1,000-plus more homes could sprout in Berkeley with flurry of proposals

BERKELEY — A flurry of housing proposals could create — if all are built — well over 1,000 new apartments in Berkeley, a review of several new projects on file with the city Planning Department shows. All told, the projects could produce slightly more than 1,300 residences in Berkeley, with the great majority of them clustered along the busy commercial strip of Shattuck Avenue, according to city planning documents. Perhaps the most dramatic change in the Berkeley skyline would be the potential development of a 28-story housing tower at 1998 Shattuck Avenue. This residential tower would replace a restaurant row along Shattuck Avenue…