Formal permits have been filed to build a 32-unit housing development in the Berkeley Hills on the former site of Oxford Elementary School, which was relocated due to landslide vulnerability.
The proposed housing development includes 32 three-story homes of approximately 1,515 square feet, each with a one-car garage, according to a permit filed by Studio KDA in December 2025. The site was sold by the Berkeley Unified School District to Panoramic Interests, the project’s developer, for $3 million in October 2025.
According to John Calise, the assistant superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District Facilities Division, Oxford Elementary was relocated from 1130 Oxford St. to University Avenue in 2020 following the findings of a 2019 landslide deformation report…