Overview
- Align Real Estate, which filed the application Wednesday, proposes 31- and 25-story buildings with 415 senior homes at 5727 College Ave. near Rockridge BART.
- The company says the Trader Joe’s will close once construction starts and will not be replaced by another grocer, with no closing date set and the store expected to operate for years during review.
- Plans detail 371 independent-living residences and 44 assisted-living and memory-care rooms that would be run by a nonprofit operator that has not been named.
- Align intends to use California’s Density Bonus and AB 130 to exceed the area’s 95-foot height limit and to potentially avoid a lengthy environmental review.
- Neighborhood groups say they were blindsided and oppose losing a unionized grocery anchor and adding towers of this scale, while pro-housing advocates back senior housing near transit and note projected job gains.