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

[timbad]

this project (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/11/west-soma-development-watch-99-rausch-folsom.html) at Folsom and Rausch is underway

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1524/26224327130_ef03d53103_b.jpg

so far not digging this side (Eighth St) of the massive project at Eighth and Harrison

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1556/26471240206_03a80f9379_b.jpg

here is how it meets its neighbor to the west

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1623/26497199045_36e014ccf6_b.jpg

the project across Folsom from Mosso, at about Fifth

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1646/25894352293_8f2538c676_b.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1584/26471255706_68127de708_b.jpg

rebar showing for the hotel next to the new Moscone Central Subway stop

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1661/26404874892_89761b4063_b.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1441/26497194915_48d1084221_b.jpg

[sterlippo1]

If they were deciduous trees, they'd provide shelter from the heat in the summer and then let light in during the winter... you know, like in every other metropolitan area.

heat in the summer in SF? is there such a thing?:shrug:;)

[mt_climber13]

Quite ambitious:

Market/ Van Ness before:

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/The-Hub-from-Corona-Heights-Existing.jpg

After as proposed:

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/The-Hub-from-Corona-Heights-Proposed-Zoning.jpg

[viewguysf]

Just imagine the whole scene with Salesforce Tower, 181 Fremont, Park Tower, and the others in it!

[colemonkee]

Oh hell yes.

[AndrewK]

A little Van Ness corridor update...

1650 Broadway (LuXe) is nearly wrapped up:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_38.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_38.jpg.html)

1868 Van Ness is still shrouded:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_39.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_39.jpg.html)

Rockwell:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_41.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_41.jpg.html)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_42.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_42.jpg.html)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_43.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_43.jpg.html)

The glass is done on 1450 Franklin:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_45.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_45.jpg.html)

and the paneling is starting to go up:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_48.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_48.jpg.html)
(it's hard to tell with all the glare, but it is a glossy white material)

The site for 1545 Pine:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_47.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_47.jpg.html)
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_46.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_46.jpg.html)

Glass is going up on the Medical Center:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d33/dj_andrewk/Mobile%20Uploads/image_49.jpg (http://s32.photobucket.com/user/dj_andrewk/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_49.jpg.html)

[colemonkee]

Rockwell looks great!

[viewguysf]

Rockwell looks great!

Yes, it does--and 1450 Franklin is still ugly. Thanks for the good update Andrew!

[timbad]

Moscone revamp, looking west from corner of Third and Howard

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1641/26001641374_59f9b181d5_b.jpg

[timbad]

... the lot one over from Fourth, between Brannan and Bluxome Alley, has been partially fenced off. could be this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2014/12/designs-six-story-development-brannan-fourth.html).

another parking lot bites the dust

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1689/26001638704_754e3809bf_b.jpg

[timbad]

510 Townsend (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/04/510-townsend-as-envisioned-and-pre-leased-to-stripe.html) site:

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1580/26020714923_3db335bf8a_b.jpg

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1701/26020717023_b65181456d_b.jpg

shroud slowly coming off 1 Henry Adams. this is the 'back' side

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1651/26531103902_5daf636a63_b.jpg

and the east side in context

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1492/26531098562_90de1760dd_b.jpg

sister project on Brannan St making its presence felt

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1675/26020720863_afb76a3383_b.jpg

a look at the passage under the main building of Potrero1010, peering between PDR segments from Hubbell St through toward the future greenspace of the project

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1511/26018258924_454ab3d5f7_b.jpg

[pseudolus]

sister project on Brannan St making its presence felt

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1675/26020720863_afb76a3383_b.jpg


What's with the blank, windowless concrete wall? Is this residential wrapping around a parking garage?

[AndrewK]

Saw some demo going on recently at the corner of 5th and Harrison, former auto repair shop. Anyone know what is happening there? Btw its catty corner to the all-star donuts that is not long for this world.

[mt_climber13]

How the heck is All Star Donuts still around?? lol. I remember going there back in the 00s after some memorable and not so memorable times at an 18+ club called Club Faith on Harrison and 3rd or 4th I believe. Thanks for the memories :cheers:

[timbad]

What's with the blank, windowless concrete wall? Is this residential wrapping around a parking garage?

partially. this is the project site (http://www.dbarchitect.com/project_detail/164/855%20Brannan%20Street.html), which does note 422 parking spots, and a garage entry off the alley in this schematic:

http://www.dbarchitect.com/images/dynamic/slideshow_images/image/2012.06.15._illustrative_site_plan.project_hero.jpg

[L.ARCH]

pretty cool visualization tool showing the proposed height increase at the Market/Van Ness area.

http://default.sfplanning.org/plans-and-programs/in-your-neighborhood/hub/hub-height-simulations/#about

[viewguysf]

pretty cool visualization tool showing the proposed height increase at the Market/Van Ness area.

http://default.sfplanning.org/plans-and-programs/in-your-neighborhood/hub/hub-height-simulations/#about

WOW--bring it on! :goodpost:

[fflint]

According to SocketSite, the total number of residential units under construction, approved and proposed in the city of San Francisco has risen to a record 63,400 (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/04/a-record-63000-apartments-and-condos-in-sfs-housing-pipeline.html).

A cool 7,300 of those units are currently under construction. I wonder what percentage of the total units u/c in the whole Bay Area is in San Francisco...50%? Higher?

[kgbnsf]

According to SocketSite, the total number of residential units under construction, approved and proposed in the city of San Francisco has risen to a record 63,400 (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/04/a-record-63000-apartments-and-condos-in-sfs-housing-pipeline.html).



If most of those come to fruition, that is easily another 120k residents in the City. Muni really needs to develop their subways. Van Ness, and Geary (at least to Masonic) needs to be underground. Do developers pay fees towards public transit as part of the project?

[timbad]

If most of those come to fruition, that is easily another 120k residents in the City. Muni really needs to develop their subways. Van Ness, and Geary (at least to Masonic) needs to be underground. Do developers pay fees towards public transit as part of the project?

yes, there are impact fees (http://sf-planning.org/impact-fees), including a Transportation Sustainability Fee (http://sf-planning.org/invest-enhance-transportation-support-growth) which residential developments of over 20 units pay.

[fimiak]

If most of those come to fruition, that is easily another 120k residents in the City. Muni really needs to develop their subways. Van Ness, and Geary (at least to Masonic) needs to be underground. Do developers pay fees towards public transit as part of the project?

Every few months I like dropping this, my fantasy extension of the Central Subway up to fisherman's wharf and down van ness. It would also include adding a station to BART for VN, so Market and Van Ness would be a central hub of activity. This goes along with the recently proposed height and density increases at the intersection. Feel free to send this picture to our local politicians, like I have!

http://i.imgur.com/qbFf4Lb.jpg

[fflint]

SFGate has some pretty sweet pre-opening photos (http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/SFMOMA-a-Bay-Area-treasure-7381480.php) of the new wing of the Museum of Modern Art.

It looks like a psychedelic cruise ship got beached in SOMA:

http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/45/60/11/9896528/3/1024x1024.jpg

[mt_climber13]

The thread is closed so posting here: $7,792 to rent a 2 bedroom townhome at Solaire (I'm assuming this is not the BMR unit) SF, you crazy! :ahhh:

http://solairesf.com/floor-plans/

[slock]

325 Fremont has been off the radar for a while, but just had an inspection and was issued permits for shoring. The project is fully approved and financed, with Swinerton as GC. This might move soon.

http://dbiweb.sfgov.org/dbipts/Default2.aspx?page=PermitDetails

The approved design, for reference:

http://www.handelarchitects.com/projects/type/residential/-325-fremont-residential.html

[Jerry of San Fran]

I was by the CPMC building today. The glass facade is a reflective glass curtain with different sized panels and shades of color. It is too early for me to say if I like it or not.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/26195188683_d432fe882e_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/FUMbYc)CPMC - 05/03/2016 (https://flic.kr/p/FUMbYc)

[Jerry of San Fran]

What will be the tallest sculpture in San Francisco is being assembled now. You can barely make out the stainless figure of an abstract sculpture of a woman. This will be the only view from the street as Trinity Place I, II and III surround the plaza where the sculpture is located. More information available at the San Francisco Chronicle web page here:
http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/92-foot-Venus-tallest-sculpture-in-SF-7388891.php

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7162/26706647052_10e18013c0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GFYxHW)Img_8191 (https://flic.kr/p/GFYxHW)

[timbad]

325 Fremont has been off the radar for a while, but ... This might move soon.



thanks for the scoop! had been wondering about this one

[fimiak]

Photo dump. 5/7/16.

http://i.imgur.com/iNRMzsGl.jpg (http://imgur.com/iNRMzsG)

http://i.imgur.com/lDrfZUFl.jpg (http://imgur.com/lDrfZUF)

http://i.imgur.com/05yruC6l.jpg (http://imgur.com/05yruC6)

http://i.imgur.com/LR9SLHMl.jpg (http://imgur.com/LR9SLHM)

http://i.imgur.com/2yipM5Yl.jpg (http://imgur.com/2yipM5Y)

http://i.imgur.com/QrdgnLbl.jpg (http://imgur.com/QrdgnLb)

The new building next to SFFD #1. I don't remember its address.
http://i.imgur.com/yBy0522l.jpg (http://imgur.com/yBy0522)

[Jerry of San Fran]

I got my first view of the skin in place on the Trans-bay Terminal today. I saw a painter applying a white glossy paint on the large tubular supports - they are hollow & large enough for a person to fit inside. And in the background is the Salesforce tower.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/26295076674_26def819eb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G4B9bW)The Trans-Bay Terminal (https://flic.kr/p/G4B9bW)

[timbad]

the Waller Steps were open top to bottom when I went by 55 Laguna today. here is the upper plaza:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7773/26904289725_ffc6029643_b.jpg

looking down

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7044/26631586600_094d5cdfc1_b.jpg

a peek down a side axis

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7468/26810821692_7832e2df0e_b.jpg

further down

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7563/26810818172_a9488745b4_b.jpg

in Hayes Valley, 450 Hayes

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7334/26631612500_b3aa3b6b67_b.jpg

Hayes and Laguna

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/26810773762_5dfb98e020_b.jpg

same, looking south down Laguna

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7337/26836926551_431f579aff_b.jpg

Fulton555 (http://fulton555.com) at Laguna still looks like this (Laguna side)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7419/26836923781_2544657f64_b.jpg

and Fulton side

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7668/26836920681_5c5534f122_b.jpg

Fulton and Gough

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7251/26836916611_c418d0461e_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7199/26836912491_3e6d5c9875_b.jpg

looking south down Gough

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7690/26631595100_16b7baa283_b.jpg

[a very long weekend]

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7152/26295076674_26def819eb_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/G4B9bW)The Trans-Bay Terminal (https://flic.kr/p/G4B9bW)

i actually prefer this to the initial glass cladding. so much of what's being built right now is glass heavy, it's interesting that this will represent to future city dwellers a sort of dissent from our era's dominant practice.

[SFView]

Things are shaping up for 95 Hawthorne:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/05/plans-for-32-story-tower-at-hawthorne-and-folsom-proceed.html
Planning for 32-Story Tower at Hawthorne and Folsom Proceeds

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for the John Hancock Life Insurance Company, which owns the property, the new tower would reach a height of 320 feet and yield 330 apartments over 8,000 square feet of ground floor retail space (primarily fronting Folsom Street) and an underground garage (with its entrance on Hawthorne) for 250 cars.

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/95-Hawthorne-Street-Rendering.jpg

Here is another link to a similar article with the image below:
http://hoodline.com/2016/02/32-story-residential-tower-proposed-for-hawthorne-and-folsom
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m96/mrayatsfo/95%20Hawthorne%20Skyline.jpg (http://s102.photobucket.com/user/mrayatsfo/media/95%20Hawthorne%20Skyline.jpg.html)

[jaypkatl]

The Postal Facility at Golden Gate & Hyde is FINALLY closed and the police are making daily sweeps to make sure nobody is hanging around the building dealing and using drugs (why they didn't do this when it was open beats me). Hopefully we can get tear down started soon.

[minesweeper]

For those, like me, wondering why 399 Fremont's crown was flipped 180 degrees from its initial design, we have a probable reason:

A giant solar water heater was installed on the roof. It's going to get much more solar radiation with the crown facing south instead of north.

http://sf.curbed.com/2016/5/11/11657980/worlds-tallest-solar-water-system-installed-on-rincon-hill

[fogcitybrit]

minesweeper - you are right on. Also, it felt less deferential to Rincon 1&2 and put the high point (and party room) facing the city. . . .

[Jerry of San Fran]

May 15, 1016 - The last couple of days the construction crane as advanced up considerable. It can now be seen from my apartment in the Civic Center. I look forward to seeing part of this exciting building when complete.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7524/26761955500_0a02fde22f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GLS1ZS)181 Fremont_2016_05_15 (https://flic.kr/p/GLS1ZS)

[mt_climber13]

This is great news- the Lucas museum may be coming back to SF after all :cheers:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/matier-ross/article/George-Lucas-looking-at-Treasure-Island-as-new-SF-7468257.php

[timbad]

Solaire is wrapping up... here are the balconies:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7429/26435600573_d8610b2bf0_b.jpg

the sidewalk on Fremont

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/27039397515_490b187799_b.jpg

the sidewalk on Folsom

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/26970669251_03b476987e_b.jpg

Clementine Alley is open. looking east along townhome row

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7128/27005900826_d75687cb86_b.jpg

straight through, still looking east

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7518/26970665991_8624790fc7_b.jpg

the mid-block passage looking from Clementine toward Folsom

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7520/26970667881_13a03a4140_b.jpg

and looking west

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/27005895676_c579e61202_b.jpg

[timbad]

I'd forgotten this (http://hoodline.com/2015/09/construction-has-begun-on-new-commonwealth-club) was underway, on the Embarcadero

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7441/26944932502_da3cf4a28d_b.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

The Apple store is open this weekend & I went to have a look. When it was proposed I did not think much of the design. What is unusual about a glass box? It is in fact an extraordinary glass box! One third of the 2 story front can be opened to the outside!

Not many pictures as the camera gave me problems.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7100/26883391340_d722c5eb8d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GXApDf)Apple Store, 2nd Floor - San Francisco (https://flic.kr/p/GXApDf)

[timbad]

<-- shoot, I meant to go by there on my walk today! thanks Jerry!

the glass is going up on Market Place, or whatever they are calling it these days:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7481/26556070774_4fed0c8ab2_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7023/26556067894_c38e3b9656_b.jpg

[dmoquinn]

<-- shoot, I meant to go by there on my walk today! thanks Jerry!

the glass is going up on Market Place, or whatever they are calling it these days:

Thanks for the update! I haven't seen much attention for this project, even though it seems to have been steadily rising.

[fflint]

I ride my bike past Market Place twice a day, but I don't have the luxury of really noticing it. Solid infill.

[viewguysf]

the glass is going up on Market Place, or whatever they are calling it these days:

Market Street Place

[Jerry of San Fran]

05/29/2016 - As of today I am able to see a large portion of one of 2 cranes on the Salesforce building from my apartment in the Civic Center. 181 Fremont is visible on the right.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7351/26734927793_3c2aeda0e6_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/GJtuAV)Salesforce &amp; 181 Fremont Cranes (https://flic.kr/p/GJtuAV)

[chris08876]

vRGqYL0XGOA

[viewguysf]

05/29/2016 - As of today I am able to see a large portion of one of 2 cranes on the Salesforce building from my apartment in the Civic Center. 181 Fremont is visible on the right.

I've always been able to see the south crane for the Salesforce Tower and, due to our different angles, the north one has now popped above the St. Regis. I'm fortunate to have a dead on view of 181 Fremont almost to the ground, so it has been interesting to watch it rise. I can see a sliver of Salesforce Tower next to the south crain almost to the bottom too, but it will have to rise above the St. Regis in order to see the whole thing (after which I will only be able to see the far north side of the Millennium Tower). As you know Jerry, it has been a constantly changing show over the years as layers of buildings have been constructed.

[timbad]

<-- envy those views! the core for SF Tower has recently become visible from some angles of (ground level of) Mission Bay.

changing subject, here is Page and Franklin, almost done:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7747/26757468763_e6bafc0e92_b.jpg

[timbad]

in Dogpatch, the project at Third and 23rd is now rising at what seems like a quicker clip. this is it as seen from what they are calling 'Angel Alley', to the northwest. (not sure Angel Alley is an official name; the Hell's Angels house lines it prominently.)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7049/27293459241_d68bf2c0bc_b.jpg

and the side most people will see, from Third St

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7395/27293462821_7b63936457_b.jpg

looks like finally some activity at Pier 70, maybe:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7114/27293656931_e940f86db0_b.jpg

the finale of Potrero1010's accoutrements is starting to form: its open space. here looking through to the east, with Seventh, the freeway, and Kaiser in the distance, and a little geometric seating feature in the foreground:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7487/27293474331_b4240e88f7_b.jpg

slightly different angle showing some of the landscaping around the little island building:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7288/26756737924_f343f6e832_b.jpg

the evolving sidewalk along 16th St and the island building:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7456/26757472943_cff999b49e_b.jpg

and splitting the difference:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7505/27293471051_5eef6183a9_b.jpg

looking back the other way from Seventh:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7310/27088571930_6c8fd05f01_b.jpg

still working on the Seventh St side. looking north

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/26756741814_8fb4b9a7f8_b.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

This apartment complex takes up the whole block. It is bordered by 8th, Harrison, Ringold & Gordon Streets. The building at Gordon & Harrison Streets is quite different from the rest of the complex. I find it to be quite dramatic & pleasing to my eye. It is curios that the glass has white dots - decorative or functional?

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7428/27310914062_21afedb3ca_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HBnzfE)Corner building of the 350 Eight St. apartment complex (https://flic.kr/p/HBnzfE)

[Jerry of San Fran]

Can anyone say what purpose the white dots serve on the glass?

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7315/27337738091_83f1855204_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HDK46V)Corner building of the 350 Eight St. apartment complex (https://flic.kr/p/HDK46V)

[cv94117]

Can anyone say what purpose the white dots serve on the glass?

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7315/27337738091_83f1855204_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HDK46V)Corner building of the 350 Eight St. apartment complex (https://flic.kr/p/HDK46V)

It's called frit. Could be just a design feature but more likely used to address UV performance or other practical issues.

[pseudolus]

It's called frit. Could be just a design feature but more likely used to address UV performance or other practical issues.

or it could be for the birds, i.e., helping them not crash into it

[botoxic]

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/btgibson/From345California.jpg (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/btgibson/media/From345California.jpg.html)

[Jerry of San Fran]

cv94117, pseudolus - thanks for the info. Maybe the dots work for both. I've seen a bird kill itself by flying into a glass window.

[1977]

Here's a new 250 foot proposal at Van Ness and Mission. Really excited to see this area ("The Hub") developed - long overdue.

Gould Evans, on behalf of Align Real Estate, has just submitted the official application to San Francisco’s Planning Department for a 250-foot tower and adjacent 85-foot podium building to rise at 30 Otis Street, at the intersection of Otis, South Van Ness Avenue and 12th Street.
More info at SocketSite (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/06/designs-for-this-250-foot-hub-tower-officially-submitted-to-planning.html)

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/30-Otis-Rendering.jpg

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/30-Otis-Plaza.jpg
www.socketsite.com

[edwards]

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q149/btgibson/From345California.jpg (http://s135.photobucket.com/user/btgibson/media/From345California.jpg.html)


How'd you get to go on the roof there? :)

[buzzbuzzsteph]

https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/815-tennessee/photos/exterior/2015_11_09_11_14_35_815tennessee_rendering.jpg

DM Development recently told BuzzBuzzHome that construction will be starting in the next couple of weeks (June 2016) at 815 Tennessee Street for their 5-storey 69 unit residential building.

[viewguysf]

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7095/27168195470_146fe07d6e_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HoL6Zh)Salesforce Tower &amp; 181 Fremont from SFMOMA (https://flic.kr/p/HoL6Zh) by viewguysf (https://www.flickr.com/photos/viewguysf/), on Flickr

[timbad]

https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/815-tennessee/photos/exterior/2015_11_09_11_14_35_815tennessee_rendering.jpg

DM Development recently told BuzzBuzzHome that construction will be starting in the next couple of weeks (June 2016) at 815 Tennessee Street for their 5-storey 69 unit residential building.

aha, thanks buzzbuzzsteph! after the demo a couple months ago (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=7362857&postcount=7646), I hadn't seen anything else happening there and had started to wonder about this one.

[timbad]

random things from today...

Moscone revamp:

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7313/27396396652_f56bf3056a_b.jpg

Lansing St has indeed gotten a makeover, and looks good:

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7470/26887590493_7d6a674bb7_b.jpg

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7756/26887591933_9028d036c2_b.jpg

here is 45 Lansing, aka Jasper, itself:

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7071/26887593373_2aaa773d74_b.jpg

855 Brannan, looking east

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7237/26885949454_fac9ce3621_b.jpg

looking south down Eighth at its sister project 1 Henry Adams

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7554/26885946934_99d2844e02_b.jpg

1 Henry Adams is slowly being revealed. here is the 'back' (south) side

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7448/27218245250_fbffbd95cf_b.jpg

west side, on Henry Adams

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7693/27423325081_a9d8790400_b.jpg

east side

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7418/27218235360_4a8a05ae1f_b.jpg

at Potrero1010, a look at the passageway from the open space to Hubbell St beyond:

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7280/27218231710_de294d476e_b.jpg

they've planted the roofs of the newly-leased (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/06/california-college-of-the-arts-inks-lease-in-new-potrero-development.html) PDR space along Hubbell

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7587/27218228360_47e382186c_b.jpg

the hotel next to the future Moscone subway station on Fourth

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7195/26885959734_f5b4e2ee55_b.jpg

[buzzbuzzsteph]

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2014_06_12_04_38_15_259clara_exterior.jpg
https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2014_06_12_04_38_15_259clara_exterior3.jpg

Stanley Saitowitz | Natoma Architects (http://www.saitowitz.com/) said construction is approximately 80% done on 259 Clara Street (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/259-clara-street), a new 8-unit condo, and estimated completion is 4-5 months from now (Fall 2016).

More details on the project: https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/259-clara-street

[SFTransplant]

Hey guys. Super avid reader here but rarely post. I have my Masters in Urban Planning but don't practice professionally so its mainly a hobby for me now to keep up with. I travel twice a month for work and am also fascinated in air travel news. I'm surprised there's no SFO thread in this forum especially with how much activity is continually happening there. Do you think it should have its own thread where we can post terminal updates, route news, etc?

and thanks for all your photos and updates. its great to keep tabs with everything that's happening!

[buzzbuzzsteph]

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_13_01_07_52_js_sullivan_development_one_franklin_san_francisco_interior.jpg
https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_13_01_07_50_js_sullivan_development_one_franklin_san_francisco_interior_6.jpg
https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_13_01_07_50_js_sullivan_development_one_franklin_san_francisco_interior_2.jpg

Interior photos (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1694256077458139.1073741830.1633589346858146&type=3) of One Franklin (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/one-franklin) are also now available

More project details: https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/one-franklin

<-- envy those views! the core for SF Tower has recently become visible from some angles of (ground level of) Mission Bay.

changing subject, here is Page and Franklin, almost done:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7747/26757468763_e6bafc0e92_b.jpg

[pseudolus]

Who wouldn't covet this great view of the new homeless navigation center?

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_13_01_07_52_js_sullivan_development_one_franklin_san_francisco_interior.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

It is surprising as to how much style the building has. A lot of dramatic glass on the Van Ness side of the structure.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7321/27654153802_a760090775_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/J8GLtd)CPMC - June 2016 (https://flic.kr/p/J8GLtd)

[Jerry of San Fran]

06/18/2016 - A telephoto view from my balcony in the Civic Center. The building is almost complete on the outside except for insulation on the penthouse. I have not been to the site so I can't comment much on the look of the building. The building has mechanical car parking stackers, a rarity in San Francisco.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7320/27683744621_0453f60604_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JbjqMK)346 Potrero Aveneu (https://flic.kr/p/JbjqMK)

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7112/27147429763_33c84e1706_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/HmVF4R)346 Portrero (https://flic.kr/p/HmVF4R)

[timbad]

CPMC in the Mission

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7430/27358851520_b721c1d4ae_b.jpg

the skyline as seen from Dogpatch on a warm hazy day last weekend

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7191/27358848310_8d2441bc8b_b.jpg

looking the other way from the previous shot, the project on Indiana, at about 22nd St

https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7050/27358844710_83461e2d8e_b.jpg

the hotel on King across from the ballpark is still mostly shrouded

https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7337/27775571855_8438610461_b.jpg

a peek at Solaire's balconies as seen looking up Folsom from the Embarcadero

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7567/27775579225_4cdc7f1491_b.jpg

the little project just south of Mission on Seventh

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7319/27164646793_4bac74408e_b.jpg

[buzzbuzzsteph]

DM Development (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/db/dm_development) has two new projects in predevelopment:
https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_21_02_27_05_dm_development_2465_van_ness_san_francisco_2.png
https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_21_02_27_05_dm_development_2465_van_ness_san_francisco_site_plan.png
2465 Van Ness Ave: https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/2465-van-ness

and 2301 Lombard Ave: https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/2301-lombard

No renderings yet, but both will be designed by Handel Architects (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/db/handel_architects)

[a very long weekend]

i'd be happy to see that old service station at union and van ness finally built on, but damn is that a misuse of the site.

[tech12]

i'd be happy to see that old service station at union and van ness finally built on, but damn is that a misuse of the site.

Yeah, it's so short. But I guess that's to be expected in the NIMBYland of the marina district/Pacific heights/Russian hill.

[simms3_redux]

The ~8-9 floor project at Washington and Van Ness appears to be on hold/stalled (and has been for a solid month or two). Some facade is slightly visible beneath the tarp.

The Architectonica designed mid-rise at Pine between Polk and Van Ness adjacent to Grubstake (13 floors) has its tower crane installed.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/11/polk-gulch-development-funded-ready-to-break-ground.html

The 5 story apartments at Market/Sanchez that include a reno of the Swedish American Hall are nearly complete (external).

The market hall at the Forest City development across the street had a soft opening last weekend.

The 92 ft statue of the goddess Venus was unveiled recently and can be seen from 8th St apparently, but won't be publicly available until Phase 3 is finished in 2017.

http://sf.curbed.com/2016/6/13/11923324/venus-unveiled-trinity-place

[AndrewK]

I was driving down 10th the other day and noticed action on the east side of the street between Howard and Folsom. I was able to find this post on SS but nothing else:
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/05/from-rental-cars-to-condos-in-western-soma.html
I can't even find a rendering anywhere. Does anyone have any other info on it?

[1977]

I was driving down 10th the other day and noticed action on the east side of the street between Howard and Folsom. I was able to find this post on SS but nothing else:
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/05/from-rental-cars-to-condos-in-western-soma.html
I can't even find a rendering anywhere. Does anyone have any other info on it?

Maybe this (http://hoodline.com/2015/11/a-piece-of-western-soma-s-auto-history-may-soon-become-housing)?

https://hoodwork-production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/story/image/13436/Screen_Shot_2015-11-09_at_4.21.23_PM.png
http://hoodline.com

[mt_climber13]

2017 start of the next boom for SF?

160 Folsom 400'+
50 1st 910'
518 Mission 650'
Park Tower 605'
500 Folsom 400'+
564 Howard 750'+
706 Mission 550'
500 Folsom 575'

[buzzbuzzsteph]

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_23_02_46_07_js_sullivan_alan_tse_241_10th_street_san_francisco_rendering.jpg

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_23_02_46_07_js_sullivan_alan_tse_241_10th_street_san_francisco_rendering_5.jpg

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_23_02_46_07_js_sullivan_alan_tse_241_10th_street_san_francisco_rendering_2.jpg

Project details for 241 10th Street, including more renderings, can be found on BuzzBuzzHome: https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/241-10th-street

I was driving down 10th the other day and noticed action on the east side of the street between Howard and Folsom. I was able to find this post on SS but nothing else:
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2015/05/from-rental-cars-to-condos-in-western-soma.html
I can't even find a rendering anywhere. Does anyone have any other info on it?

[buzzbuzzsteph]

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_23_02_36_39_js_sullivan_alan_tse_719_larkin_st_san_francisco_rendering_2.jpg

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_23_02_36_39_js_sullivan_alan_tse_719_larkin_st_san_francisco_rendering_1.jpg

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2016_06_23_02_36_39_js_sullivan_alan_tse_719_larkin_st_san_francisco_rendering.jpg

Another new condo developed by JS Sullivan (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/db/js_sullivan_development) and designed by Alan Tse (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/db/alan_tse) is being planned for 719 Larkin St: https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/719-larkin-st

[Jerry of San Fran]

Thanks for the update 1977 and buzzbuzzsteph - I walked by the site last night - the site is a sea of rebar for the foundation.

I see news on Socket Site that the former church building across the street from the condo project is now happening - it has been years since that project was announced.

[a very long weekend]

wow, beautiful building on larkin. i'm still not okay though with how little replacement retail is going in there, and i want zero parking spaces - affordable by design, plus this is not a neighborhood that needs more traffic.

[Jerry of San Fran]

A lot is happening in the 200 block of 10th Street. The Chinese immersion school plans on expanding at 250 Tenth Street. Across the street is the condo development under construction at 241 Tenth Street (see buzzbuzzsteph post #7776). On the corner of Howard and 10th Street construction has begun to remodel the former St. Joseph CC into offices.

On the left is a public storage building. Center is the school. On the right is the former St. Joseph CC with a tan color.
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7298/27610845970_92f24a42b0_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/J4SNys)250 10th street (https://flic.kr/p/J4SNys)
Image: Studio Bondy Architecture from the San Francisco Planning Dept.

[cwilly]

A couple photos of Market Street Place from this morning. The exterior is nearly complete.

https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7298/27947686666_84b286a909_b.jpg

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7516/27947680516_998e0087d3_b.jpg

[Jerry of San Fran]

cwilly - thanks for the update for Market Street Place. I'm always on the MUNI & never get a good look at the building. I find it to be a beautiful, handsome building.

[fflint]

Assuming it fills up with stores that appeal to locals and tourists, Market Street Place will be a game-changer for a block that never fully recovered from the disruption of BART/Muni subway construction. The design will likely help. The glass facade will glow brightly, and show off what's for sale on each floor, visually announcing a sea shift along this stretch of Market.

[fimiak]

I doubt it will be open for Back to School..but be prepared for it to be packed for Christmas season. More foot traffic, restaurants, and stores is always a good thing.

[tall/awkward]

I'm sure everybody's already seen this.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/07/the-first-renderings-for-san-franciscos-last-super-tall-tower-site.html

[a very long weekend]

that's not a supertall (300m+) and also, it won't be our last. foundry square was a colossal error and those will, i'd gather, all four end up there.

[NYC2ATX]

Assuming it fills up with stores that appeal to locals and tourists, Market Street Place will be a game-changer for a block that never fully recovered from the disruption of BART/Muni subway construction. The design will likely help. The glass facade will glow brightly, and show off what's for sale on each floor, visually announcing a sea shift along this stretch of Market.

While not the most architecturally stirring example, the retail structure just south of and facing Union Square in Manhattan has just the sort of presence you described, with stores like Whole Foods, Burlington, Forever 21 and formerly a Filene's Basement. It is all glass and is of extraordinary visual interest, especially at night, and demonstrates a sense of importance to that particular corner of Union Square, and in a larger sense, the surrounding neighborhood. :tup:

[fflint]

I'm sure everybody's already seen this.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2016/07/the-first-renderings-for-san-franciscos-last-super-tall-tower-site.html
http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Transbay-Parcel-F-Rendering-Day.jpg

I like it!

[viewguysf]

that's not a supertall (300m+) and also, it won't be our last. foundry square was a colossal error and those will, i'd gather, all four end up there.

I realize I'm in the minority here, but I love Foundry Square's uniqueness in such an urban setting, think it creates an interesting interlude among the towers, and have architectural friends who feel likewise. It isn't going anywhere for a long, long time and certainly wasn't "a colossal error" imo. They form a perfect backdrop to the south side of TT's rooftop park, allowing it to receive much more sun while not being boring boxes.

[fflint]

Foundry Square took some of the only parcels in this part of the world where skyscrapers could have gone--seriously, almost none of Northern California is zoned for actual skyscrapers--and wasted that potential with squat buildings more suitable to similarly-scaled areas like Mission Bay, South San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, etc.

But whatever. Foundry Square brought the suburbs to the Financial District, and we have to live with it.

[colemonkee]

Really digging that new tower!

[ozone]

I realize I'm in the minority here, but I love Foundry Square's uniqueness in such an urban setting, think it creates an interesting interlude among the towers, and have architectural friends who feel likewise. It isn't going anywhere for a long, long time and certainly wasn't "a colossal error" imo. They form a perfect backdrop to the south side of TT's rooftop park, allowing it to receive much more sun while not being boring boxes.

I understand both arguments about Foundry Square. The design is not spectacular but neither is it horrible. The height thing doesn't bother me much for now. It will give a better view of all the new towers and provide future redevelopment opportunities. I agree that its best not to have only skyscrapers lining the sides of TBT rooftop park. This is not Dubai circa 2005.

[viewguysf]

Foundry Square took some of the only parcels in this part of the world where skyscrapers could have gone--seriously, almost none of Northern California is zoned for actual skyscrapers--and wasted that potential with squat buildings more suitable to similarly-scaled areas like Mission Bay, South San Francisco, Santa Clara, San Jose, etc.

But whatever. Foundry Square brought the suburbs to the Financial District, and we have to live with it.

We can only wish that many (most?) of the buildings in Mission Bay were at least as interesting as Foundry Square. :sleep:

[1977]

Nice shot showing the Transbay Terminal, Salesforce Tower, 181 Fremont, and 33 Tehama (formerly 41 Tehama) under construction. Also, the parcel where 546 Howard (Parcel F) will rise.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7455/27766215520_1d17418cc1_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JiB7vN)SF Building Boom (https://flic.kr/p/JiB7vN) by Ted (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pictureted/), on Flickr

[a very long weekend]

foundry square is an absurdity in context. all four of those corners should be 650-1000 foot towers, because, as flint said, there literally nowhere else to build them. i'd be okay with those buildings if could build somewhere else, but we can't. i would be willing to bet that one of those four sites will have a development application pending inside of 10 years.

[timbad]

across Clementina Alley from Solaire, it looks like work may have started on the other part of the block 6/7 complex. this is from last week:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7211/28059577456_043a579dc7_b.jpg

in Dogpatch, here is the northern project on Indiana...

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7357/28093927435_2ff5a7fc55_b.jpg

... and as seen from the freeway:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7292/28093912795_2356a098b2_b.jpg

... while this is the southern Indiana project, with the one on 23rd St in the distance:

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7327/28093914195_506589f68d_b.jpg

Potrero1010 is seeing more foliage for Daggett Park:

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7329/27991478992_a89082f806_b.jpg

and the skyline from Bernal Hill again, now in summer colors

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7511/27991511512_9f88899ee5_h.jpg

[PBuchman]

^ Wonderful pictures!

From the Bernal Heights one, it's evident that both 400 and 500 Folsom will have big impacts on the skyline from that angle, in addition to SFT and 181 Fremont.

[kdeff]

Any reason why 50 1st isnt on the renderings of Parcel F?

Foundry Square has always seemed disappointing to me since the start of this construction boom. It really belongs in Mission Bay or San Jose. Does anyone know the average time it would take for it to pay for itself? I know thats not a simple calculation, but I can't imagine the owners wouldn't want to build taller and make more money long term.

[viewguysf]

Foundry Square has always seemed disappointing to me since the start of this construction boom. It really belongs in Mission Bay or San Jose. Does anyone know the average time it would take for it to pay for itself? I know thats not a simple calculation, but I can't imagine the owners wouldn't want to build taller and make more money long term.

From today's SF Business Times:

"Tishman Speyer’s 290,000 square-foot Foundry III at 505 Howard, could sell for upwards of $1,000 per square foot."

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/real-estate/2016/07/san-francisco-office-building-sales-prices-brexit.html

This complex isn't going anywhere for a very long time for economic and political reasons.

[Jerry of San Fran]

A view from the new addition to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Today was my first visit. I like the public areas - gardens, restaurant, cafes. I don't dislike the new building but think it would have benefited if built elsewhere. 07/07/2016

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7459/28085625921_97ac517e54_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/JMQb6F)Construction: Salesforce &amp; 181 Fremont (https://flic.kr/p/JMQb6F)