An investor is working to assemble 10 acres of industrial land in West Berkeley with the goal of building what would become the neighborhood’s largest life science developmentBerkeley consultant Rhoades Planning Group submitted an application at the end of December on behalf of Oklahoma-based Spur Capital Partners seeking to rezone 15 parcels for R&D uses,an eight-building campus-style development with roughly 900,000 square feet of lab and R&D space on the assemblage, with the primary...
The project, dubbed Gilman Gateway, would span the equivalent of roughly four city blocks and encompass the following parcels:1310 Third St.
The project is the latest life science development pitched for West Berkeley, which was historically home to heavy industrial uses and served as a manufacturing and jobs hub for the city. Pacific Steel, which declared bankruptcy in 2014 , and Berkeley Forge and Tool were among last remaining traditional heavy manufacturers in the area.