919 Camelia Live/Work, Berkeley CA
This project entails three, three-story live-work units, ranging between 2,320 to 2,344 sf, in one 6,989 sf structure on a vacant lot at Camelia and 8th Streets in the Gilman District in West Berkeley. At 3,510 sf, the lot is too small for most commercial developers and has sat vacant for decades. The site is perfectly suited, however, for a neighborhood scaled live-work project, especially being adjacent to the Gilman Shopping District.
The zoning for this property is Mixed Use Light Industrial or MULI. The MULI district allows for live-work projects that blend workspace for artisans with living quarters that support them. In fact, live-work projects are the only project type where the city has actual control over the programmatic use of a building as arts and crafts space. In this way, live-work projects are the ideal project type for MULI as only live-work projects can be specifically designated to support arts and crafts professionals. Our project is carefully designed to support the specific written purposes of both the MULI District and the live-work provisions of the City of Berkeley Municipal Code.
