More on Autodealerships and West Berkeley
With two dealerships and their associated sales tax already well on their way to leaving Berkeley the City is pondering changing the current zoning/West Berkeley Plan to help stop the migration of existing Berkeley dealerships to Oakland and Emeryville. The most notable site involved in the current zoning discussion is the former location of Flint Ink at 4th and GIlman. Weatherford BMW has written a letter of intent to buy this property, but has little incentive to move forward if the zoning will not be changed to accomodate retail car sales. Per Don Yost of Norheim and Yost, the property is currently on the market for 5.8 million dollars.
Read Fred Dodsworth’s article on the subject here. Click here to read related past posts.
[…] Would a Patrick Kennedy project be a better solution for the site than an auto dealership? Yes and no. Aesthetics aside, if it were a mixed use residential project, as most of his buildings are…maybe. That part of the neighborhood could use some reinvigoration and life. An autodealship couldn’t provide that. But the likelyhood of getting a mixed use project in an area that was once toxic and that is zoned manufacturing is slim to non-existant. Thinking in terms of the City’s budget, it might be less desirable than an autodealship in terms of its economic benefits. […]
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