cover the city’s added costs in police and fire safety and other services.
In the settlement, Berkeley also agreed to withdraw lawsuits over the university’s plans for student housing at People’s Park and the 750-bed Anchor House project on the northwest side of campus, to a beach volleyball facility for women at the Clark Kerr campus, six blocks southeast of the main campus, and to UC’s long-range development plan that projects 48,200 students by 2036, an incre
Judge sides with Berkeley s objections to a proposed UC Berkeley development
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The UC Berkeley campus, with People’s Park in the foreground, is the subject of a lawsuit that questions the impact of the university on the city of Berkeley.Noah Berger/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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UC Berkeley must do a new environmental review on its proposal for a building, seen in an artist’s rendering.Solomon Cordwell BuenzShow MoreShow Less
A judge has sided with Berkeley’s objections to a planned University of California development, ruling that UC must consider reducing enrollment as one option to protect the community from the impact of the project.