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spyguy
May 20, 2013, 12:24 AM
1400 Mission
http://imageshack.us/a/img401/8461/1400k.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img825/8637/14001v.jpg

fflint
May 20, 2013, 12:55 AM
Here's an article that's related to the previous one I posted above from last Friday's issue of the San Francisco Business Times.

Most new San Francisco apartments can’t convert to condos

J.K. Dineen, Reporter-San Francisco Business Times

Could San Francisco’s swing from condos to apartments swing back just as quickly? Not likely: Just 10 percent of the 8,000 apartments to be completed in the next three years are candidates for conversion, according to Polaris Pacific.
Of the 35 projects in the pipeline, just seven have a chance of converting to condominiums, it found. The vast majority do not, either because they are owned by a real estate investment trust or because they are financed by a fund specifically earmarked for rental housing.

Exceptions include Crescent Heights’ 320-unit 45 Lansing St. and Principal Real Estate Investors’ tower at One Rincon Hill. Other projects that could go condo include 333 Fremont St., 973 Market St. and 72 Townsend St. There are also five condo projects under construction. These include: Marlowe, Oyster Development’s 98-unit development at 1800 Van Ness; Linea, a 115-unit development at 1998 Market St.; and Pocket Development’s 300 Ivy St.
Chris Foley, a principal with Polaris Pacific, said apartments are fetching such high rents that it doesn’t make sense to convert them.
“You are not going to see many conversions, but you will see a balancing of inventory going forward,” said Foley.

Architect Glenn Rescalvo of Handel Architects, who is designing Crescent Heights’ Mid-Market project, said there is no difference in quality between the apartments and condos.
“There is not one rental building where the infrastructure is mediocre. They are all as good as any condo building we have done,” he said. “If you are going to pay that much up front, it doesn’t make sense to cut corners.”
Other developers are collecting sites to be ready for the next condo cycle. Trumark Urban has acquired six sites around the city and plans to build for-sale units on all of them.

“The shift back to condos is almost ready to start,” said Oz Erickson of the Emerald Fund, which develops both apartments and condos. “Selected projects with very strong sponsors are doing it. I will bet you One Rincon goes condo — even though it is being built for apartments.”

I always assumed Rincon II would be condos. Thanks for posting these articles--they're much more informative and comprehensive than other sources.

viewguysf
May 20, 2013, 3:12 AM
1400 Mission

Where did you get these spyguy (no credits) and who is developing this? Does it have any connection with NEMA? From the little I saw previously, I'm assuming that answer is no.

easy as pie
May 20, 2013, 6:17 AM
^ those are new renderings of an old project propost in re what we see there, i'm in love. can't believe how much this hood is improving, so great...

cwilly
May 20, 2013, 4:06 PM
1400 Mission is not affiliated with NEMA. It is the off site BMRs for 201 Folsom.

cv94117
May 20, 2013, 4:24 PM
Holy exaggeration batman!

If you're making $100,000 a year, you do NOT need roommates in SF, unless you need to eat caviar at every meal, heat your home by burning money, and need to fly your private jet every day. You should be able to live anywhere you want in SF on that kind of pay, comfortably, and definitely with no roommates. Hell, I make only $20,000 per year, and have my own apartment in SF (a studio), with no roommates! If I can do it, than someone making $100k can.

Right on. I have a massage guy who makes well over $100K a year (and I'll bet he doesn't report it all...) who complains about how expensive it is to live in the city because of the tech crowd - but he lives in a beautiful huge rent controlled flat with three roommates - while taking off several times a year to go to places in Asia, Africa and Europe. Some people definitely need a reality check.

cv94117
May 20, 2013, 4:39 PM
^ those are new renderings of an old project propost in re what we see there, i'm in love. can't believe how much this hood is improving, so great...

Except you can't trust renderings in a lot of cases. These particular renderings - although for 1400 Mission - make NEMA look quite nice when in fact it is turning out pretty hideous IMO.

simms3_redux
May 20, 2013, 5:32 PM
^^^I think the opposite - I think the renderings make NEMA look hideous when in fact it's turning out to be a pretty non-blase cool development.

tech12
May 20, 2013, 5:33 PM
Socketsite has a new renderings up for 706 Mission, and the planning commission is expected to approve it this week:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/05/a_big_week_and_new_renderings_for_a_big_soma_tower_to_r.html

With the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for Millennium’s proposed 550-foot tower to rise at 706 Mission Street certified two months ago, this week San Francisco’s Planning Commission will hold a special session in which the 47-story tower with up to 215 condos over a four floor Mexican Museum is expected to be approved to be built upon the site.

Amongst the items on the Commission’s agenda, reclassifying the project site (click image above to enlarge) from a 400-foot to a 520-foot Height and Bulk District and agreeing that the building’s shadows would not be adverse to the neighborhood or Union Square.

The adjacent Aronson Building would be rehabilitated and attached to the tower. Parking for the development would be below-grade within the existing Jessie Square Garage with a total of 470 parking spaces, of which 210 would be public and 260 private.

http://www.socketsite.com/706%20Mission%202013%20Rendering%20With%20Aronson.jpg

http://www.socketsite.com/706%20mission%202013%20Rendering%202.jpg

Right on. I have a massage guy who makes well over $100K a year (and I'll bet he doesn't report it all...) who complains about how expensive it is to live in the city because of the tech crowd - but he lives in a beautiful huge rent controlled flat with three roommates - while taking off several times a year to go to places in Asia, Africa and Europe. Some people definitely need a reality check.

To be fair, I don't have a car to pay for, don't have enough money to go on a vacation, don't have enough money to eat out more than a couple times per week, and can't buy shiny gadgets all the time...But I am living here on around $20k (as are tens of thousands of other SF residents), which I've seen way too many people claim is impossible. I guess some people just can't make any comprises whatsoever, no matter how small, and need to spend so much money that $100k doesn't cut it for them. I would be so happy to make $100k per year and to live here...it's mind blowing that some people act like it's not enough. Of course the situation is a bit different for families, especially the larger they are, but even then tons of families live here on less than $100k per year.

fimiak
May 20, 2013, 7:06 PM
To be fair, I don't have a car to pay for, don't have enough money to go on a vacation, don't have enough money to eat out more than a couple times per week, and can't buy shiny gadgets all the time...But I am living here on around $20k (as are tens of thousands of other SF residents), which I've seen way too many people claim is impossible. I guess some people just can't make any comprises whatsoever, no matter how small, and need to spend so much money that $100k doesn't cut it for them. I would be so happy to make $100k per year and to live here...it's mind blowing that some people act like it's not enough. Of course the situation is a bit different for families, especially the larger they are, but even then tons of families live here on less than $100k per year.


My friend I have witnessed people in this area who routinely earn >$1,000,000 in income each year complain with the most righteous furor that they are being oppressed and made poor due to Obama's tax increases, while servers living off of tips making under 50k are standing right behind them filling their water. Don't even be surprised anymore, just scoff and move on.

fflint
May 20, 2013, 8:39 PM
I wish 706 Mish didn't have so many parking spaces. The private spaces I get, but why build another large public garage in the most transit-rich corridor west of New York?

tech12
May 20, 2013, 9:21 PM
I wish 706 Mish didn't have so many parking spaces. The private spaces I get, but why build another large public garage in the most transit-rich corridor west of New York?

At least it's underground, and may placate some of the NIMBYs who whine about the coming parking shortage apocalypse whenever something new gets proposed. Oh who am I kidding, those NIMBYs would then complain that the underground parking interferes with the purity and historic positioning of the soil.

My friend I have witnessed people in this area who routinely earn >$1,000,000 in income each year complain with the most righteous furor that they are being oppressed and made poor due to Obama's tax increases, while servers living off of tips making under 50k are standing right behind them filling their water. Don't even be surprised anymore, just scoff and move on.

Yeah I'm not surprised, but it never ceases to annoy/puzzle me how a lot of people completely exaggerate the cost of living here. Yeah it's expensive, but the people who make really good money and then act like it's tough to live in SF? They should give me their pay, and I'll show em how to live here nicely on it :whip:

Gordo
May 20, 2013, 9:46 PM
I wish 706 Mish didn't have so many parking spaces. The private spaces I get, but why build another large public garage in the most transit-rich corridor west of New York?

Isn't the garage already there? From the article above:

Parking for the development would be below-grade within the existing Jessie Square Garage with a total of 470 parking spaces, of which 210 would be public and 260 private.

I had understood from previous plans that this actually removes about 250 public spaces in order to create the 210 private spots (and infrastructure to separate the private/public portions). Still sounds like that's the plan, no? I don't think there's any new garage being built.

fflint
May 20, 2013, 10:10 PM
Isn't the garage already there? From the article above:

I had understood from previous plans that this actually removes about 250 public spaces in order to create the 210 private spots (and infrastructure to separate the private/public portions). Still sounds like that's the plan, no? I don't think there's any new garage being built.
Just re-read that paragraph, and yes, I think you are right. I think I was just distracted by the high ratio of spaces-to-units and missed how they already exist.

Let me revise my earlier sentiment: I like this project, without reservation!

NOPA
May 21, 2013, 12:59 AM
I really like the rendering for this tower and am getting excited for it. I do wish it was a bit taller, like in the 600, 700, or even 800 ft range, but after the Socketsite article pointed out that the nearest neighboring height, the St. Regis is 480, I think there will fit well into the skyline (skylines should be like mountains, with peaks and valleys, not a flatline).

As for parking, fflint, I somewhat disagree with you. I think there shouldn't be any maximum or minimum parking limits, but rather let the market (and developer) decide how many spots there should be, making sure that the project fits within a walkable, transit, and streetscape \-friendly framework of course.

fflint
May 21, 2013, 3:08 AM
I'm totally cool with eliminating any regulation requiring developers build a certain number of parking spaces--since each garage space adds tens of thousands of dollars to the cost of construction, zero-parking units are cheaper for developers to construct and cheaper for buyers to purchase. The negative impact of zero-parking construction is limited only to those those who choose to live in San Francisco and who also choose to own and park a car in the city. It would be easy for most residents to avoid feeling that impact.

I oppose eliminating parking maximums, however, because unlimited parking would negatively impact everyone: transit riders, cyclists, pedestrians and even those who drive. Should the 'market' decide to build tens of thousands of new parking spaces in San Francisco--and just look to 8 Washington for a cue on how the market wants as much car parking as it can possibly get--the additional cars and attendant increase in congestion would gridlock surface traffic. The city's extensive bus, streetcar, and light rail network, which today averages only 8mph as it is, would grind to a halt, inducing abandonment of our longstanding civic investment in trains, buses, electric trolleys, etc. Meanwhile, the physical hazards to cyclists and pedestrians inherent in urban car traffic--hundreds of injuries, dozens of deaths annually right now--would also only increase. I prefer a more progressive approach that prioritizes our investment in public transit, bike and pedestrian infrastructure and jealously guards those modes' viability.

viewguysf
May 21, 2013, 6:04 AM
1400 Mission is not affiliated with NEMA. It is the off site BMRs for 201 Folsom.

Whoa--I missed the BMR angle about this upcoming project. I think fflint mentioned it before, but it's sad that it will cover up most of NEMA's cool looking black south tower. I like NEMA precisely because it is so different.

fflint
May 21, 2013, 9:49 AM
Whoa--I missed the BMR angle about this upcoming project. I think fflint mentioned it before, but it's sad that it will cover up most of NEMA's cool looking black south tower. I like NEMA precisely because it is so different.
Yeah, I was bummed when I realized that--such a waste. I think the parts of NEMA with the matte black facade is pretty slick.

1977
May 22, 2013, 6:01 AM
Spur's ("urbanists") Flickr page has some great shots of the demo work for the new SFMOMA expansion. I had no idea this had begun. There are a lot of great pictures of other projects as well.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanists/8754650925/in/photostream/lightbox/

simms3_redux
May 22, 2013, 6:11 AM
Taken today.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/orhphase2_zpsff6afd27.jpg

Jerry of San Fran
May 23, 2013, 2:56 AM
sims3 redux - Nice picture of Rincon II. It should be breaking the skyline in the Civic Center soon!

simms3_redux
May 23, 2013, 3:06 AM
sims3 redux - Nice picture of Rincon II. It should be breaking the skyline in the Civic Center soon!

I took the below in early April.

Taken last week from the office...starting to poke up.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/1rinconnorth_zpsfbc6cfd7.jpg

And I took the below just now:

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/photo2_zps9128cccb.jpg

minesweeper
May 24, 2013, 4:36 PM
Another Upper Market vacant lot is slated for development:

Graystar joining housing rush in Castro (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/05/graystone-joining-housing-rush-in-castro.html)
By J.K. Dineen, May 23, 2013, 5:27pm PDT

Graystar is fueling up on Castro apartments.

The South Carolina-based developer, which has 200,000 rental housing units under management, has filed an application to build 87 units at 2198 Market St., a former Shell gas station. The project is being designed by HellerManus.

The project site consists of a triangular shaped lot with frontage on Market and Sanchez Streets. The site was recently rezoned as part of the Market and Octavia Plan Area. “The idea is to reflect the excitement of the area, but also respond to the scale on Market Street and Sanchez Street,” said Clark Manus, a principle with HellerManus.


It sounds like this one is still being designed at this point, so it's probably at least a year or two from ground breaking. It'll be across the street from two other projects already under construction, 2200 Market (http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2012/09/28/whats_happening_at_2200_market.php) and 2175 Market (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/05/from_76_station_to_88_apartments_at_2175_market_street.html).

easy as pie
May 24, 2013, 5:35 PM
yeah, graystar has been getting that together for a little while now, negotiating the bmr numbers with the community per a bax article a couple months back, but that the despicable value architects heller/manus are designing it is a bit of a scoop, hopefully they don't fuck it up too badly. :( should be a great new addition in terms of scale, intensification and getting the retail wall to the end of the block, however.

fimiak
May 24, 2013, 9:44 PM
Here is a good San Francisco Magazine article with SFMoMA renderings.

Probably a must-read for anyone interested in the expansion.

http://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/sfmoma-the-reboot

http://modernluxury.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story-photo-slide-show/story/moma_new_exterior.jpg

http://modernluxury.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story-photo-slide-show/story/howard_st_gallery.jpg


The exterior will be clad in a custom composite material: glass fiber-reinforced concrete.

Instead of focusing on the grand boulevards, the design opens up access to the smaller streets—”a very important change psychologically,” Benezra says. Minna and Natoma streets could become new hubs for restaurants and shops.

cv94117
May 24, 2013, 10:14 PM
yeah, graystar has been getting that together for a little while now, negotiating the bmr numbers with the community per a bax article a couple months back, but that the despicable value architects heller/manus are designing it is a bit of a scoop, hopefully they don't fuck it up too badly. :( should be a great new addition in terms of scale, intensification and getting the retail wall to the end of the block, however.


Please, keep Heller Manus out of the neighborhoods. Leave it to a crappy out of town developer to hire them.

tech12
May 24, 2013, 11:55 PM
Heller Manus did design 181 Fremont though. Sure, they've designed a ton of ugly buildings over the years, but maybe 181 Fremont isn't a fluke, and they're starting to get past their days of shit-tasticness. I hope so, at least.

spyguy
May 27, 2013, 4:50 PM
http://imageshack.us/a/img211/371/pano1t.jpg

timbad
May 29, 2013, 6:17 AM
a lot of the upper Market St projects are all still in their burkas, but we can at least get a sense of what their bulk will feel like once they are done. west to east, here are some of them (I didn't get a shot of Icon, closest to Castro) on a gray Memorial Day:

north side of Market at 15th, former Thai restaurant, looking west:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/8863254391_227db4879b_b.jpg

kitty-corner from it, former gas station on south side of Market, being excavated:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7356/8863856060_f84484674a_b.jpg

the Whole Foods at Dolores, as seen when approaching from the east:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/8863232265_4ff59695d7_b.jpg

... and from across the street:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8394/8863834260_a7e909b6d5_b.jpg

kitty-corner from there, former gas station on the corner of Buchanan, looking east:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5460/8863805148_a19e608536_b.jpg

and looking west from across the street:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8140/8863205387_ef12d8496c_b.jpg

next to the LGBT Center, former hole in the ground:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3737/8875662256_0f4c5b737f_b.jpg

and looking west:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5322/8875667660_7aeeea1f6f_b.jpg

Market and Octavia is still being dug out; hard to get a good shot of the work. this is looking south down the length of the lot:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5334/8863240017_f812b2bd73_b.jpg

and the BMR component of the Buchanan project, at Page and Franklin, what could be a gateway into Hayes Valley, tho there are a couple parking lots just north of this intersection crying out to be filled with something productive:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/8863829592_a6a641d788_b.jpg

... and a bit more in context, with glimpses of some of the other projects in the distance:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5462/8863818612_f3f067b586_b.jpg

jbm
May 31, 2013, 3:38 AM
looks like the crane at 100 van ness is fully installed now, as it is higher than the roof. also looks like more of the top floor and the roof were removed today.

fflint
May 31, 2013, 3:46 AM
Here is a good San Francisco Magazine article with SFMoMA renderings.

Probably a must-read for anyone interested in the expansion.

http://modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/sfmoma-the-reboot

http://modernluxury.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story-photo-slide-show/story/moma_new_exterior.jpg

http://modernluxury.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/story-photo-slide-show/story/howard_st_gallery.jpg

I think this is the coolest building going up in the city--here's a couple photos of the model from sfgate (http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SFMOMA-kicks-off-expansion-project-4558974.php):
http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/21/74/11/4702808/3/628x471.jpg

http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/21/74/11/4702813/3/628x471.jpg

DIESELPOLO
May 31, 2013, 5:58 AM
I really don't "get" the MoMA expansion. I'm sure the interior is going to be great, but the exterior is a head scratcher for me.

The development lining Market Street, especially all these corner lots, is so exciting. At this point, I am salivating for the building envelope and glass to go in to complete the image for me.

cv94117
May 31, 2013, 4:32 PM
I really don't "get" the MoMA expansion. I'm sure the interior is going to be great, but the exterior is a head scratcher for me.

The development lining Market Street, especially all these corner lots, is so exciting. At this point, I am salivating for the building envelope and glass to go in to complete the image for me.

Right. Cool building, but nearly all of the perspectives shown in the model shots and renderings will never actually be seen by anyone unless flying around in a helicopter. A bit can be seen behind the Botta building when standing in YB Gardens and the only really visible portion from the street is the Howard street entrance - which appears to be a mostly a high flat blank white wall. I'm a big fan of the architect, but I'm very skeptical of how this will look from the street.

ozone
May 31, 2013, 4:54 PM
Right. Cool building, but nearly all of the perspectives shown in the model shots and renderings will never actually be seen by anyone unless flying around in a helicopter. A bit can be seen behind the Botta building when standing in YB Gardens and the only really visible portion from the street is the Howard street entrance - which appears to be a mostly a high flat blank white wall. I'm a big fan of the architect, but I'm very skeptical of how this will look from the street.

Most cities would love to have San Francisco's problems. This shoehorning is getting a bit Manhattan like. As far as the design goes. Form is following function and site restriction. Hey its a hell of lot better than a square box. San Francisco has built some of the best new museum buildings in the world within a generation. Remember the old de Yong and California Academy of Sciences were nothing to write home about but lots of people hated the new designs. And most changed their minds once they were completed. This will only make a great museum better.

tech12
May 31, 2013, 4:59 PM
The self-entitled wealthy four seasons NIMBYs are drafting a ballot measure to get the Mexican museum tower reduced in height to 350 feet, just so they can save their views:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/05/four_seasons_homeowners_drop_the_dreaded_b_word.html

They're hiding their motives behind some "save the parks from shadows" BS, saying the new tower will cast too much shadow on union square. Never mind the fact that the amount of shadow is negligible and only in the mornings, and that their own four seasons tower already casts more shadow on union square than the Mexican museum tower will. It's just more abuse of the system by wealthy assholes who want to keep their views, with misleading ballot measures to stall/kill already approved projects, just like those NIMBYs who recently drafted a "no wall on the waterfront" ballot measure to block 8 Washington and the warriors arena. And the ballot measures are going to sound good to your average ignorant voter too, as "save parks from shadows" and "no wall on the waterfront" sounds good if you know nothing about it or drank the NIMBY kool aid, right? I'm afraid these have a chance of passing.

ozone
May 31, 2013, 5:11 PM
and that their own four seasons tower already casts more shadow on union square than the Mexican museum tower will.

Maybe someone should start a petition drive to remove a few floors off the top of the Four Seasons? You know, in order to "Save the Park."

theskythelimit
May 31, 2013, 6:28 PM
With regards to the MoMA expansion, it looks like the guests at the W Hotel will loose their view. At least the first 10 or so floors.

Jerry of San Fran
May 31, 2013, 6:29 PM
I took this picture from the 24th floor in the Essex Fox Plaza. The concrete skin removal should commence very soon. The wind pattern in the neighborhood should change for awhile. With the highrise getting it's windows at Market & 10th (NEMA) it will be interesting to see the wind patterns & how they change. The Fox Plaza is famous for it's strong street wind. I've had my furniture creak with the building in a winter storm! We used to be able to visit the roof deck (no more) - one could see the block long building move like a snake in the wind.

There have been two kinds of hawks that nested & roosted in & on the building for 30 years. They will now have to find a new home

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5465/8904500268_25086159b9_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/antinous/8904500268/)
100 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco (http://www.flickr.com/photos/antinous/8904500268/) by Apollo's Light (http://www.flickr.com/people/antinous/), on Flickr

Jerry of San Fran
May 31, 2013, 6:33 PM
SFMOMA - I think the new addition is an odd piece of architecture. Someone has called it an iceberg. The De Young was compared to an aircraft carrier :>} I will hold my judgment till it is built as artist renderings rarely look like the real thing. I can see the "eye" of the museum, so I should see the top 3 floors of the new structure from my apartment in the Essex Fox Plaza.

simms3_redux
May 31, 2013, 7:22 PM
What's funny about the Four Seasons is that it's pretty short itself - under 400 ft. If Museum Tower is reduced to 350 ft (it won't be - sounds like Millennium Partners, which is a large and well respected developer, has educated the committees on their proforma and what makes sense financially...like 500 ft or nothing, take it or leave it) then only the top few floors will have their views preserved at their horizon level.

The north south profile of th Museum Tower seems relatively narrow, and that's a profile that some at Four Seasons along the eastern edge get. I would suspect that its's the units on the upper SWC of Four Seasons that are complaining the most. Anyone below the top floors is either complaining for no tower at all, or they aren't complaining as 350 ft does nothing to "help" their views.

Anyone know who lives on the top 2-3 floors, specifically the SWC, of the Four Seasons? They're obviously worth tens of millions - hard to "sympathize" with sophisticated city condo buyers of that level, but I guess you never know. Millennium Partners ironically also developed the Four Seasons and is selling the retail component right now(across their portfolio). This story is almost comedic.

Between billionaire owners in Presidio Heights sparring over the height of someone's tree in someone's backyard blocking someone else's (Larry Ellison's?) balcony view, to the Democrat Party weighing in on why a development along the waterfront should not happen due to views and a "wall", to the supe for Telegraph Hill who is out of his f*cking mind to the billionaire residents on the top floors of the Four Seasons saying screw you to the 30 floors below them and asking for a height reduction to preserve their precious top floor views as if they own the flippin city, LoL. Oh rich people.

fflint
May 31, 2013, 8:48 PM
^Rich people do own this city.

Jerry of San Fran
May 31, 2013, 10:49 PM
I thought that I would hate the building (the original design was much better to my eye), but today after seeing the glass with the yellow & white panels that will clad the first 5 floors I think it will be a winner. I will have a view of the top 14 stories.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2840/8906733834_b5b20a78d7_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/antinous/8906733834/)
55 Ninth Street (http://www.flickr.com/photos/antinous/8906733834/) by Apollo's Light (http://www.flickr.com/people/antinous/), on Flickr

jbm
Jun 2, 2013, 2:10 AM
it looks like 8 octavia has just started popping out of the ground, at least along market st. the back half, along haight, it looks like they are still clearing, which is not surprising since it is slightly higher ground.

fflint
Jun 2, 2013, 6:11 AM
15th and South Van Ness is finally under construction. The first walls are up.

15th and Mission is topped out and most of the skin is in place--this is one of the biggest projects u/c right now and it's totally under the radar.

15th and Dolores is sealed, interiors still u/c, and Sotheby's has a big banner on the facade.

Yeah, I ride a bike and live on 15th!

viewguysf
Jun 2, 2013, 7:04 PM
15th and South Van Ness is finally under construction. The first walls are up.

15th and Mission is topped out and most of the skin is in place--this is one of the biggest projects u/c right now and it's totally under the radar.

15th and Dolores is sealed, interiors still u/c, and Sotheby's has a big banner on the facade.

Yeah, I ride a bike and live on 15th!

Stop the bike and snap some shots! :yes:

viewguysf
Jun 2, 2013, 7:50 PM
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8559/8921435716_98ed831098_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8921435716/)
NEMA & 100 Van Ness (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8921435716/) by viewguysf (http://www.flickr.com/people/viewguysf/), on Flickr

Windows have been removed from the upper fourth of the tower.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7325/8920818949_dbee803c49_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8920818949/)
IMG_1657 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8920818949/) by viewguysf (http://www.flickr.com/people/viewguysf/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8921436894_259dbd8776_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8921436894/)
IMG_1660 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8921436894/) by viewguysf (http://www.flickr.com/people/viewguysf/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/8921440788_f909ed54a3_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8921440788/)
IMG_1654 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8921440788/) by viewguysf (http://www.flickr.com/people/viewguysf/), on Flickr

simms3_redux
Jun 2, 2013, 8:21 PM
I'm going to SFMOMA (last day for 2.5-3 years TODAY) and then a massive walk around town with pics to come. Keep posted. Was in Mission Bay and south SF today for a bike ride and skipped out on pics - Mission Bay is just booming with construction activity, but I had too much momentum to stop.

viewguysf
Jun 3, 2013, 2:43 AM
The tower crane at 100 Van Ness was bringing up sections so that it could be jumped higher. NEMA is certainly going to be taller than 352'. Low scaffolding has been erected along the 11th Street flank of Square's new headquarters to begin punching in the 47 new windows; 55 Ninth is discretely visible above it.

http://http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/8929643142_bd78f8ec26_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8929643142/)
IMG_5957 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8929643142/) by viewguysf (http://www.flickr.com/people/viewguysf/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/8929967416_73bc6d86b2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8929967416/)
IMG_5958 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/8929967416/) by viewguysf (http://www.flickr.com/people/viewguysf/), on Flickr

simms3_redux
Jun 3, 2013, 4:53 AM
I lied and spent too much time in line to get into the MOMA, and then too much time in there. But I still cracked a few pictures:

Cranes dotting the skyline:

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013015_zps524b90b2.jpg

535 Mission Street

http://www.socketsite.com/535%20mission%20Street%20Rendered.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013013_zps909fe39a.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013011_zps46bed416.jpg

144 New Montgomery

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013019_zps408b7890.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013020_zps5026a8a1.jpg

55 Ninth - 1 floor to go?

http://www.scb.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_780_580/adaptive-image/public/55-Ninth-1.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013029_zps3f2a6ed4.jpg

1960 Market

http://www.socketsite.com/1960-1998%20Market%20Revised%20Design%20-%20night.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013030_zpsbae9185f.jpg

Bonus shot from Hunter's Point

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/SFMay2013001_zpseebf120c.jpg

simms3_redux
Jun 3, 2013, 5:00 AM
Here's the view that will be destroyed by the Museum Tower:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/03/another_peek_inside_and_from_the_penultimate_four_seaso.html

http://www.socketsite.com/765%20Market%20%2327A%20Living%202013.jpg

http://www.socketsite.com/765%20Market%20%2327A%20View.jpg

Looks like those poor souls will no longer get to see the W Hotel, St. Regis or Paramount Apts, awww. :(

ozone
Jun 3, 2013, 3:57 PM
^^^ If I had spent that much money on a place and some of view was taken away I'd be upset too. BUT isn't that the nature of living in a dense high-rise city? How will lowering the height affect their view?

cv94117
Jun 3, 2013, 5:08 PM
Here's the view that will be destroyed by the Museum Tower:

Looks like those poor souls will no longer get to see the W Hotel, St. Regis or Paramount Apts, awww. :(

From what I can tell, the W Hotel and the squat building across the street where Chevy's is located are the only buildings they'll be losing a view of. Both butt-ugly buildings in any case. Too bad the Paramount won't be obscured too, but they'll still be able to see that.

fflint
Jun 4, 2013, 5:21 AM
Just got back in town via the freeway and NEMA is already way taller than 352'. No question.

timbad
Jun 4, 2013, 5:44 AM
15th and South Van Ness is finally under construction. The first walls are up.

15th and Mission is topped out and most of the skin is in place--this is one of the biggest projects u/c right now and it's totally under the radar.

15th and Dolores is sealed, interiors still u/c, and Sotheby's has a big banner on the facade.

here's the photo back-up...

15th and S Van Ness (SW corner), looking east down 15th:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/8944150287_2b860d9f3a_b.jpg

15th and Mission

looking east down 15th at the SW corner (too bad nothing could be done about those poles and power lines, blech):

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5350/8944144241_a6bf1e13f7_b.jpg

a bit farther east on 15th, showing the middle set-back section:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3824/8944136183_84922550b9_b.jpg

looking back west into the evening glare at the SE corner (the blue is a sub-layer I think, not the final surface color of that section):

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2815/8944114485_e36b0c03eb_b.jpg

... and the east side along Mission:

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/8944781872_d3fc023c25_b.jpg

overall not bad looking, tho some sections particularly on 15th and along the 'back' little alley-like street look kinda cheap. but should be transformational for the immediate area - big changes around there since it was my 'hood in the mid 90s! (check out Google streetview to see what this replaced)

15th and Dolores

looking east down 15th:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8280/8944794488_65a81e3e87_b.jpg

south down Dolores:

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/8944163193_22df2dfcb7_b.jpg

and southwest into the glare, where you can see what I think was an original building peeking out from behind the tree:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3772/8944731864_eace89228b_b.jpg

viewguysf
Jun 4, 2013, 6:07 AM
Just got back in town via the freeway and NEMA is already way taller than 352'. No question.

I was blown away at how awesome it looked from Oak and Fillmore with its construction lights on tonight! It's really making a major impact on the skyline from certain angles and views.

timbad
Jun 4, 2013, 7:38 AM
a random development at the foot of Potrero Hill (17th and de Haro), called Onyx (http://www.onyxsf.com/)... rendering:

http://www.onyxsf.com/images/site/homepage/slide-1.jpg

as it looked Sunday:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3743/8946052018_8133ddb910_b.jpg

1977
Jun 5, 2013, 2:47 AM
New 333 Brannan design. Looks like promising infill.

Kilroy’s goal for its portfolio as a whole is to reduce its energy consumption by 10 percent of 2010 levels by 2015, Neff said. The landlord hopes to start construction at 333 Brannan by the end of the year.


http://news.theregistrysf.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/FRONT1_flat.jpg

Source and article: http://news.theregistrysf.com/kilroy-wants-san-franciscos-first-net-zero-office-building/

**Another rendering (http://www.kilroyrealty.com/uploads/propertyImages/333BrannanStreet530201321543PM.jpg).

mthd
Jun 5, 2013, 6:41 AM
Just got back in town via the freeway and NEMA is already way taller than 352'. No question.

it may look that way but it isn't. the height limit is still 320' and the most they could get is 352' (320+10%) by using the upper tower extension. in this case they also got an exception for taller than normal architectural screening of rooftop equipment, but none of it has been constructed yet.

the original EIR for the site was for a 320' municipal office building, which they did multiple addendums to as the use and massing changed but the underlying zoning was never changed.

botoxic
Jun 6, 2013, 4:51 PM
From nearly all vantage points to the south, NEMA's roof line does appear to be taller than Fox Plaza's mechanical penthouse. Even though they are across the street from each other, perhaps there is enough of an elevation difference (5-10' would do the trick) to create this visual effect. It also may be because concrete forms are still protruding from the roof, or it could be due to NEMA's ever-so-slightly closer proximity (about half a block) to southern views. But regardless, NEMA's core has already been built one story higher than the roof elevation (to allow roof access), making NEMA indisputably the taller of the two buildings.

easy as pie
Jun 6, 2013, 5:47 PM
just catching up on some mid-market reading, i noticed that a bit on the un plaza site macfarlane picked up a while back:

Meanwhile MacFarlane is busy entitling another San Francisco development, a 12-story building next to the Strand Theater (soon to be the American Conservatory Theater.) That project, at 1125 Market St., will feature ground floor retail on Market Street and a gym and common space on Stevenson Street. The midrise would have 150 units but just 16 parking space. Fourteen apartments, 12 percent of the total, will be designated as affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents.

also, 973 market street (the seven story building adjacent to the cityplace mall being prepped right now) is currently under scaffolding with internal and external renovations bringing back the 1906 building for 65 loft-style residences, over the existing retail base, of course.

and, the renoir hotel on market near 7th will become a kor hotel, after a 40 million bone reno.

BushMan
Jun 7, 2013, 4:50 AM
just catching up on some mid-market reading, i noticed that a bit on the un plaza site macfarlane picked up a while back:

Meanwhile MacFarlane is busy entitling another San Francisco development, a 12-story building next to the Strand Theater (soon to be the American Conservatory Theater.) That project, at 1125 Market St., will feature ground floor retail on Market Street and a gym and common space on Stevenson Street. The midrise would have 150 units but just 16 parking space. Fourteen apartments, 12 percent of the total, will be designated as affordable housing for low- and moderate-income residents.

also, 973 market street (the seven story building adjacent to the cityplace mall being prepped right now) is currently under scaffolding with internal and external renovations bringing back the 1906 building for 65 loft-style residences, over the existing retail base, of course.

and, the renoir hotel on market near 7th will become a kor hotel, after a 40 million bone reno.

Great update! I just walked down Market from 5th to 9th this afternoon, absolutely AMAZING how much exciting activity is going on right now.

I noticed a Round Table Pizza banner peeking out from beneath the scaffolding on 973 Market, perhaps that's at least part of the retail element?

Also according to this article in SF Racked the Market Street Place people are talking with a popular British clothing store called Topshop:

http://sf.racked.com/archives/2013/05/28/sf-midmarket-real-estate-planners-talking-with-topshop.php

Jerry of San Fran
Jun 7, 2013, 5:38 AM
easy as pie - thanks for the update on the Renoir Hotel. I was curious as to why the whole building was boarded & closed. Seventh Street & Market is a war zone - hopefully the new hotel & other development will make a difference. I have a view from my apartment 2 blocks away & see the police & paramedics there 24/7.

fflint
Jun 7, 2013, 6:11 AM
I noticed a Round Table Pizza banner peeking out from beneath the scaffolding on 973 Market, perhaps that's at least part of the retail element?
That Round Table Pizza location has been closed for so many years I can't remember when it was last open.

BushMan
Jun 7, 2013, 9:05 PM
^^^
Interesting, this banner looked rather new, not like an old sign that remained from a long-defunct business. I guess time will tell!:shrug:

jbm
Jun 8, 2013, 6:53 PM
I walked down mission this morning. Not only is the complex at 15th almost complete, it looks like they are about to start work directly across mission st on another project. Anyone got info on that?

minesweeper
Jun 8, 2013, 8:11 PM
I walked down mission this morning. Not only is the complex at 15th almost complete, it looks like they are about to start work directly across mission st on another project. Anyone got info on that?

Interestingly, it looks like this one has flown totally under the radar. I'm guessing you're referring to 1875 Mission, which is an adaptive re-use project.

A developer is converting the 4-story warehouse into 38 residential units:

http://sfmea.sfplanning.org/2010.0787E_CPE.pdf

http://sf-planning.org/ftp/files/notice/2010.0787V.pdf

timbad
Jun 10, 2013, 4:06 AM
here's Fifth and Folsom (looking south down Fifth):

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7417/9002485578_48599bdaea_b.jpg

easy as pie
Jun 10, 2013, 7:54 PM
biztimes reports (http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/06/developer-tapped-for-key-mid-market.html) yet another awesome mid-market project in the early stages and provides an early "vision" rendering (note the tower massing on the turk side of the project).

http://i.imgur.com/zY3qeTk.jpg

gmaps (https://www.google.com/maps?ll=37.783486,-122.408777&spn=0.005325,0.013078&sll=37.783175,-122.409568&layer=c&cbp=13,260.52,,0,-0.15&cbll=37.783351,-122.408919&t=h&z=17&panoid=Frp3CJ6E63GRWZZ0Z6p76Q).

basically, we have "a new and dynamic mixed-use project at the gateway to mid-Market" including the two properties with the addresses 950-975 market street, "preliminary plans call for a 75,000 square foot arts and education center and a 225,000 square feet for housing and retail." current zoning allows up to 12 stories on the mid-block site and 4 stories on the corner, i wouldn't be surprised to see the project increase in size as it works its way through, as there's still some ~70k sqf left on the table. all in all, awesome news.

fimiak
Jun 10, 2013, 8:07 PM
Wow that design looks like its entirely worked to reduce wind, from the second floor 'mini park' with trees, to the fourth and fifth level openings to let the wind pass. The tower is just an after thought to the de-winding of Market St. I am surprised there are no trees along the street, but they were probably just left out to show off the proposal. This is definitely awesome news.

fflint
Jun 10, 2013, 8:30 PM
Plus it will have over 200 housing units--that's about as mixed-use as a development can get.

JWS
Jun 11, 2013, 9:30 PM
Also according to this article in SF Racked the Market Street Place people are talking with a popular British clothing store called Topshop:

http://sf.racked.com/archives/2013/05/28/sf-midmarket-real-estate-planners-talking-with-topshop.php

Whoa! The second I saw the Market Street Place renderings, I thought "Topshop/Topman", but the problem was I thought they were targeting more of a Kohl's/JC Penney demographic. So happy to hear this might be happening, as they would be a HUGE draw.

Think of this as the British version of Urban Outfitters, and yet due to its rarity/exclusivity in the US, it is seen as sort of the "holy grail" of fashionable chains. Currently there are only four locations, New York, Chicago, LA, and Las Vegas. This, and the nearby Uniqlo which is similar in exclusivity/rarity, would further cement Union Square/Mid-Market as a destination shopping district amongst fashionable twenty-somethings.

hruski
Jun 11, 2013, 9:47 PM
Whoa! The second I saw the Market Street Place renderings, I thought "Topshop/Topman", but the problem was I thought they were targeting more of a Kohl's/JC Penney demographic. So happy to hear this might be happening, as they would be a HUGE draw.

Think of this as the British version of Urban Outfitters, and yet due to its rarity/exclusivity in the US, it is seen as sort of the "holy grail" of fashionable chains. Currently there are only four locations, New York, Chicago, LA, and Las Vegas. This, and the nearby Uniqlo which is similar in exclusivity/rarity, would further cement Union Square/Mid-Market as a destination shopping district amongst fashionable twenty-somethings.

This may be horribly off-topic, but I went to Uniqlo the other day and was extremely unimpressed. The selection was not great and the place was pretty much empty on a Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, H&M was busy and had some great stuff.

/offtopic.

easy as pie
Jun 12, 2013, 2:49 AM
yeah, you know, as far as japanese mass clothiers that are making moves in america goes, i'm still scratching my head at muji's decision to go in by the freeway exit on 10th or whatever, just mystifying. that's a gang that should have been onto the old marshall's space, onto the weinstein gallery space, onto the levi's space, etc. if they're not in discussions to open a second shop at the new market place mall, they're really going to miss out.

fimiak
Jun 12, 2013, 4:14 AM
Topshop is pretty bad in my opinion, too H&M and Zara-like. but more business is always better business.

yeah, you know, as far as japanese mass clothiers that are making moves in america goes, i'm still scratching my head at muji's decision to go in by the freeway exit on 10th or whatever, just mystifying. that's a gang that should have been onto the old marshall's space, onto the weinstein gallery space, onto the levi's space, etc. if they're not in discussions to open a second shop at the new market place mall, they're really going to miss out.


I'm almost positive Muji did this solely to test the SF market by choosing a really cheap location out of the center of town to see just how much interest they could pull. I would be really happy if they move to the Market St. Place because Muji has a ton of awesome products (over 50,000 I believe) that aren't even available at its 9th st location.

minesweeper
Jun 12, 2013, 6:12 AM
According to a KPIX Assignment Manager, the crane is going up for the affordable housing project (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2010/06/235_broadway_from_freeway_ramp_to_parking_to_family_apa.html) at Battery and Broadway:

https://twitter.com/DinsmoreDesk/status/344499778828263424/photo/1

timbad
Jun 13, 2013, 8:15 AM
the buildings have been cleared to make way for the SFMOMA expansion on Howard:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/9030019059_2ed55a9b5e_b.jpg

cv94117
Jun 14, 2013, 5:48 PM
Drove by Pine & Kearny yesterday and got to thinking about that empty lot next to St. Mary's garage and across from the BofA tower.

It's been a hole surrounded by a fence for the whole 27 years I've been working in the financial district. I'm amazed that such a prime site has lain fallow through numerous booms & busts. I don't recall ever even seeing a proposal for it.

Anyone have any info?

simms3_redux
Jun 14, 2013, 6:25 PM
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=144509

Details the transaction between Swig and Lincoln on both 350 Bush and 500 Pine (the site you reference I believe on the west side of Kearny). Heller Manus has renderings still on their website for the proposals for both sites. Both sites are still entitled I believe, and 500 Pine would come first as it is smaller. North FiDi seems to be a less compelling development play than South FiDi now, for obvious reasons that North FiDi is still the stodgy old financial center with traditional ownership and traditional tenancy and potentially less demand unless the law firms and FIRE industry wants to remain and expand in the area.

500 Pine St via Heller Manus (http://www.hellermanus.com/500_Pine_Street.html)
http://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/500-Pine/500-Pine-001-West-View.jpg

350 Bush St via Heller Manus (http://www.hellermanus.com/350_Bush_Street.html)
http://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/350-Bush/350-Bush-004-Bush-St-Vie-copy.jpg

And a rendering of this uber boring lobby:
http://www.hellermanus.com/images/portfolio/350-Bush/350-Bush-008-Mining-Exch-copy.jpg

BushMan
Jun 16, 2013, 2:23 AM
Looks like more good Mid-Market news, from Curbed SF:

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2013/06/14/is_a_former_under_armour_exec_joining_the_midmarket_housing_party.php

simms3_redux
Jun 17, 2013, 5:46 AM
Update: June 16, 2013

350 Mission

30 stories, 400,000 SF, LEED Gold, Kilroy Realty

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/350Mission1_zps4818121d.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/350Mission2_zps448f9a5d.jpg

201 Folsom

35 and 40 stories, Tishman Speyer - a little birdie says groundbreaking is in July, construction equipment showing up on site

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/201Folsom1_zps9803c88e.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/201Folsom2_zps54f54eee.jpg

One Rincon Hill North Tower

50 above ground floors, 541 ft, 299 FOR LEASE units

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/ORHNorth1_zps0b0935d7.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/ORHNorth2_zps9791cc20.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/ORHNorth3_zps6ed396ae.jpg

333 Fremont

Crane is now down, 88 units

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/333Fremont1_zpsae0e5104.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/333Fremont2_zps388fa449.jpg

375 Folsom Street site

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/340-350Fremont_zpsde12d8e3.jpg

45 Lansing

39 stories, 400 ft, Crescent Heights, 320 units and 265 mechanically stored parking spaces

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/45Lansing1_zps236e82dc.jpg

Somebody please interpret this
http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/45Lansing2_zps762d0280.jpg

Foundry III

286,000 SF office, Tishman Speyer

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/FoundryIII1_zps3756f78a.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/FoundryIII2_zps75bfb456.jpg

535 Mission

27 stories, 378 ft, 307,000 SF, LEED Gold

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/575Mission1_zpsd9145a79.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/575Mission2_zps3a3fe2b6.jpg

Transbay Terminal

Noticed some new stuff - white beams, more rebar on the ground.

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/TransbayTerminal1_zpsd257eb06.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/TransbayTerminal2_zpseb183dd8.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/TransbayTerminal3_zps48d3fc58.jpg

144 New Montgomery

295,000 SF renovation of the old Pac Bell building
Yelp signed on for 110,000 SF at $54 with annual escalations and $60 allowance
Luminosity signed on for 36,000 SF
Stockbridge and Wilson Meany Sullivan

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/144NewMontgomery_zps8208ee58.jpg

680 Folsom

Also a former PacBell building, TMG/Rockwood bought from Boston Properties for over $300M, added 2-3 floors, and redveloped using SOM as architects
85% leased to Macy's.com (243,000 SF) and Riverbed Technologies (202,000 SF)

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/680Folsom1_zps1b0c53ca.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/680Folsom2_zps55192f57.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/680Folsom3_zps480da47f.jpg

5th and Folsom

2 buildings:
900 Folsom is 282 units and 5,000 SF retail, LEED Gold, 8 or 9 stories
260 fifth is 181 units, 97 subterranean parking stalls, 9 stories

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/5thandFolsom1_zpsbaf84c91.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/5thandFolsom2_zps03132556.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/5thandFolsom3_zpsebfbc9c0.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/5thandFolsom4_zpsb342482e.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/5thandFolsom5_zpsa44f6c67.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/5thandFolsom6_zps7b13c85e.jpg

AVA Ninth

Avalon Bay, 17 floors, 205 ft, 273 units, 5,000 SF retail

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/AVANinth1_zps7e9a13ce.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/AVANinth2_zps6ef4c224.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/AVANinth3_zps03038f89.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/AVANinth4_zps421f74b3.jpg

NEMA - 10th and Market

~390 ft with crown, 35 floors, 754 units, Crescent Heights

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/NEMA1_zpse95451d9.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/NEMA2_zps59b61d8c.jpg

100 Van Ness

Emerald Fund (One Rincon Hill and Rincon Green), 400 ft, 29 floors, 399 units, 116 parking spaces, $200M project

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/100VanNess_zpsfdbb83ae.jpg

Twitter

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/Twitter_zps06c5623c.jpg

Trinity Place - Phase III

1,900 units!!

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/TrinityPlace1_zps4801fa85.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/TrinityPlace2_zps20574246.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/TrinityPlace3_zps0fe90ea9.jpg

St. Anthony's new Dining Room / Mercy Housing

10 stories, 99 ft, 90 units affordable senior housing

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/StAnthonys1_zpsd85813f4.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/StAnthonys3_zpsd91fcff3.jpg

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/StAnthonys2_zps50339a05.jpg

Warfield Theater renovation

Spotify signed on for 2-3 floors

http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad1/jsimms3/WarfieldTheater_zpsa7c48e21.jpg

viewguysf
Jun 17, 2013, 2:23 PM
Great informative wrap up/update simms--thanks for a real font of info!

[Note that 575 Mission S/B 535.]

tech12
Jun 17, 2013, 3:10 PM
Yeah nice overview of downtown projects. One more small correction: the One Rincon Hill north tower will be 541 feet, not 495 feet.

Lego
Jun 17, 2013, 4:30 PM
The "mechanically-supplied parking spaces" refer to a mechanically/automatically-stacking and storing system - think of it as a large 3 dimensional Rubic's cube that puts individual cars into cages and sorts and stores them underground. these systems are not prohibitively expensive anymore and save quite a bit of excavation work.

From your unit or at the concierge, you simply press a button and your car is moved to the front and ready for pick up within 3-5 minutes. Here's a manufacturer's system page:

http://www.boomerangsystems.com/

p.s. Had a peek at 399 Fremont a few weeks ago: still entitled and work is progressing quickly. Should be in the ground Autumn this year

simms3_redux
Jun 17, 2013, 9:44 PM
Thanks viewguysf and tech12, made the corrections. Wonder why the forum has ORH North listed as 495 ft? That needs to be changed (thought that was low myself). Also, 350 Mission and 45 Lansing need to come to the construction side. 350 Mission is a definite go with the entire building leased and foundation work ongoing, and 45 Lansing is a go, as well. 201 Folsom will be UC within 45 days, the machines are actually at work today (as seen from my high floor perch nearby).

northbay
Jun 17, 2013, 11:29 PM
Thanks simms for the great update!

Lego, welcome to the forum. I had the privilege of experiencing an automatic parking garage in Japan, and it was ten years ago! Exciting that it's finally coming here. Makes so much sense in dense urban settings.

fimiak
Jun 19, 2013, 10:23 PM
http://i.imgur.com/OfodHd4l.jpg (http://imgur.com/OfodHd4)

The back of 55 Ninth.

jbm
Jun 20, 2013, 12:53 AM
just saw this on mission between 6th and 7th

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/9089932370_22d7311efc.jpg

1977
Jun 21, 2013, 4:05 AM
I'm not sure if the rendering is up to date, but good news none the less:

Trumark Urban is set to start construction on a 27-condo project in the Marina, the first of a 625-unit, seven-project housing portfolio the company will be developing over the next four years.
The group has closed on 1501 Filbert St., an 11,000 square foot site that previously was home to a gas station.
The six-story building will feature large units targeting current residents of neighboring residents of the Marina District, Cow Hollow and Pacific Heights.
Source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/06/trumark-revs-up-with-marina-condos.html?page=all

http://www.socketsite.com/2559%20Van%20Ness%20Rendering.jpg
Source: www.socketsite.com

easy as pie
Jun 21, 2013, 4:54 AM
just saw this on mission between 6th and 7th

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7329/9089932370_22d7311efc.jpg

that would be this (https://www.google.com/maps?ll=37.780416,-122.409443&spn=0.00569,0.013078&sll=37.780333,-122.409565&layer=c&cbp=13,300.87,,0,-6.94&cbll=37.780364,-122.4095&t=h&z=17&panoid=Ax8np6Cg9cU-84YqLHTxsw) site, which would be an improvement, even if it is social housing. it's sort of sad that we didn't get started on the gentrification of mid-market years ago, it would have saved us from hundreds of units of social housing and, thus, allowed for an even more robust revival. so it goes, i suppose. anyway, i passed by the above site and specifically searched for that sign but i didn't see it, i guess i must have missed it somehow.

spyguy
Jun 21, 2013, 9:42 PM
Great update, simms.


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New food emporium - The Market - announced for the Twitter building:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/06/mid-market-eats-more-details-on-food.html

jbm
Jun 22, 2013, 12:48 AM
looks like they've started additional work on the exterior of 100 van ness

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/9105076946_f8de771125.jpg

biggerhigherfaster
Jun 22, 2013, 1:34 AM
looks like they've started additional work on the exterior of 100 van ness

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3725/9105076946_f8de771125.jpg

These large reskinning projects usually take 2 years; I often wonder if it's easier (lower cost, shorter time frame) to just demolish the old building and build anew

fflint
Jun 22, 2013, 5:00 AM
^That building has quality steel, baby. Very, very expensive.

NOPA
Jun 22, 2013, 6:00 PM
A year or so back the Fairmont Hotel wanted to demo its hotel tower and replace with a condo tower of the samesize. It was dead on arrival (though I expect the approval process at this location would have been easier).

viewguysf
Jun 22, 2013, 6:08 PM
^That building has quality steel, baby. Very, very expensive.

They're also using the existing structure's parking garage, basements, two of the elevators, utility hook ups, parts of the central air conditioning system, etc. It's much more reasonable to do this then build a new 400+ foot tower. Besides that, reuse is an important basic principle of sustainability.

coyotetrickster
Jun 22, 2013, 6:32 PM
A year or so back the Fairmont Hotel wanted to demo its hotel tower and replace with a condo tower of the samesize. It was dead on arrival (though I expect the approval process at this location would have been easier).

The Fairmont proposal had nothing to do with the demo process. It had everything to do with the hotel union protesting the reduction in jobs from taking the tower out of the hotel's room count.

easy as pie
Jun 22, 2013, 6:54 PM
and the neighbors' hostility toward a lengthy construction period, and the tonga room preservation status. you know, i was walking up sacramento the other day (yes, people do that, no, i'm not droolingly insane hehe), and i couldn't figure out why they just don't renovate the existing structure and podium base. i fantasize about an activated powell street.

viewguysf
Jun 22, 2013, 7:02 PM
and the neighbors' hostility toward a lengthy construction period, and the tonga room preservation status. you know, i was walking up sacramento the other day (yes, people do that, no, i'm not droolingly insane hehe), and i couldn't figure out why they just don't renovate the existing structure and podium base. i fantasize about an activated powell street.

Because the hotel's Grand Ballroom is behind that podium wall and it sits on top of the garage, so they couldn't punch in any windows or use it for retail or commercial activity without a major reconfiguration. If you look at photos of how the hotel was originally, you might agree with me that the tower never should have been built in the first place since it royally screwed up the back of a stunning historic landmark.

Eightball
Jun 23, 2013, 1:35 PM
Is Caltrain going to the TBT part of the 2019/electrification project or will that have to be separately funded?

edwards
Jun 23, 2013, 3:58 PM
100 Van Ness 6/22/13

http://i.imgur.com/ybcT8C9l.jpg (http://imgur.com/ybcT8C9)