2400 San Pablo Avenue

An Invitation

A small group of neighbors

Sampi LLC is a small group of neighbors. Many of our members will soon be living together across the street from 2400 San Pablo at Berkeley Moshav — a 36-unit co-housing community that we helped design and build together on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, CA.

When the commercial property across the street from our project became available from the same friendly property owner who sold us the land for our own co-housing community, we saw an opportunity to continue to shape what gets built in our future neighborhood rather than leave it to chance.

We've acquired the property. Now we're looking for the right development partner — someone with the experience, capital, and vision to build something that strengthens this neighborhood. We are looking for something that "crowds-in" community infrastructure and expands bonds.

What We Want to See

A project that belongs to this block

At 2400 San Pablo, we'd like to see a project that:

1. Puts community at the center. A project that brings people together — whether that means co-housing, a cooperative, a community gathering space, community infrastructure, or something else entirely.
2. If housing, then housing designed for families, working professionals, and deep roots. Projects that serve families with children and allow them to stay for a long time and grow in place. Larger units (which actually do sell, as we discovered at Berkeley Moshav), thoughtful common spaces, real community. Pricing doesn't have to be subsidized, but a focus on families and working professionals is something we'd love to see. If you can price it toward missing-middle housing, we would be delighted.
3. If not housing, then social or community infrastructure. See item 1 if you need a guiding light on what this means.
4. Complements what already exists here. Berkeley Moshav is a thriving co-housing community of families and individuals directly across the street. We'd love neighbors who are excited about that — and who want to build something that makes the whole block better.
5. Uses the property. We purchased this site because we believe something great can be built here, setting an anchor of interesting people and uses on both sides of San Pablo. We are not interested in holding, flipping, or leaving the lot underutilized for years.

We are not looking for traditional luxury apartments, maximum-density profit plays, or projects that treat this site as interchangeable with any other lot in the Bay Area. We're looking for a partner who has been searching for a special site for their unique project.

The Opportunity

A corner positioned for what's coming

2400 San Pablo Avenue sits at the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Channing Way in South Berkeley — a vibrant neighborhood anchored by Berkeley Moshav to the east and the San Pablo commercial corridor to the north and south.

This corridor is being redesigned by Alameda County and the City of Berkeley, and the property is well positioned to benefit from the changes happening right now.

Address	2400 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94702
Lot Size	Approximately 18,900 square feet (0.45 acre)
Current Use	Commercial building with adjacent parking area
Zoning Context	Within the San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan corridor and the Alameda County CTC San Pablo corridor redesign; listed as a priority development site by the City of Berkeley (granting by-right development under certain conditions); located in an Opportunity Zone.
Ownership	Sampi LLC (acquired 2026)

Location

San Pablo Avenue & Channing Way

The site sits on the San Pablo corridor with Berkeley Moshav directly across the street — at the center of a neighborhood that's actively being reinvested in by both the City and the County.

2400 San Pablo Ave

How a Partnership Could Work

We're flexible on structure

Two models are welcome:

In any structure, we are looking to move into a minority or passive role. We are not seeking to self-develop or to fee-develop. We want a partner with the vision, expertise, and resources to lead.

What We're Looking For

Five questions for prospective partners

Can you afford it?

The ability to fund or finance a ground-up development project — from your own capital, established relationships or development funds, or institutional lending partnerships.

Can you do it?

Demonstrating, through experience and past projects or your team, that you can navigate the trials and tribulations of entitlements and construction.

Are you like us?

A commitment to building projects that create community — through co-housing, cooperatives, community land trusts, neighborhood-serving spaces, or other models.

Can you speed date?

We are committed to identifying a partner quickly. Our preferred timeline is to select a partner within 90 days of this posting and move into pre-development discussions immediately thereafter.

Would you be our neighbor?

We'd love a partner who is excited about Berkeley Moshav across the street — and who sees the potential to create something the whole neighborhood can be proud of. We took the first step when we built our co-housing community here; we want to see others follow and "crowd-in" even more exciting, unique projects.

To Express Interest

What to send us

If this opportunity resonates with you, we'd love to hear from you. Please send:

1. A brief statement of interest — who you are, why this project appeals to you, and what excites you about this site.
2. Relevant experience — other projects you've done, or your team.
3. A preliminary concept — your initial thoughts on what could be built here. This doesn't need to be a full proposal — just enough to show us how you think about a site like this.
4. Proposed partnership structure — which model interests you (JV or purchase), and a high-level sense of how you'd approach the financial structure.
5. Your contact information — name, organization, email, and phone.

We're not looking for a polished proposal at this stage. We're looking for alignment. If there's a fit, we'll move quickly into deeper conversations.

Timeline

Moving quickly

RFI Published	April 1, 2026
Responses Due	90 days from publication
Follow-up Conversations	Ongoing as responses are received
Partner Selection Target	Within 90 days of publication

We reserve the right to engage with respondents on a rolling basis as submissions are received. Early expressions of interest are encouraged.