California BART Housing Designs Take Shape
What BART Housing Is Planned in Berkeley? In Berkeley, BART's North Berkeley transit-oriented development plan calls for 739 new homes across 13 mixed-use buildings. Residential structures would rise from three to eight stories. The project would create a new mixed-use neighborhood and move up to 120 existing parking spaces into a public garage. Five housing buildings would be independently owned and built. The development is planned on about 8.2 acres of BART-owned land surrounding North Berkeley station, including the main parking area, anchoring the station site for redevelopment. Like other transit-oriented projects, it emphasizes walkability and transit access as a core planning goal. Affordable Mix Dominates Early Delivery The affordable mix is unusually large. BART and city documents show 381 units, or 51 percent, would be deed-restricted affordable for households earning 30 to 70 percent of area median income. Phase 1 centers on 265 affordable units from BRIDGE, EBALDC, a...