{"id":516934,"date":"2026-03-11T11:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/516934\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:22:16","slug":"plans-decrease-for-2298-durant-avenue-in-southside-berkeley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/516934\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans Decrease For 2298 Durant Avenue in Southside, Berkeley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"777\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2298-Durant-Avenue-image-via-Google-Street-View-777x444.jpg\" class=\"u-photo wp-post-image\" alt=\"2298 Durant Avenue, image via Google Street View\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>2298 Durant Avenue, image via Google Street View<\/p>\n<p class=\"entry-meta\"> By: <a rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" class=\"fn p-author h-card\" href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/author\/andrew\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew Nelson<\/a> 5:00 am on March 10, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Updated plans have been filed for a seven-story apartment complex at <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/2298-durant-avenue\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2298 Durant Avenue<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/southside\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Southside<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/neighborhoods\/berkeley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berkeley<\/a>. The preliminary application indicates a reduced vision for the residential infill just one block away from the UC Berkeley campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/valiance-capital\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Valiance Capital<\/a> is listed as the property owner.<\/p>\n<p>The pre-application describes the project as an 85-foot-tall project containing around 49,950 square feet. The infill now looks ot include 45 apartments, of which two will be deed-restricted as affordable to very-low-income households. Further information about the design and project plans remains unpublished.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/studio-kda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Studio KDA<\/a> remains responsible for the application. Updated illustrations have not been shared, though previous drawings show a textured facade clad with dark grey metal and wood-like infill panels. The complex features a small ground-level courtyard along Ellsworth Street.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2298-Durant-Avenue-aerial-view-rendering-by-Studio-KDA.jpg\" alt=\"2298 Durant Avenue aerial view, rendering by Studio KDA\" width=\"1500\" height=\"873\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">2298 Durant Avenue aerial view, rendering by Studio KDA<\/p>\n<p>The small corner parcel is located along Durant Avenue and Ellsworth Street, a block away from the UC Berkeley campus, and two blocks away from the retail-rich Telegraph Avenue thoroughfare.<\/p>\n<p>Demolition permits were filed as part of the previous development last November. The 1903-built apartment complex was designed by William H. Whariff, who is also responsible for the Carlsons\u2019 Block and Masonic Temple in Berkeley.<\/p>\n<p>The estimated cost and timeline for construction have yet to be shared.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/hdjqhz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe<\/a> to YIMBY\u2019s daily e-mail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yimbygram\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBYgram for real-time photo updates<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/YIMBYFB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like<\/a>\u00a0YIMBY on Facebook<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yimbytweets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Follow<\/a> YIMBY\u2019s Twitter for the latest in YIMBYnews<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sfyimby.com\/category\/uncategorized\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Uncategorized<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2298 Durant Avenue, image via Google Street View By: Andrew Nelson 5:00 am on March 10, 2026 Updated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-516934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}