City Council approves Adeline Corridor plan, kicks off next 2 decades of South Berkeley development
The plan aims for 100% affordable housing at Ashby BART, and 50% throughout the corridor
Read our live tweets from Tuesday’s City Council meeting about the Adeline Corridor Plan.
The Adeline Corridor Specific Plan a six-year process to address the need for affordable housing and heal the wounds of gentrification in South Berkeley passed one last checkpoint Tuesday night with near-unanimous approval from the Berkeley City Council.
The 120-page document lays out an ambitious vision through 2040 to reshape the South Berkeley area near Ashby BART with an estimated 1,500 housing units, commercial space and permanent homes for cultural institutions like the Ashby Flea Market, the Juneteenth Festival and the African American Holistic Resource Center.