UC Berkeley gets green light to add up to 8 million square feet to campus

The University of California Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously approved UC Berkeley’s 2021 long-range plan, opening the door for up to 8 million square feet in new academic and residential development on campus.

The plan, which replaces the last framework approved in 2005, will guide development at the 1,095-acre East Bay campus for the next 15 years. It calls for 11,730 new faculty and student beds in 3.8 million square feet of new residential space; 2.5 million square feet in nonresidential…

Source: Arizona Business Journal