History
The original units at UC Village, which resembled barracks, opened in the 1940s and 1960s. They housed many U.S. Navy sailors while wars occurred. After the wars, many workers at the shipyards at Mare Island and Richmond lived in the units. The University of California Berkeley acquired the units in 1956. In 1998 the University of California board of regents approved a plan to replace the older student housing at UC Village with new units. Marty Takimoto, the director of communications and marketing for UC Berkeley's residential and student services department, said that mold, lead paint, proximity to the water table, and proximity to the bay were reasons why the university chose to demolish the old housing.
Around 2000 282 new units were about to open. The scheduled occupancy of all of those new units was to occur in 2001.
The new buildings had a total of 582 units. Between July 2006 and October 2007 half of the units had been occupied by families. Completion was scheduled to end near October 2007.
In September, 2007, most of the oldest remaining World War II era buildings were demolished.
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