by Doug Oakley Contra Costa Times August 9, 2011 Berkeley and Emeryville officials wooed representatives from Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on Monday, in hopes the institution will choose their cities to build a second campus for 800 scientists. The meeting in Emeryville was the last of six held over the past three weeks that included Oakland, Richmond and Albany as possible sites for a new lab facility. At each meeting, cities tried to show why their sites are the best. When the process is over and the second campus is finished in 2016, 800 scientists will go to work in 500,000 square feet of labs and offices, a size that could grow to 2 million square feet over time. Landing the lab in any of the six proposed sites would be a boon for jobs and spending. Monday night’s proposal by Wareham Development was actually three in one: One alternative in Berkeley would house the lab on an 18-acre site just north of Ashby Avenue and Seventh Street; a second option would be located in Emeryville at Emery Station near the Amtrak Station; and a third would use both sites. On hand to hear the proposals were lab Director Paul Alivisatos
