Allen & O'Hara Team Lands $135M Mixed-Use Project for UC Berkeley

BERKELEY, CA-The University of California, Berkeley, said Thursday that the team led by Memphis-based student housing developer Allen & O’Hara Inc. will develop its 26-acre, $135 million mixed-use project on San Pablo Avenue in Albany, California.

The proposed University Village project includes 617 units of rental housing and 70,000-sf of retail space including shops, restaurants, and a full-service grocery store. The project also will include green space, a 17,000-sf community center, new little league ball fields and the restoration of the two creeks that run through the site.

The Allen & O’Hara team includes EAH, a San Rafael, CA-based non-profit housing company. Allen & O’Hara will manage the housing upon completion of construction. The retail portion of the project will be owned by a collaboration of Foothill Partners of El Dorado Hills, CA and the California Public Employees Retirement System.