Berkeley rejects fast-track approval for 260-unit housing project


A Berkeley apartment project that has been stalled for five years experienced yet another obstacle, not qualifying for fast-tracked approval under new legislation the developer hoped to utilize.

The city of Berkeley told developer West Berkeley Investments in a letter this week that its 1900 Fourth St. project — 260 housing units over a parking lot on Fourth Street in West Berkeley— does not apply to SB 35, which looks to expedite permitting for projects that are 50 percent affordable housing…

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