Rochdale Village is

student housing cooperative A student housing cooperative, also known as co-operative housing, is a housing cooperative for student members. Members live in alternative cooperative housing that they personally own and maintain. These houses are designed to lower housing costs ...

apartment complex in

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. The property is owned by

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and leased by the Berkeley Student Cooperative (BSC). It was built during the late 1960s and early 1970s, with money loaned by the

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to the BSC (then known as the University Student's Cooperative Association). With approximately 260 residents, it is the largest housing co-op in Berkeley and one of the largest student housing cooperatives in the world. It lies at an elevation of 236 feet (72 m).

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