Berkeley has experienced an unprecedented surge in building applications for housing projects in December, with at least 13 applications filed for apartment projects encompassing more than 1,660 new residential units.
That's close to the equivalent of the total number of apartments delivered in the past five years in Berkeley, according to a report in the San Francisco Business Times.
Developers are rushing to file preliminary development applications this month, in a process enabled by a state law known as SB 330, to avoid a costly new requirement that has been mandated in a city law that will go into effect next week.
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