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UC Berkeley races to build new dorms amid California student housing crisis

University nears completion on projects that will guarantee beds
Cal recently unveiled what could become its biggest and tallest student housing complex yet, a 26-story building at Channing Way and Bowditch Street. (SOM/UC Berkeley Capital Strategies)
Cal recently unveiled what could become its biggest and tallest student housing complex yet, a 26-story building at Channing Way and Bowditch Street. (SOM/UC Berkeley Capital Strategies)
CoStar News
March 31, 2026 | 9:37 P.M.

One of California’s most prestigious public universities said it will soon be able to offer incoming freshmen two years of on-campus housing — an achievement that illustrates the depths of the state’s student housing crisis.

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