SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed

[Jerry of San Fran]

timbad's post

timbad - I want to be across the street when this one is built:

1) to see how the windows are washed
2) to see how the water cascades down the side of the building in a heavy rain

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/655-Folsom-Street-Rendering-2016.jpg

(I'm actually sort of hoping the project that wraps around this one gets redesigned to give the block some height variation)

that is another stretch of Folsom that could potentially get quite livened up if all of the cluster of proposed projects there actually get going. and it may work to link up Moscone Folsom with Transbay/Rincon/East Cut Folsom[/QUOTE]

[tall/awkward]

Pedestrian's right, there are still many tall buildings in the works, but not too many over 450 feet. But his image of "The Hub" shows the shorter two-tower 10 South Van Ness. Planning prefers the single-tower 610 foot version (590 + 20 foot screen), and there eyeing an even taller one in that same area.

There are also still a few 500+ footers planned for the Transbay area, but it may be a while before we see them break ground...

[Jerry of San Fran]

I see the former KRON Channel 4 building is being demolished to make way for a high-rise. See link to Handel Architects for drawing of the new building here:

https://handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49036248132_a0997b212a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hHaAb1)1001 Van Ness Avenue, San Franacisco (https://flic.kr/p/2hHaAb1)

[Pedestrian]

^^The project (1001 Van Ness) has a thread. I will copy this there.

[Jerry of San Fran]

^^The project (1001 Van Ness) has a thread. I will copy this there.
thanks Pedestrian - I will see if I can find the thread & add to my list

[craigs]

Visa to vastly expand SF headquarters with move to Giants waterfront project (https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Visa-to-vastly-expand-SF-headquarters-with-move-14814671.php)

Roland Li
sfchronicle.com
Nov. 6, 2019

Visa plans to more than double the size of its San Francisco headquarters with a move to near the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark.

On Tuesday, the payments company signed a lease for an entire 300,000-square-foot, 13-story office tower planned at the Giants’ Mission Rock waterfront project, the company told The Chronicle. The building has space for 1,500 employees. Visa plans to move in early 2024 from One Market Plaza near the Embarcadero, where it has 650 workers.

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/06/65/24/18568452/9/gallery_xlarge.jpg

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/06/21/11/18420294/15/gallery_xlarge.jpg

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/06/65/25/18568556/9/gallery_xlarge.jpg

[Busy Bee]

Nice looking project but it probably forever squanders a potential underground tunnel row for Caltrain up 2nd to Transbay or new Bart line wrapping around or under ATT Park. But thus seems to be the standard practice in SF.

[BobbyMucho]

Nice looking project but it probably forever squanders a potential underground tunnel row for Caltrain up 2nd to Transbay or new Bart line wrapping around or under ATT Park. But thus seems to be the standard practice in SF.

This project is prob a half mile or so from the Caltrain / HSR line and in no way will affect any plans for tunneling. Totally unrelated.

[Busy Bee]

^I'm completely aware of that. As recently as last year (and may be lamented in the future) Third St was an alternative for the Caltrain/HSR DTE. The vicintity could also potentially see a cross-Market Bart line years in the future and securing an underground row or just building it now would have been extremely wise.

[WildCowboy]

The city backed a Pennsylvania Street alignment for the Caltrain undergrounding a year ago.

Tunneling would happen under the streets anyway.

[Busy Bee]

^I'm also completely aware of that. You're not going to tell me anything I don't already know. The point I'm making is that they should accomodate some sort of underground tunnel section for the potential of a furture rail line as the Mission Rock lot is really the only one were such a row could be accomodated now without going under the foundations of existing structures, many brand new.

[BobbyMucho]

^... You're not going to tell me anything I don't already know. The point I'm making is that they should accomodate some sort of underground tunnel section for the potential of a furture rail line as the Mission Rock lot is really the only one were such a row could be accomodated now...

Both WC and I are attempting to point out that what you're saying is not pertinent or correct.

In no way, does the Mission Rock 'lot' impede or pertain to any plans, routes, approved alternate routes, etc for trains or tunnels. That said, there's no way for Mission Rock to accommodate 'such a row'. The rail line already has a right of way which runs on an identical pathway to the existing Caltrain depot on 4th and King/Townsend.

And just to clarify, the Mission Rock project is located east of 3rd and bound by Mission Creek, the bay, and Mission Rock St.

[craigs]

There are no concrete plans to run any tunnels under this site, nor would its development preclude future BART or Caltrain expansions.

And a second transbay rail tunnel would be better planned to hit San Francisco at either the existing rail infrastructure under Salesforce Transit Center, or failing that, somewhere adjacent to the new Chase Center, hospitals, and UCSF campus further south of the ballpark.

[timbad]

Visa to vastly expand SF headquarters with move to Giants waterfront project (https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Visa-to-vastly-expand-SF-headquarters-with-move-14814671.php)

...

altho it's fine to have it here too, we seem to be putting Mission Rock news (including, previously, the link to this article) in the Mission Bay thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8742820#post8742820)

[craigs]

altho it's fine to have it here too, we seem to be putting Mission Rock news (including, previously, the link to this article) in the Mission Bay thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8742820#post8742820)
Ok, cool. I haven't followed that thread, but I will now.

[Justbuildit]

^ here's an older picture I took from Potrero Hill. Pretty similar angle to the one you get from 101 North.

https://live.staticflickr.com/2448/32748929471_b9231b3ca2_h.jpg

The 5M Development (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=214483) will also help fill in the gaps next to the Intercontinental Hotel.

I remember how excited I was when Salesforce was under construction but now that it's complete I'm just bored with it now. I need another supertall to go up to get high again lol! :D

[timbad]

UCSF Laurel Heights project approved (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Housing-vs-trees-SF-backs-744-homes-at-UCSF-14830650.php)

developer's site (https://3333calsf.com/the-project/)

... the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan to transform the UCSF Laurel Heights campus into a 744-unit housing and retail complex.

... the proposal includes 186 affordable units for seniors, a child care facility, 5 acres of open space and 35,000 square feet of retail.

The project would be one of the largest built in that area of the city, which includes wealthy neighborhoods that have resisted both affordable and market-rate housing in recent decades.

Though opponents can still file a lawsuit over the project, the developer has a secret weapon: The proposal is covered under a state law that would speed up any court challenge to 270 days. The development team, San Francisco-based Prado Group and SKS Partners, hopes to break ground by early 2021, after UCSF, which occupies the hulking office building now on the site, moves its employees to Mission Bay next year.
...
... trees ... took up the bulk of the discussion Tuesday night. ...the UCSF campus ... has long been treated as an unofficial play space and dog park.

The developers emphasized that the project would be tree-friendly. Though a total of 226 existing trees will be axed, 512 new trees will be planted, including 88 street trees next to the property. ...

[timbad]

Ok, cool. I haven't followed that thread, but I will now.

a list of SF Bay Area threads can be found here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=san+francisco

[viewguysf]

a list of SF Bay Area threads can be found here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=san+francisco

Thank you Tim—this was very helpful!

[timbad]

...this was very helpful!

I'm very glad! :)

[Jerry of San Fran]

a list of SF Bay Area threads can be found here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=san+francisco

timbad - Glad that you posted the list for us. I had it earlier this year but it was "lost" when my hard drive failed. It can be difficult to find these things as the Skyscraperpage.com is so rich in information.

[Pedestrian]

Affordable homes for disabled residents might go up right next to SF City Hall
By Adam Brinklow Nov 19, 2019, 2:33pm PST

San Francisco will move forward with a proposal to build affordable housing on city-owned property a few feet from City Hall, according to Mayor London Breed.

If all goes according to plan, Mercy Housing and the Kelsey, a San Jose-based developer that specializes in housing “inclusive for people with and without disabilities,” will create 102 units at 240 Van Ness and on neighboring Grove Street lots . . . .

Of the 102 proposed homes, 21 units would be specifically tagged for disabled tenants, with those units priced for people making as little as 13 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).

The city currently classifies AMI as $86,200 for one person or $123,150 for a household of four; those figures are likely to rise by the time the Kelsey project finishes.

In all, 52 of the total homes would be priced at 100 to 120 percent of the median, and these moderate-income units might end up being the most valuable for the city’s housing goals.

According to the Association of Bay Area Governments, San Francisco should aim to permit 5,460 such homes by 2023, but the city persistently has trouble finding developers who want to build in this bracket . . . .

The present timeline calls for construction to begin in late 2022 with a completion date of 2025.
https://sf.curbed.com/2019/11/19/20973046/affordable-housing-disabled-kelsey-city-hall-san-francisco

[timbad]

various other miscellaneous things...

the fancy pavers appear only to have been for striped sections of the otherwise cement(?) sidewalk just to the east of Park Tower

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093972927_c24a6bbc3b_b.jpg

'Serif', 900 block of Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093969017_45989af205_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093773546_0a0265baf2_b.jpg

1066 Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093255163_36452ed848_b.jpg

the affordable one on Fell in Hayes Valley has fairly plain colors...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093965492_8a0d1dede5_b.jpg

but the entranceway has fancier touches/materials

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093253468_7ce23023d0_b.jpg

the mews it forms at its back (looking west toward Laguna)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093965812_8c25acaf8b_b.jpg

the little one u/c on Octavia at Rose, I think

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093769516_c0f4ebfe36_b.jpg

I like the murals on the west side of the former Flax site (I thought it was going to say 'The Rise' on them, though)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093252623_de8ec330b6_b.jpg

I thought Eagle Plaza (12th and Harrison) would be further along by now

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093776286_81c7d82b74_b.jpg

here is the associated new development there

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093775971_db83102cdb_b.jpg

from Potrero Hill

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093247283_0e65d3e764_b.jpg

[pseudolus]

various other miscellaneous things...

Thanks again, Mr. Bad, for all the photos. You remain our Most Valuable Poster.

[Pedestrian]

Exclusive: Developer puts S.F.'s Oceanwide Center, other U.S. holdings on market

For details, see http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8755258#post8755258

[timbad]

...

For details, see http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8755258#post8755258

or

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=8753291&postcount=971

[Jerry of San Fran]

View of the west side of the construction from Berwick Place. This one spans about half of Harrison Street. The Salesforce Tower can be seen in the arch. There is an interesting brick building across from this wall which is being preserved.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49113196497_c18b351c9e_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hPXYeX)1140 Harrison_2019-11-23 (1) (https://flic.kr/p/2hPXYeX)

[Jerry of San Fran]

Walked by today & see a pile driver on site which I noticed a few days ago from my apartment. It has been a long time since any activity there. A gas station & food concessions were there previously.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49113403467_54cff006b5_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hPZ2Lp)1298 Howard__2019_11_23 (https://flic.kr/p/2hPZ2Lp)Flickr

[timbad]

Walked by today & see a pile driver on site ...

I had totally forgotten about that one (https://socketsite.com/archives/2017/02/redevelopment-of-prominent-soma-corner-slated-for-approval.html), thank you! crossing fingers this means it's getting going

[Iceman12]

Does anyone have an update on 1629 Market Street? Strada closed on funding in April.

https://www.blaujournal.com/strada-investment-group-secures-jv-equity-for-1629-market-street-in-san-francisco/

[coyotetrickster]

Does anyone have an update on 1629 Market Street? Strada closed on funding in April.

https://www.blaujournal.com/strada-investment-group-secures-jv-equity-for-1629-market-street-in-san-francisco/

This is the old civic center hotel/Pipe Fitters Union parcel. There's been almost no news since it was announced. But if funding was secured, that puts it one up on other projects slated for the area.

[Pedestrian]

This is the old civic center hotel/Pipe Fitters Union parcel. There's been almost no news since it was announced. But if funding was secured, that puts it one up on other projects slated for the area.

Strada (Investment Group), in partnership with a family office, entered into a development agreement with a union pension fund to redevelop a prime San Francisco parcel located on Market Street.
https://stradasf.com/project/detail/15

Stockbridge Capital Group has teamed up with developer Strada Investment Group on 1629 Market St., a 420-unit multifamily project in San Francisco with a price tag of approximately $320 million. HFF worked on behalf of the developer to arrange a joint venture equity partnership with a Stockbridge affiliate.

Stockbridge provided equity of $130 million for the fully entitled project, according to sources cited by The Registry. The project at 1629 Market St. will consist of residential units averaging 732 square feet, along with 9,000 square feet of retail, spread across three mid-rise buildings.

https://www.multihousingnews.com/post/stockbridge-invests-in-320m-san-fran-project/

So Iceman would seem to be correct that it's funded and this second clip says it's entitled. The question then becomes whether those involved want to proceed at this time when other residential developers are backing off. But I could find no "news" since July of 2019. It was, of course, "announced" in 2017.

[Pedestrian]

Developer previews new Mid-Market condos that will start in the $500,000s
By Blanca Torres – Reporter, San Francisco Business Times

Developer L37 Partners plans to start sales of Serif, a new Mid-Market condo project, next spring.

The condos make up one component of the $350 million development at 950 Market St. that also includes a 232-room hotel dubbed, The Line, and 16,050 square feet of retail . . . .

Serif consists of studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom homes ranging from 450 to 1,200 square feet with prices starting in the $500,000s.

Amenities include a rooftop solarium with a library and a bar, entertaining kitchen, gym, yoga studio, pet spa, dog run and 24/7 attended lobby. L37 expects to complete construction on the project in early 2021.

Other new housing developments are also in the works including Shorenstein Properties’ 304 rentals at 1066 Market St., 503 apartments at Trinity Place Phase 4 at 1145 Market St., and 193 apartments at 1028 Market St. from developers Olympic Residential Group and Tidewater Capital that broke ground in October . . . .


https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/11/26/developer-previews-new-mid-market-condos-that-will.html?ana=e_n_set1&j=90272661&t=Niche&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiT0RWalkyRTBORE13TTJWbCIsInQiOiIyTjQ0RnR4TEtkWlMrcVBmOVhUR2l6Zmhqbk5VXC9SYzlCaVpUYXpPVzA4R2l1dThnbmM4cDhvenZRM3E3WUEzTlNDZERKRUlURnJjdjB6cTBsVWtWeTJMZzlWOG80bmRXTFRiUmVLOXpUT3ZJc1pLK3JXdDA2ckFxOVZwbzlmR2gifQ%3D%3D

[gillynova]

https://i.imgur.com/dzD3hRmh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/1ejN7IYh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dVZ14KZh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/3OFryPPh.jpg

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[Dariusb]

various other miscellaneous things...

the fancy pavers appear only to have been for striped sections of the otherwise cement(?) sidewalk just to the east of Park Tower

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093972927_c24a6bbc3b_b.jpg

'Serif', 900 block of Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093969017_45989af205_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093773546_0a0265baf2_b.jpg

1066 Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093255163_36452ed848_b.jpg

the affordable one on Fell in Hayes Valley has fairly plain colors...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093965492_8a0d1dede5_b.jpg

but the entranceway has fancier touches/materials

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093253468_7ce23023d0_b.jpg

the mews it forms at its back (looking west toward Laguna)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093965812_8c25acaf8b_b.jpg

the little one u/c on Octavia at Rose, I think

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093769516_c0f4ebfe36_b.jpg

I like the murals on the west side of the former Flax site (I thought it was going to say 'The Rise' on them, though)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093252623_de8ec330b6_b.jpg

I thought Eagle Plaza (12th and Harrison) would be further along by now

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093776286_81c7d82b74_b.jpg

here is the associated new development there

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093775971_db83102cdb_b.jpg

from Potrero Hill

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49093247283_0e65d3e764_b.jpg

I love this view!

[1977]

Found a post showing Serif's cladding on their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SerifSanFrancisco/):

https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p960x960/76978604_2443561312556890_2235229288691400704_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ohc=YhDee7bs1UUAQn2-rXfRRJ2nrB4DjLPO-Pyoage-VnLaRnS51ONA2hKLQ&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=eef418007407fef5447a259d8573d873&oe=5E882812
https://www.facebook.com/SerifSanFrancisco/

And for reference:
https://scontent-sjc3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/55897285_2288118038101219_1250587278506459136_o.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=8_4c47jQx3EAQmzCBbhQUTDiEF7rHcdJ2uygrZcqCPhyMc2H3ocZsirmA&_nc_ht=scontent-sjc3-1.xx&oh=a43eef3c829f6b1f0c7d4d0b1a5fad8d&oe=5E731EE9
https://www.facebook.com/SerifSanFrancisco/

[timbad]

I do like that rendering! I feel like this project will be more impactful on its area than many, due to its size and location

[craigs]

New skyscraper to rise in city’s skyline

Dec. 3, 2019
Laura Waxmann
sfexaminer.com

https://2zwmzkbocl625qdrf2qqqfok-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/19642711_web1_skyscraper_3.jpg

A proposed 800-foot tower could soon rise in downtown San Francisco’s rapidly changing skyline.

The 61-story mixed-use skyscraper is planned at 542-550 Howard St., or Transbay Parcel F....

Following a number of revisions to the project in recent years that included a reduction in the proposed unit count and an overhaul of its exterior design, the “Parcel F” tower’s developers are seeking approvals for additional amendments at the Planning Commission on Thursday.
....
If approved, the tower could become The City’s fourth tallest building, right behind the Salesforce Tower, the planned Oceanwide Center and the Transamerica Pyramid.

As currently proposed, the project calls for the construction of 165 condominiums, 189 hotel rooms and approximately 274,000 square feet of office space. Some 79,000 square feet would be devoted to shared amenity space and 9,000 square feet to retail space located along Howard and Natoma streets. The project also includes some 20,000 square feet of open space.

The project would also include the construction of a pedestrian bridge on the tower’s fifth floor that provides public access to the Salesforce Park....

The tower, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, is intended to become a “ significant addition to the skyline of San Francisco” and will be ”highly visible from many primary approaches to the city,” according to planning documents....

Hines is developing the Parcel F tower, which is planned to be “the last super-tall building in downtown San Francisco for the foreseeable future,” according to the firm’s website....

[Busy Bee]

Oh nice, looks extra nice cozied up to Transbay like that.

[bossabreezes]

Very nice design, compliments Salesforce Tower.

[Pedestrian]

^^To remind everyone, this project (Parcel F) has its own thread in the proposed projects section and timbad has posted there some detail about what’s involved as it comes before the Planning Commission tomorrow (Dec 5).

[timbad]

^^To remind everyone, this project (Parcel F) has its own thread in the proposed projects section and timbad has posted there some detail about what’s involved as it comes before the Planning Commission tomorrow (Dec 5).

thanks Pedestrian! link to that thread:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8766326#post8766326

[KevinFromTexas]

New skyscraper to rise in city’s skyline

Dec. 3, 2019
Laura Waxmann
sfexaminer.com

https://2zwmzkbocl625qdrf2qqqfok-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/19642711_web1_skyscraper_3.jpg

A proposed 800-foot tower could soon rise in downtown San Francisco’s rapidly changing skyline.

The 61-story mixed-use skyscraper is planned at 542-550 Howard St., or Transbay Parcel F....

Following a number of revisions to the project in recent years that included a reduction in the proposed unit count and an overhaul of its exterior design, the “Parcel F” tower’s developers are seeking approvals for additional amendments at the Planning Commission on Thursday.
....
If approved, the tower could become The City’s fourth tallest building, right behind the Salesforce Tower, the planned Oceanwide Center and the Transamerica Pyramid.

As currently proposed, the project calls for the construction of 165 condominiums, 189 hotel rooms and approximately 274,000 square feet of office space. Some 79,000 square feet would be devoted to shared amenity space and 9,000 square feet to retail space located along Howard and Natoma streets. The project also includes some 20,000 square feet of open space.

The project would also include the construction of a pedestrian bridge on the tower’s fifth floor that provides public access to the Salesforce Park....

The tower, designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, is intended to become a “ significant addition to the skyline of San Francisco” and will be ”highly visible from many primary approaches to the city,” according to planning documents....

Hines is developing the Parcel F tower, which is planned to be “the last super-tall building in downtown San Francisco for the foreseeable future,” according to the firm’s website....

Nice. It's like a cross between Hong Kong's Cheung Kong Center and the Wells Fargo Center in Minneapolis, which makes sense as all three buildings are Pelli designs.

[patriotizzy]

New skyscraper to rise in city’s skyline

https://2zwmzkbocl625qdrf2qqqfok-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/19642711_web1_skyscraper_3.jpg

Hines is developing the Parcel F tower, which is planned to be “the last super-tall building in downtown San Francisco for the foreseeable future,” according to the firm’s website....

The last super-tall building in downtown SF. This isn't even a supertall, it needs 200 more feet. Is this an accidental height increase slip? Or a simple article mistake?

[fimiak]

The last super-tall building in downtown SF. This isn't even a supertall, it needs 200 more feet. Is this an accidental height increase slip? Or a simple article mistake?

Definitely an author mistake. I have no idea of the authority of these numbers, but this is what I go by: super-tall is 300 meters (984 ft), high-rise 200m, mid-rise 100m, low-rise 10-25m.

[craigs]

Regular people don't know or care how forumers characterize skyscrapers. It will be the city's fourth-tallest tower, so it will be especially tall and notable on our skyline. That's all regular people will notice or care about, so it's part of the mainstream media coverage.

In any case, here's a rendering of this tower on the skyline from the Curbed San Francisco article (https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/4/20994989/transbay-parcel-f-550-howard-general-plan-zoning-change) on the proposal:

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IVW3D7u9aQ6YxmPh1pLqnSMa4lw=/0x0:943x582/920x613/filters:focal(492x98:642x248):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65824613/Screen_Shot_2019_12_04_at_5.16.27_AM.0.png

[mnctt]

Regular people don't know or care how forumers characterize skyscrapers. It will be the city's fourth-tallest tower, so it will be especially tall and notable on our skyline. That's all regular people will notice or care about, so it's part of the mainstream media coverage.

In any case, here's a rendering of this tower on the skyline from the Curbed San Francisco article (https://sf.curbed.com/2019/12/4/20994989/transbay-parcel-f-550-howard-general-plan-zoning-change) on the proposal:

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/IVW3D7u9aQ6YxmPh1pLqnSMa4lw=/0x0:943x582/920x613/filters:focal(492x98:642x248):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/65824613/Screen_Shot_2019_12_04_at_5.16.27_AM.0.png

This skyline looks so much better with the additions. What a bummer the oceanwide center can't finish in time.

[Pedestrian]

I don't think this project has received any love here before:

UCSF to start work on $275 million research building at S.F. General next year
By Ron Leuty – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times
Nov 15, 2019, 2:57pm PST Updated Nov 20, 2019, 12:29pm PST

UCSF will start building a $275 million research building in April on the campus of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, five years after the University of California Board of Regents approved the project.

The five-story, 175,000-square-foot building, housing about 700 people, would be covered by $199.6 million from "external financing" with university debt, $25.5 million in campus funds and $50 million in philanthropy, according to a Regents meeting packet. Only $1.6 million in gifts was in hand by September.

It will be built on a small parking lot bounded by 23rd and Vermont streets. Work on the structure, scheduled to be completed in September 2022, would occur in parallel with planned seismic upgrades to one of the hospital's main buildings . . . .

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https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/11/15/ucsf-zuckerberg-san-francisco-general-hospital.html

[fimiak]

Someone should make a nice thread for 725 Harrison, Harrison Gardens. Slated for approval next week.

https://socketsite.com/archives/2019/12/key-central-soma-development-slated-for-approval.html

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/725-Harrison-2019-Facade.jpg

https://socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/725-Harrison-2019-Phasing.jpg

[Busy Bee]

That is slick AF

[Jerry of San Fran]

A very big hole for 2238 Market Street development at the former Sullivan Funeral Home parking lot. I could not get the whole site in the picture through the chain link fence so here is a merge. A view of what the building will look like is on the Socket Site page:

https://socketsite.com/archives/2019/07/market-street-mortuary-redevelopment-is-breaking-ground.html


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49181503767_6ddeecb30a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2hW14Bv)2238 Market Street_foundation_12-6-2019 (https://flic.kr/p/2hW14Bv)

[timbad]

A very big hole for 2238 Market Street development at the former Sullivan Funeral Home parking lot. ...

thanks for the reminder/update on this one! I'd lost complete track.

[timbad]

I don't think this project has received any love here before...

will be good to help block the view of the brutal concrete structure in the center of the complex! :tup:

[Pedestrian]

Can this be considered gentrification's revenge on SF's anti-gentrification policies? Decades ago they passed laws against conversion of SROs (rooms renting by the month) to "tourist hotels" (rooms renting by the night). Now these hipsters have figured out a way to rent SRO rooms to tech bros at eye-popping rates ($1500/month with no private bathroom or kitchen) that "gentrify" places like the 'Loin and SOMA anyway.

Co-living company nears debut of largest S.F. project amid major expansion
By Blanca Torres – Reporter, San Francisco Business Times
an hour ago

Construction crews are busy turning a historic property that was once a Turkish bathhouse into housing startup Starcity’s first San Francisco development project.

The Tenderloin property, located at 229 Ellis St., will house 55 rooms along with communal kitchens, living rooms, event and meeting rooms and a philanthropic coffee shop.

The project marks a milestone for Starcity graduating from co-living operator to co-living developer.

“This is the realization of where we’re trying to get to,” said Jon Dishotsky, Starcity CEO and co-founder. The project is the first of a 1,200-unit pipeline the company has in the works in addition to its roughly 500 existing units in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles. Occupancy in Starcity’s current portfolio is around 95%.

The company bought 229 Ellis last year for $12.2 million. The building sat empty for more than a decade and fell into disrepair. The company gutted the interior, leaving the historic façade and exterior brick walls that now frame six floors of housing. The $28 million development will begin welcoming residents in early 2020.

“We were looking for urban decay,” Dishotsky said. “We’re always looking to add net new supply of housing” . . . .

Starcity charges rents range from $1,500 to $2,500 per month depending on the length of the lease, the size of the room and whether it has a private bathroom. Rooms start at $1,000 per month in Oakland . . . .

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https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/12/16/co-living-company-nears-debut-of-largest-s-f.html?ana=e_mc_prem&j=90357291&t=Morning&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWmpkbFlqTm1Zakl3TVRNMCIsInQiOiJMZnJDWE9GMWpNQndnUXNqbWFqQjZZaHIyOXRYRXZcL0ZpaSttbFhlNURlQlV2YnVRUHg4U2JkWlVtOGV3dG9WREtmS0NWSEZoRXY4UFwvY2xDa3dWcXJkOWtxeUQ5VXNFNDA2MDVuK3YyRGtYTnZaTytiTVFcL0FmVExrcTltSEVTNSJ9

[bossabreezes]

Interesting idea. I would never live in the Tenderloin though, not even if it was free.

[Pedestrian]

^^I suppose it depends on what you define as "the Tenderloin". Unquestionably Ellis St. is the heart of the worst of it. But the slopes of Nob Hill, just a few blocks away, have some great pre-war apartment buildings that are still the home of much of what remains of San Francisco's middle class--its waiters and store clerks and employees in its tourist industry.

And even the "bad parts" these days are mostly new or renovated buildings, much of the work done by non-profits like TNDC. The problem is the street life--the crime and drugs that "progressive" government allows, much of it being committed by people who don't actually live in a Tenderloin building (they either commute from Oakland or Bayview, or they live on the Tenderloin streets).

These guys from Starcity probably had to look for a while to actually find an available unrenovated building.

[Pedestrian]

The decade’s best buildings in a changing SF
12 structures and spaces that redefine San Francisco — and the lessons that they teach
By John King | Dec. 17, 2019 4:00 a.m.

181 Fremont

Windsor at Dogpatch

8 Octavia

1645 Pacific

Bill Sorro Community

Pier 70

South Park

Transbay transit center

Fire Station No. 16

Lands End Lookout

Apple Union Square

Pop-up urbanism


For details and discussion: https://projects.sfchronicle.com/2019/decades-best-buildings/?mc_cid=fac189f034&mc_eid=aaf17b9fb9

[Pedestrian]

Someone should make a nice thread for 725 Harrison, Harrison Gardens. Slated for approval next week.


Not sure why you didn't, but since it was approved and plans to start construction next year, I did. Quoted your beautiful renderings there too.

[bloobityblurp]

Google will provide $750,000 in help to reduce San Francisco’s housing woes (https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/12/17/google-will-provide-750-000-in-help-to-reduce-san.html)
Google is turning its brainpower to San Francisco's housing crisis, providing $750,000 in employee time to help the city figure out ways to speed up permitting and development.

Alphabet’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google will offer eight full-time consultants, ranging from engineers, user-interface researchers and designers, for a six-month program under its non-profit arm Google.org, said Michael Appel, a Google spokesman. This team will work with the Planning and Building Inspection departments to help identify and recommend business process improvements to accelerate the production of affordable housing.

The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved accepting the donation Tuesday afternoon. It will be administered by the city's Office of Civic Innovation, a division of the San Francisco Department of Technology, through the Civic Bridge program. This program attempts to match up city needs with companies that might provide help meeting them on a pro bono basis.

The Bridge program has been around since 2015 and has worked with other tech players like Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE).

Since the creation of the Bridge program, Google.org has completed seven projects with a value of $560,000, said Lauren Jones, a spokeswoman for the Department of Technology. This latest project would bring the number to eight projects with a total value of $1.31 million.

Under Google.org's Fellowship Program, employees can apply for various government and nonprofit projects where they would volunteer full time for projects of up to six months, Appel explained.

The Google.org Fellowship Program is separate from the company’s volunteer program and its work is not part of Alphabet’s $1 billion commitment to help bring more housing to the Bay Area.

Google.org wanted to participate in the six-month project because housing is a key priority in San Francisco and the company wanted to be part of the solution, Appel said, noting Google.org has also provided significant contributions to housing in the region.



San Francisco tech companies have increasingly faced complaints and backlash as they have expanded their presence in the city, with residents complaining that high-paid tech workers drive up housing and rental costs.

The mayor and other San Francisco government officials are on a push to bring in more affordable housing to the city, as well as housing for the homeless. But according to the planning department's housing inventory report earlier this year, in 2018 the city created 645 affordable homes — 56% less than the previous year.

[Pedestrian]

The mayor and other San Francisco government officials are on a push to bring in more affordable housing to the city, as well as housing for the homeless. But according to the planning department's housing inventory report earlier this year, in 2018 the city created 645 affordable homes — 56% less than the previous year.

If Proposition E passes in March, affordable housing in San Francisco could go into a death spiral no matter what Google does.

Proposition E: Prop. E, which needs a simple majority to pass, would restrict future office development if San Francisco fails to meet state-mandated affordable housing goals. Currently, San Francisco only allows a certain amount of office space to be approved every year thanks to another ballot measure from the 1980s. But Prop. E would further lower the amount of office space that could be approved by a percentage equal to the city’s shortfall in approving affordable housing development. The amount of affordable housing that should be approved would be based on state mandates. The measure was sponsored by SoMa nonprofit and affordable housing manager Todco.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Election-2020-A-breakdown-of-of-San-14894340.php

Missing the state goals would mean less office development which would mean less money for affordable housing (because office projects subsidize affordable housing) which would mean missing the goals further meaning even less money for affordable housing and so on.

[MN/WI]

The Parcel F tower is a beauty. I don't really see the Minneapolis Wells Fargo connection but I do agree that Pelli does repeat his buildings a bit too much for my tastes.

[fimiak]

Ferry Terminal
https://i.imgur.com/MYASmsmh.jpg

[bloobityblurp]

https://www.potreroview.net/city-eyes-corovan-site-for-flower-mart/

For years Walden Development has worked to develop 901 16th Street and 1200 17th Street, known as the “Corovan” site. In 2013 the developer proposed to build housing and Kaiser Permanente medical offices at the site, an idea that was fiercely rejected by nearby residents. A subsequent plan to construct roughly 400 housing units and 25,000 square feet of retail space, which was approved by the City three years ago, has been held up by legal challenges.

Now, anxious to identify a place to relocate the Wholesale Flower Mart to make way for a massive development at Fifth and Brannon streets, Kilroy Reality, supported by the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) is eyeing the Corovan site as a node to sell florae.

The deal, if it goes through, could solve multiple problems, though create new ones for Potrero Hill. Construction costs have escalated over the past several years, significantly eroding the profitability of building even upper-income housing. Tens of millions of dollars of development impact fees would be generated by the South-of-Market project. But OEWD has been unable to find an alternative site for the Flower Mart, failing to secure locations at the Wholesale Produce Mart and other Bayview properties. As part of its development agreement Kilroy needs to relocate the blossom businesses; if an alternative isn’t found by the end of the year rents for existing vendor spaces could skyrocket.

[Pedestrian]

a node to sell florae

Generally I applaud when English speakers use the correct Latin plural of Latin words, but you've got to have the word right. In Latin, Flora is the Goddess of Flowers, not flowers themselves, so Florae would be multiple goddesses, not multiple flowers. The latter would be the plural of flos or flores.

"Just sayin'" ;)

[Busy Bee]

Wooh, tough crowd

[AndrewK]

Generally I applaud when English speakers use the correct Latin plural of Latin words, but you've got to have the word right. In Latin, Flora is the Goddess of Flowers, not flowers themselves, so Florae would be multiple goddesses, not multiple flowers. The latter would be the plural of flos or flores.

"Just sayin'" ;)

I think you could make the argument that was a legitimate use of metonymy.

[Jerry of San Fran]

As I can see this construction from my apartment a mile away, I made my way to the site today to see it up close. This is a very large development. On the east side is the parking lot for REI sporting goods store.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49289885431_ed17c04a21_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2i6zxGT)975 Bryant_12-28-2019 (https://flic.kr/p/2i6zxGT)

[Pedestrian]

^^Looks to be modular or pre-fab construction. Interesting, but when I see this much wood piled up I cross my fingers they've got a fire watch on duty.

[Jerry of San Fran]

^^Looks to be modular or pre-fab construction. Interesting, but when I see this much wood piled up I cross my fingers they've got a fire watch on duty.

My thoughts as well. Two buildings nearing completion have burned within 4 blocks of my apartment years past. Some of my Skyscraper friends may remember my photographs of the big one a few years ago.

A friend of mine is a retired electrician who has worked in many states in the USA. He found San Francisco workers to be very unsafe. It is required that welders use asbestos blankets when welding, but he has seen many times welders do not take this safety precaution. We suspect some of the fires in wood frame buildings were caused by molten metal falling below on wood frame.

[viewguysf]

Not sure why you didn't, but since it was approved and plans to start construction next year, I did. Quoted your beautiful renderings there too.

When you start new threads (thanks for doing it) or refer to others, would you please include a link to them?

[Pedestrian]

When you start new threads (thanks for doing it) or refer to others, would you please include a link to them?

The original poster was quoted so he clearly got the credit--or at least that was my thought process. The part that was not my original content contained the phrase
"Originally Posted by fimiak View Post
https://socketsite.com/archives/2019...-approval.html"

so I am at something of a loss as to what you are saying--you will note there is a link there.

[Pedestrian]

A friend of mine is a retired electrician who has worked in many states in the USA. He found San Francisco workers to be very unsafe. It is required that welders use asbestos blankets when welding, but he has seen many times welders do not take this safety precaution. We suspect some of the fires in wood frame buildings were caused by molten metal falling below on wood frame.

I suspect your friend was a union electrician. The unions used to run extensive apprenticeship programs that trained nearly all the people in the skilled building trades in the US. That was until several decades ago when immigrants with some construction skills from their country of origin began taking over. Now it seems you rarely hear English spoken on construction job sites and few of the workers ever went through the US union apprenticeships so their training has gaps at the least, mainly in such areas as US safety requirements.

[gillynova]

Some pics I took around the city last weekend. Sorry for iPhone X quality haha

https://i.imgur.com/7A13u4Lh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/lXnHHbrh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Zxe6itBh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uTL4lZqh.jpg

[Pedestrian]

^^Transamerica (the city's former icon) has disappeared, at least from that angle.

[OneRinconHill]

Some pics I took around the city last weekend. Sorry for iPhone X quality haha

https://i.imgur.com/7A13u4Lh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/lXnHHbrh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Zxe6itBh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/uTL4lZqh.jpg

That Bay Bridge spot above the tunnel and road is open again? It has been closed for years.

[MyCitySFO]

Great pics gillynova. The last pic. i really expected the Mexican Museum to stand out a little bit more. Geez even at 510 feet tall it still looks short. The St Regis is still the star in that little grouping of buildings.

[gillynova]

That Bay Bridge spot above the tunnel and road is open again? It has been closed for years.

Yeah it's open but not to the VERY top. I saw some local Instagrammers go there and decided to check it out myself haha.

Great pics gillynova. The last pic. i really expected the Mexican Museum to stand out a little bit more. Geez even at 510 feet tall it still looks short. The St Regis is still the star in that little grouping of buildings.

Thanks so much! I thought so too but honestly it does with it's unique facade.

Also, the buildings next to the Intercontinental will help shape that side of the skyline some more.

[pseudolus]

https://i.imgur.com/uTL4lZqh.jpg

Thanks for the pics. From this angle and this light it looks like 500 Folsom needs to go on a diet. Probably not what the architect was going for.

[MyCitySFO]

Poor little guy. 500 Folsom is a cute building. Everytime i see it, i see a 1960's robot (think Rosie the robot on The Jetsons) Put some big giant robot eyes on the top box and voila... Great pic of the skyline once again, gillynova. Just one member of the family not in this pic.....Transamerica Pyramid.

[viewguysf]

^^Transamerica (the city's former icon) has disappeared, at least from that angle.

It was most likely never viewable from that angle due to being hidden by 555 California Street. Even when the top can be seen, the Pyramid has been insignificant from many south to north views for decades.

[Pedestrian]

It was most likely never viewable from that angle due to being hidden by 555 California Street. Even when the top can be seen, the Pyramid has been insignificant from many south to north views for decades.

I'm older--Herb Cain and I saw it. :wiseman:

[BobbyMucho]

A couple of shots of some mid-rise projects from around the city just before the holidays...

First, a few from the projects on 16th, in the Mission (not shown, 1950 Mission (https://bridgehousing.com/properties/1950-mission-street/) and 2060 Folsom (https://medasf.org/programs/community-real-estate/2060-folsom/) / 17th & Folsom):

1990 Folsom — Growing quickly.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pm3wlrep3vutm3d/1990%20FOLSOM%20ST.jpg?raw=1

490 Van Ness — Patiently waiting to see this one finished and hoping it turns out ok.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/taikx8732ny4dbc/490%20SOUTH%20VAN%20NESS.jpg?raw=1

From Hayes Valley:

Parcel O - Finally complete and filled in (not shown Parcel T (https://edmondslee.com/parcelt.html) which is prob close to done with frame and foundation by now).

https://www.dropbox.com/s/02pkmzzesu1elqa/Parcel%200%20Fell%20Laguna.jpg?raw=1

From Market St:

950 Market / Serif — Slowly rising above the fence.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/02j00q66yrsx6tg/950%20Market%20Serif.jpg?raw=1

1066 Market — Nearing completion, with a large hole next store for 1088.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ypmumd0xdhbh6g/1066%20Market.jpg?raw=1

There are a few more in the Mission around 14th and Valencia that I'll try to get pics of the next time I'm over there, too.

[timbad]

posted this in the Mission Bay thread also, but for more general consumption:

looks like work on Mission Rock (https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Waterfront-towers-are-coming-to-Mission-Rock-14514953.php#) may have begun

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49370657557_3bd0779f4a_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49370446971_b0ab9d1ef7_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49370446986_9706cc94ea_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49370446496_6a0fa3b65b_b.jpg

[timbad]

skyline from Potrero Hill last weekend

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49383399952_314b201e1e_b.jpg

[Pedestrian]

FYI - New thread (Proposals): 598 Brannan St (Brannan Square)

[fimiak]

300 Grant

Proposal:

https://i.imgur.com/tjjyHK9h.jpg

Reality:

https://i.imgur.com/eq6UV5fh.jpg

[Pedestrian]

^^Somehow I don't think that's going to age well.

[patriotizzy]

Good grief that is garrish. Who's going to take the time to clean all that scattered surface area on the shitty outer cross-bracing? It's a dust,dirt, grime magnet.

Not to mention the design of it looks unfinished, a temporary placeholder for a permanent building.

Wtf?

[Jerry of San Fran]

A view from my apartment of some of what is happening now to give a view of how much is going on. A lot of construction going on! The yellow insulation on the building in the foreground left is an addition of what appears to be an elevator shaft & new roof.

When I was out last night I noticed that the Fox Plaza has some subtle lighting from top to bottom on the south side of the building, a first for this 50 year old building. I presume the same lighting scheme is on the north side as well.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49411299196_a6e25267a7_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ihiPME)View from my Apartment (https://flic.kr/p/2ihiPME)

[Pedestrian]

When I was out last night I noticed that the Fox Plaza has some subtle lighting from top to bottom on the south side of the building, a first for this 50 year old building. I presume the same lighting scheme is on the north side as well.


August 28, 2018

. . . the Plaza’s new ownership team is about to launch a two-pronged renovation project “to greatly improve the appearance” of its 29-story tower.

In addition to a fresh coat of paint, new exterior lights will be added to the spandrels on the north and south sides of the tower, running from the ground to its rooftop (which will be illuminated along with the tower’s 13th floor).


https://socketsite.com/archives/2018/08/fox-plazas-plans-to-help-gentrify-the-neighborhood.html

I assume you were noticing the progress they've made in 18 months. Has the brown to gray transition also been completed?

[Jerry of San Fran]

https://socketsite.com/archives/2018/08/fox-plazas-plans-to-help-gentrify-the-neighborhood.html

I assume you were noticing the progress they've made in 18 months. Has the brown to gray transition also been completed?

Pedestrian - yes, the gray painting has ended. My balcony is gray from top to bottom. The broken concrete on the floor has been repaired & sealed. I am surprised that I actually like the grey - I usually don't like that color. My balcony was closed of a month while the work was being done - my privacy is back! I call the Fox Plaza the Wincester House as work is constant here. As I speak a major remodel is happening at night in the business lobby.

[Pedestrian]

Pedestrian - yes, the gray painting has ended. My balcony is gray from top to bottom. The broken concrete on the floor has been repaired & sealed. I am surprised that I actually like the grey - I usually don't like that color. My balcony was closed of a month while the work was being done - my privacy is back! I call the Fox Plaza the Wincester House as work is constant here. As I speak a major remodel is happening at night in the business lobby.

I have discovered work needs to be almost constant at a building of that size and age. They're doing it at mine too which is not as tall but has a much larger footprint. We are in the middle of a multiyear project to replace the windows (thank G*d mine have been completed--like with your balcony, I had scaffolding in front of my windows for 2 summers (I face both east and west so one summer on each side). We've already redone the roof (which I was happy about because I'm on the top floor and had some leaks where the roof met the parapet). Some years ago the building was covered with an elastomeric coating--sort of like paint but more protective--and I'm guessing it will soon be time to redo that. We've replaced hallway carpeting at least twice I can recall, new hallway light fixtures at least once. And the elevators need constant work (we all knew the developer cut corners on those in the beginning). And we've redone the lobby floor at least twice, replaced the furniture at least once. All this since the building was new in 1982.

Since mine is a condo, CA law requires a 30-year plan for projected maintenance (and where the money is coming to pay for it) and we've got stuff planned out that far. The plan has to be redone every year too.

If I lived in a rental building like Fox Plaza, I'd be glad the owner has deep enough pockets (like Essex) to keep up with the maintenance to keep it nice.

[Pedestrian]

Is some housing better than none? SF project wins key OK after arguing for break on city’s demands
Dominic Fracassa Jan. 23, 2020 Updated: Jan. 23, 2020 6:38 p.m.

A blighted lot once home to the Lucky Penny restaurant cleared a major hurdle Thursday toward a long-awaited transformation into 101 apartments in a neighborhood that has seen little new housing development in recent years.

Some six years after the developer, Presidio Bay Ventures, bought the parcel, San Francisco’s Planning Commission unanimously approved legislation allowing the company to pay a $4.5 million fee to meet its affordable-housing obligations, rather than build below-market-rate units on-site.

As the developer grappled with ballooning costs, Thursday’s vote was a make-or-break decision for the project’s viability, the project’s supporters said.

In a scenario emblematic of the difficulties and expense of building housing in San Francisco, Presidio Bay’s Cyrus Sanandaji said it could no longer afford to build below-market-rate units at the site . . . .

Initial projected construction costs at the Lucky Penny site rose from $38 million a little more than two years ago to $49 million today while the firm worked to win approvals for the project at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue. Presidio Bay had originally agreed to rent 23 units at below-market rates, but it now says it would not be able to finance the project under those constraints . . . .

The project had already won approval to increase its density from 21 units . . . .

Commissioners were ultimately swayed in part because Stefani said the $4.5 million will be earmarked for affordable housing near the project. They were also receptive to support from seven representatives from the building and construction trades who also urged the commissioners to approve the legislation. Presidio Bay has committed to using only unionized labor to build the 101 units . . . .

. . . shovels in the ground this year . . . .

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/01/10/14/42/18925714/5/gallery_xlarge.jpg


https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Is-some-housing-better-than-none-SF-project-wins-14999931.php

Truly awesomely stupid that something like this could take 6 years to be finally approved (or rejected).

[Busy Bee]

Unbelievable ( I mean believable )

[Dariusb]

skyline from Potrero Hill last weekend

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49383399952_314b201e1e_b.jpg

Simply gorgeous!

[timbad]

parts of the little temporary parks around Park Tower are open now. this is the one on Howard and Main

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442089548_e20306ba8e_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442562386_c0c340c365_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442563056_32233fe638_b.jpg

... and the one along Beale, looking north

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442090238_5e810ec550_b.jpg

... and south. anyone remember the restaurant that used to be here, when the sidewalk was crooked from the ghost of the freeway ramp?

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442793042_8307df403c_b.jpg

[timbad]

Serif on Market definitely showing strongly now

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442087308_eec5fb7c12_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442087328_3b84717711_b.jpg

down the road a bit, 1066 Market

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442563656_3a671e1d85_b.jpg

1028 Market next door has its own thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8811815#post8811815)


oh, go Niners!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49442082153_11c2ed3b46_b.jpg

(I'm going out on a limb to assume these colors mean SF's red-and-gold, not the Chiefs' red-and-gold)

[timbad]

16th St is one of the City streets getting a make-over. (https://www.sfmta.com/projects/16th-street-improvement-project-phase-1-and-phase-2) my walk today took me along it, and I tried to visit as many of the projects that I was aware of getting built either directly on it or within 2-3 blocks.

its eastern end starts next to Chase Center, and is covered in the Mission Bay thread (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8799944#post8799944), so won't include here. but moving to the west...

16th is the border between Potrero Hill to the south, and Showplace Square to the north.

in Showplace Square, you have 1 De Haro...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448679067_b7d4ddbd7e_b.jpg

... the CCA housing

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448041293_958ee4e0e4_b.jpg

and, I know you probably can't tell from this pic, but there were some trucks and light equipment on site of the CCA expansion (https://www.cca.edu/about/expansion/) area, making me think it will indeed get underway fairly soon

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448041223_0159a43f04_b.jpg

should mention the (already reduced in scope (https://www.potreroview.net/neighborhood-opposition-prompts-recology-to-downsize-development-proposal/)) Recology site (https://socketsite.com/archives/2018/09/plans-for-massive-recology-site-rezoning-and-redevelopment-revealed.html) in passing, since that is the one that seems like it will be the linchpin that pulls that neighborhood together. but only in passing because it seems the City wants to weigh heavily how it will interact with the wider area, so I'd be surprised if anything happened there in the next 5 years.

on the Potrero Hill side, will also mention in passing the Corovan site (https://socketsite.com/archives/2017/11/big-development-prevails-but-the-battle-continues-on.html), and Corovan site (https://www.potreroview.net/city-eyes-corovan-site-for-flower-mart/).

moving west, you have Alta Potrero (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/us/alta-potrero)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448454881_b1a31d77ca_b.jpg

Mason on Mariposa (https://www.relatedrentals.com/apartment-rentals/san-francisco/potrero-hill/mason-mariposa)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448652122_d039bb8bed_b.jpg

the back side passage

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448446221_ff0d5aa31a_b.jpg

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447971073_958051a0b0_b.jpg

east side (Arkansas St)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447971473_f4bd20b572_b.jpg

88 Arkansas (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/us/88-arkansas)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447971883_faf9d50192_b.jpg

continuing west into the Mission, the KQED building is getting renovated (https://ww2.kqed.org/pressroom/2019/09/17/kqed-breaks-ground/)...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448652777_dfd643b959_b.jpg

down the street from KQED is 2000 Bryant (https://missionlocal.org/2016/06/after-years-of-delay-bryant-street-housing-project-moves-forward/), turning out quite nice

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448678667_b199d23941_b.jpg

I think that gap is where the affordable building will go

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448390901_2d75b79ed5_b.jpg

I like how the corner looks different, not sure if that is preserved

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448398696_4a2d5f86ba_b.jpg

the project going up near 17th and Folsom is visible from some distance away now

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448650357_109cc36763_b.jpg

closer

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447922683_f66c72b0ee_b.jpg

looking towards 16th St, its relation to the next one

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448626902_8e1838799e_b.jpg

so now back on 16th itself, 1990 Folsom (https://missionlocal.org/2017/05/nonprofit-developer-focuses-on-families-at-16th-street-project/):

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448400551_62aa6a2f3d_b.jpg

490 S Van Ness (https://bridgehousing.com/properties/490-south-van-ness/) on the corner with 16th, still shrouded

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448628862_826e869c59_b.jpg

looking down 16th to show the relation of the last two

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49448649427_c8ddfb4ccd_b.jpg

almost just pivoting from the location of the previous shot, looking past the 16th St BART station at the monstrous project at 1950 Mission St (https://bridgehousing.com/properties/1950-mission-street/)

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447924783_28cb755709_b.jpg

I didn't go further west past the BART station, so am not sure if there is more up that way to see. there was nothing I could think of

here is a sample glimpse of some of the work in progress on 16th St itself: bus island, paving, landscaped sidewalk

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49447980938_c83146f0fb_b.jpg

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2000 Bryant has really great brickwork. It may be an old-fashioned thing, but it has been done very well.

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Nuru fallout: FBI also searched offices of SF permit consultant connected to 555 Fulton project developer



...The feds alleged Nuru accepted lodging, high-end liquor, and other gifts and benefits in return for helping that same unnamed billionaire developer from China win city approvals to push a multi-million-dollar project.

So just what was that multi million-dollar project, shepherded by this unnamed permit expediter?

Here’s what we know.

The complaint reveals the multi million-dollar development in question experienced multiple permitting delays, one of which was due to its defective windows, which were “made in Mexico.” That development would also feature a retail store on the ground level.

Multiple sources Tuesday said that the description of the development closely matched the 555 Fulton Project, featuring 139 condos, that was skewered by the Planning Department for replacing its defective windows with a new “glass exterior,” according to neighborhood news outlet Hoodline.

Much like the project detailed in Nuru’s complaint, 555 Fulton features a retail store on its ground level, in this case a Trader Joe’s grocery store, which as my San Francisco Examiner colleagues reported was made possible by chain-store exemptions attained by former Supervisor Vallie Brown and Mayor London Breed, in her days as a supervisor.

The 555 Fulton developers were also one-time clients of Wong during the project’s approval process.

Z & L Properties developed the Hayes Valley-based project. And Ethics Commission records show Z & L properties paid Walter Wong $24,000 for permit “consultancy” in one quarter of 2017 alone. Public documents disclosing Wong’s payments in 2018 were not posted on the Ethics Commission website.

As for Z & L Properties itself, that company is privately funded by a mega-developer from China, R & F Properties, according to multiple news reports. That developer is among China’s largest, according to the San Francisco Business Times, which bought the 555 Fulton site in 2015 along with another California property for $35 million.

R & F Properties was co-founded in 1994 by Li Sze Lim and Zhang Li, who netted spots on two Forbes lists — the China Rich List 2019 and Billionaires 2019 lists — with net worths of $2.9 billion and $3 billion, respectively.

In the complaint, Nuru bragged to his unnamed girlfriend that the unnamed billionaire seeking Nuru’s help owned multiple hotels. “He has a hundred and five, five-star hotels in China … and then we stayed at the Park Hyatt, he owns that one. And the last time I went with grandma we stayed at the Ritz-Carlton,” Nuru was detailed as saying in the complaint.

Li’s company, R&F Properties, owns the Ritz-Carlton and Park Hyatt hotels in Guangzhou, China, among many other hotels, according to multiple news reports....




https://www.sfexaminer.com/news-columnists/nuru-fallout-fbi-also-searched-offices-of-sf-permit-consultant-connected-to-555-fulton-project/