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JWS

Nov 28, 2018, 5:40 PM

WOAH! That was quick!

Speaking of Mid-Market infill, anybody have news on 1554 Market Street or 24 Franklin?

1554 Market is excavated (and I believe foundation poured) but has been sitting for close to a year now with no visible work being performed. I worry it's permanently on hold waiting for financing for the actual construction, or even abandoned.

24 Franklin has slowly been moving forward but I've never seen such glacial work on a mid-rise. Weeks, if not months, go by without seeing the slightest bit of change or progress.

My hood is in a tough spot. These two projects, the Honda Dealership closed and waiting for upzoning and then permits/entitling, the City College site on Gough boarded off and waiting for upzoning and then permits/entitling, the ambitious project between 12th and Gough just sitting there with no work...if/when these projects get built, we'll finally have an active streetwall stretching from the Castro to at least 6th Street (and those Mid-Market projects around there will connect it to the Ferry Building), but in the interim as they're waiting and in some cases, I suspect running out of money, we just have boarded up buildings that are attracting the usual circus of tent cities and drugs. I never thought I'd be thankful for a parking lot, as at least the parking lot that is one day to be One Oak is operating and thus contributing some small semblance of foot traffic!

If the city was swift and able to move nimbly to get things approved and upzoned and entitled/permitted, we'd have seen 2,500 add'l units in those six projects alone...would be an absolute game changer for the hood and a great compliment to the 600-650 or so under construction at the Goodwill and Flax sites.

viewguysf

Nov 28, 2018, 6:19 PM

fimiak mentioned the issue here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=214481&page=3

JWS

Nov 28, 2018, 7:12 PM

Gracias!

iamfishhead

Nov 30, 2018, 2:06 AM

The building at 1700 Market is now gone. I don't know what the latest development is on this one as it has gone in and out of development. The last I saw was for an 8 story building here. Anyone has the latest?

The FastFrame shop that inhabited this location for many years survives at another location.

Well the last thing on socket site is this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/07/approved-market-street-project-back-in-play.html), which sounds like it might be the project that will end up going in.

AndrewK

Nov 30, 2018, 9:20 PM

Well the last thing on socket site is this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/07/approved-market-street-project-back-in-play.html), which sounds like it might be the project that will end up going in.

No on site parking, so not much excavation. Should start to go up quickly.

Jerry of San Fran

Dec 1, 2018, 5:09 PM

Yes, there is something happening in that hole behind the fence on Market Street!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4896/45408134054_b7c8e4c87f_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cbyyg1)12/01/2018 Concrete Pour (https://flic.kr/p/2cbyyg1)

timbad

Dec 2, 2018, 9:03 PM

Well the last thing on socket site is this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/07/approved-market-street-project-back-in-play.html), which sounds like it might be the project that will end up going in.

here is a shot looking across the 1700 Market site at the Flax project in the distance

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4897/31210731927_e6cc11cdb9_b.jpg

urban_encounter

Dec 2, 2018, 10:51 PM

mt_climber13

Dec 2, 2018, 11:34 PM

here is a shot looking across the 1700 Market site at the Flax project in the distance

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4897/31210731927_e6cc11cdb9_b.jpg

Speaking of the recession, many people thought this building would not make it during this cycle. Good to see SF's economy and construction are still strong. Hopefully it will crash when it's time for me to buy a condo :D

SFBuildings888

Dec 3, 2018, 1:48 AM

The number of high rise buildings constructed in San Francisco since the end of the great recession is staggering. This has been one hell of an economic cycle and has produced a number of beautiful projects.

True, but they still need to build a lot of housing given the continued high demand for it and the housing crisis. That is what the city should be the most focused on.

Pedestrian

Dec 3, 2018, 3:01 AM

True, but they still need to build a lot of housing given the continued high demand for it and the housing crisis. That is what the city should be the most focused on.

This is what the city IS focused on. Since we have about reached the point where the Prop. M office building cap comes into effect, if there is no delay in development because of a recession in 2019 or 2020 more money will be necessarily directed at housing. The trick is to get as much of that as possible aimed at relatively "affordable" buildings (nothing in SF is going to be really affordable by middle class people so the operative world has to be "relatively"). That essentially means modest heights and probably less costly finishes--the sorts of things that draw criticism here.

timbad

Dec 3, 2018, 3:46 AM

That hotel is the Virgin Hotel and they are taking reservations currently for November 15th and beyond.

I hope they didn't have to give too many people their money back...

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4849/45238226365_4f93b0ec1f_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4852/45238227745_fd6e78dcb6_b.jpg

timbad

Dec 3, 2018, 4:01 AM

...
ALSO: Is the one in Hayes Valley—555 Fulton—also stalled?

went by it for the first time in a while this weekend, and it had progressed a bit more...

the Laguna side

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/46150006551_5cd0ed8830_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4810/46150007151_de94de762b_b.jpg

Fulton side

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4829/46150009351_7e1ff7ac65_b.jpg

timbad

Dec 3, 2018, 6:13 AM

various other things...

Moscone

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4830/44333364270_028b06239a_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4810/44333358180_8a906c37c8_b.jpg

the affordable one on Eddy and Taylor, still shrouded

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4812/45238101445_e5980138ee_b.jpg

shroud finally partially off this one at 7th and Market, and looks noticeably spiffier on this side. originally they were gonna make this a hostel of sorts, but I don't think those are the current plans?

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/45238101355_570b25dbef_b.jpg

another look at the Flax site

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4907/31210730327_0044aaf211_b.jpg

from Octavia

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4897/31210728537_8d66a55fb2_b.jpg

the affordable one at Laguna and Fell

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4905/32278827028_ee836794a1_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/32278822568_6aa3e5b2de_b.jpg

affordable component of 55 Laguna

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4867/32278822168_9a0b646609_b.jpg

Pedestrian

Dec 3, 2018, 6:35 AM

shroud finally partially off this one at 7th and Market, and looks noticeably spiffier on this side. originally they were gonna make this a hostel of sorts, but I don't think those are the current plans?

Indeed the plans are unchanged--not exactly a hostel but a different sort of hotel:

AN EXCITING NEW HOTEL OPENING ON MARKET STREET (1 February 2019)

YOTEL San Francisco is a refurbishment of a historic building on Market Street and will be opening in 1 February 2019. YOTEL is the hotel brand that gives you everything you need and nothing you don’t. Inspired by first class travel, YOTEL translates the language of luxury airline travel into smart, well-designed spaces without the hefty price tag.

https://www.yotel.com/en/hotels/yotel-san-francisco

This is what their rooms look like (in another location I believe):

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4837/45432490154_aa7fd4e322_b.jpg
https://www.yotel.com/en/hotels/yotel-san-francisco

BobbyMucho

Dec 3, 2018, 6:02 PM

Excellent rundown Timbad.

Excited to see the shroud come down from the Grant Building. The cornice looks outstanding—glad its readdition was part of the remodel.

A quick bit about the building's history for some context: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Grant_Building

Pedestrian

Dec 4, 2018, 12:30 AM

I can't believe I'd ever agree with Jane Kim on anything but she deserves credit for being out front on this one:

SF might vote to nix minimum parking requirements this week
By Adam Brinklow
Dec 3, 2018, 8:52am PST

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors are set to vote on a change to the city’s planning code that would do away with decades-old requirements that new developments include a certain amount of new parking.

The legislation, introduced months ago by Supervisor Jane Kim, would, if passed, “eliminate minimum off-street parking requirements citywide.”

The city’s Land Use and Transportation Committee—of which Kim is a member—forwarded the matter to the full board with an unanimous vote last Monday.

According to the version of the rules change going before lawmakers this week:

In the 1950s, the Planning Code established minimum parking requirements for new buildings. Beginning in 1973, the City has reduced or streamlined minimum parking requirements in various San Francisco zoning districts as a strategy to reduce traffic ·congestion, encourage the use of sustainable transportation modes (walking, cycling, and transit), and reduce housing and building costs.

Eliminating minimum parking requirements in all zoning districts City-wide will further these goals . . . .

https://sf.curbed.com/2018/12/3/18123435/minimum-parking-requirement-development-ban-sf-jane-kim-vote

I am simply opposed to government specifying how much off-street parking is allowed in new developments. Let the market decide. I think there's a market for both: Less costly units without parking and more costly ones with. My suspicion is the total number of units would be about what it is if the requirements went away completely but distributed differently with some buildings providing at least one space per residential unit and some having none at all.

DIESELPOLO

Dec 5, 2018, 8:07 AM

went by it for the first time in a while this weekend, and it had progressed a bit more...

the Laguna side

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/46150006551_5cd0ed8830_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4810/46150007151_de94de762b_b.jpg

Fulton side

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4829/46150009351_7e1ff7ac65_b.jpg

Thanks for checking Timbad! This one feels like its been a pox on the neighborhood for some time being half-constructed. It's a shame. It's also a shame that it didn't have 1 more story. It always felt stunted to me.

BobbyMucho

Dec 5, 2018, 5:01 PM

Thanks for checking Timbad! This one feels like its been a pox on the neighborhood for some time being half-constructed. It's a shame. It's also a shame that it didn't have 1 more story. It always felt stunted to me.

You're stunned it wasn't a single story taller? I'm still shocked that the city let someone build a 5 story, full block, glass box.

Most of the city's residential areas max out at around 50ft in height, so not surprised by the final height, it's the material choices and capacity massing that gets me every time I see it.

Hopefully, it ages nicely and the street trees add some life to it.

fimiak

Dec 6, 2018, 5:09 PM

Great news! The Central SoMa Plan has officially passed. In case you didn't know, this is huge for San Francisco because it allows for much greater density in the city core. It translates to the tune of 30+ buildings and skyscrapers in just a few city blocks...how often does a neighborhood in the city get rezoned for 30+ buildings? This is a once in a decade rezoning. I said that as long as the new Mayor got this through then she was getting an easy revote and I meant it. This is a really big win that will continue the city's growth for the next decade.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/12/06/central-soma-plan-approved-2018.html

After years of fierce debate, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved an ambitious plan on Tuesday that may pave the way for unprecedented development in the city’s growing SoMa neighborhood.

The Central SoMa Plan upzones the area between Second and Sixth streets, mostly from Howard to Townsend streets. The plan increases the height limit on some high-rises to 400 feet, allowing for office buildings to accommodate up to 32,000 jobs. The plan also authorizes 8,800 housing units, 33 percent of which are to be affordable.

Pedestrian

Dec 6, 2018, 6:31 PM

this is huge for San Francisco because it allows for much greater density in the city core. It translates to the tune of 30+ buildings and skyscrapers in just a few city blocks

Hate to join the usual "it should be taller" chorus, but in this particular location, adjacent to the southern FiDi, TransBay District, Rincon Hill and the rest, it really should be taller, allowing buildings to at least 600 ft and maybe 800.

Just look at what will be permitted in Central SOMA (yellow) as compared to what now exists nextdoor in the districts mentioned (blue):

A rendering by SOM of potential development under the Central SoMa plan
https://cdn.bisnow.net/fit?height=489&type=jpeg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fcdn.bisnow.net%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2017%2F12%2F5a281bfc3bbdf_CentralSoMa.jpeg&width=717&sign=2jdTMo639it1MLD0dOPx_iD9rtJ_8gssfhlj-VOwkrA
https://cdn.bisnow.net/fit?height=489&type=jpeg&url=https%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Fcdn.bisnow.net%2Fcontent%2Fimages%2F2017%2F12%2F5a281bfc3bbdf_CentralSoMa.jpeg&width=717&sign=2jdTMo639it1MLD0dOPx_iD9rtJ_8gssfhlj-VOwkrA

Central SOMA should simply be zoned as more of what was done nearby.

It's hard for me to fathom, given the shortage of both office space and housing in SF, why the planners continually allow opportunities to really make some headway in meeting demand pass them by. That's why this time I agree "it should be taller". Not out of some love of skyscrapers (though I admit to that) but because we really need more ROOM in San Francisco and we are running out of logical places to build it. Once this area is built out mostly, with a few 400 ft exceptions, to a midrise scale, it'll stay that way for a couple of decades and we'll have to find someplace else to do the growing we need to do.

fimiak

Dec 6, 2018, 7:10 PM

The plan as I understand it is that the current Caltrain tracks (near the bottom of that picture) will see some 500-700+ footers, as well as the Hub plan of course. I think the building heights of 800+ feet we all want to see will have to come after 2025 because Prop M is basically booked up until then. With the density above the city will be transformed, even if the skyline is not.

JWS

Dec 7, 2018, 7:13 PM

I am actually OK with Central SOMA height limits.

(1) Commercial - Honestly Prop M is so significant that it'll be awhile to build out major Central SOMA projects even at 5-15 stories tall. We've got two enormous towers (Oceanwide and Parcel F) still waiting to break ground, and then big projects like Flower Mart, the Tennis Club redevelopment, etc that while not particularly tall, are large projects that are bigger than a standard SF block with multiple components. Let's say we rose height limits significantly for office towers, we still wouldn't see them as (a) many developers are shooting for the 49,999 square foot and below bucket and (b) the remaining large scale projects will easily deplete the 50,000+ sq foot bucket to the point that some may have to wait.

(2) Residential - We tend to conflate height and density but they are not always the same thing...in fact are often not! Some of the densest neighborhoods in the world (Lower Manhattan, Paris, etc) are really made up of 5-9 story residential buildings...it's just that they are consistently dense. And some of the tallest residential buildings in the world are actually not all that dense as they feature enormous penthouses and are more at the risk of becoming pied-a-terres. 10-20 story residential buildings are more likely to become rentals and owner occupied condos. They were estimating from 7,000-9000 new residents under these height limits, and that's not even accounting for Mission Bay build out, proposed projects along 7th, Mission Rock (1,000+ units right there), the Transbay towers under construction, etc. I consider the Pier 70 and Treasure Island projects to be longshots honestly but that would add to the NE density as well.

(3) The Hub Plan - This is where the height is going to be. I'm grasping at the exact numbers and approximating, but you've got 250+ feet (1270 Mission, City Ballet School, and CCSF site), 350+ feet (French American tower), 400+ feet (Goodwill/1500 Mission, OneOak), 500+ feet (the city's building at 30 Van Ness) and then even 600+ feet (Honda Dealership if approved for its one tower plan, and then eventually the corner Bank of America building). Almost all, if not all, of these projects will be next cycle but that's minimum around 3,700 units for the projects with unit counts, and up to 1,000-1,500 for BofA and 30 Van Ness which don't have concrete projects. 5,000-6,000 give or take units and that's not even accounting for the infill that is under construction, proposed, or will be proposed once the big guys get rolling.

Long story short, The Hub and Central SOMA allow us to build huge amounts of housing next cycle, and super tall height limits don't mean anything if they can't build under Prop M. In terms of 600+ foot towers, I think Transbay is the bulk of what we'll get for the next 30 or so years, but the city will shift to allowing more pockets of 15-30 story towers which will still dramatically increase density. Once we get to the point where that's no longer enough, I think we'll see spot rezoning of North FiDi and underutilized lots in the existing framework. But that's going to be a lonnnnnnng way away.

alpallord

Dec 7, 2018, 11:33 PM

“One De Haro" has been blocked off and looks as if they are demoing.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/06/plans-for-new-maker-and-office-infill-project-closer-to-reality.html

timbad

Dec 8, 2018, 9:57 PM

“One De Haro" has been blocked off and looks as if they are demoing.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/06/plans-for-new-maker-and-office-infill-project-closer-to-reality.html

awesome!

(the design was refined a bit (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/06/refined-designs-for-proposed-showplace-square-maker-office-project.html) after the images in that link: :) )

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/One-De-Haro-Rendering-Popos.jpg

the blue area seems a bit odd to me, but this will at least make the intersection across from Dumpling Time work better and generally contribute to sorting out circulation in that area - and the next-door project at Recology (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/09/plans-for-massive-recology-site-rezoning-and-redevelopment-revealed.html) will be a huuuuge follow-up boost in that regard

Pedestrian

Dec 10, 2018, 7:39 PM

Since there's no thread for this project in the Transportation section and it's a little late to start one, I'll post this here:

Will the Central Subway be extended to the Marina District?
By Lindsey J. Smith
4 hours ago

Time and again, the Marina District has rebuffed San Francisco's efforts to bring more public transit to the tony neighborhood by the Bay. But that may be set to change, as the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency explores the possibility of extending the new Central Subway line into the Marina.

As badly as more and better transit is needed in the neighborhood — busses, like the 30-Stockton, are perpetually packed — SFMTA officials and the district's supervisor Catherine Stefani approached the issue cautiously during a Dec. 5 meeting at Marina Middle School, the San Francisco Examiner reports.

“We’re here to listen and learn tonight,” Kansai Uchida, the Central Subway extension’s project manager at SFMTA, told attendees.

Nearly a decade ago, SFMTA began designing the Central Subway Project, which will extend the existing T Third Line underground from its current terminus at Fourth and King Streets through downtown and into Chinatown. The project, which has been under construction since 2011, will wrap and open for riders next year.

With the Central Subway Project close to completion, the city's transit agency has set its sights on possibly extending the line beyond the new Chinatown Station at Stockton and Washington Streets.

"Possible destinations include North Beach, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Marina District, and other neighborhoods in the northern portion of San Francisco," according to a statement on SFMTA's website . . . .
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/12/10/sfmta-central-subway-expansion-marina-district.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2018-12-10&u=kgyD14TZJI3FvbdA37c%2FluRxObP&t=1544470397&j=85451941

This has, of course, been talked about since the project began, but now we are seeing concrete and official steps to move it forward.

Pedestrian

Dec 10, 2018, 7:46 PM

More trouble for the Mid-Market revival (and development):

Music streaming company Spotify flees Mid-Market over safety concerns
By Lindsey J. Smith
Dec 10, 2018, 7:15am PST Updated 2 hours ago

Spotify has broken its lease at 988 Market St., the Mid-Market building home to the Warfield concert venue, and moved to the Merchants Exchange Building in the Financial District due in part to concerns about employee safety at its former location, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

The music-sharing giant moved into three floors of the Market Street building in 2013, drawn there in part by the so-called Twitter tax, a payroll tax break that went into effect in 2012. It was gave businesses that brought jobs to the long-blighted Mid-Market neighborhood an eight-year exclusion from paying payroll taxes, and succeeded in attracting nine tech companies — including Spotify, Zendesk, and, of course, Twitter — to the area. Companies receiving the tax break also had to create "community benefit agreements" with the city to donate money, services or employee volunteer time to organizations in the Tenderloin and Mid-Market neighborhood.

But after some troubling incidents with employee safety in the neighborhood, Spotify decided to forego the tax break and head for calmer waters. In 2017, a female employee was reportedly slapped in the face by a homeless woman outside the office, and the neighborhood's ongoing problems with drug dealing, public drug use and violent crime added to employees feeling unsafe, two former Spotify employees told the Chronicle.

The move also comes amid an apparent downsizing of Spotify's San Francisco presence . . . .
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/12/10/spotify-moves-from-mid-market-to-north-fidi-over.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2018-12-10&u=kgyD14TZJI3FvbdA37c%2FluRxObP&t=1544470857&j=85451941

alpallord

Dec 10, 2018, 7:54 PM

I noticed this last weekend that a lot of Permits were issued. Doesn't necessarily mean they are moving forward, but at least the city has signed off on 1740 Market street and 1028 Market street. Along with 30 Otis, there could be some action there on Market.

Busy Bee

Dec 10, 2018, 8:37 PM

Since there's no thread for this project in the Transportation section and it's a little late to start one, I'll post this here:

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2018/12/10/sfmta-central-subway-expansion-marina-district.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2018-12-10&u=kgyD14TZJI3FvbdA37c%2FluRxObP&t=1544470397&j=85451941

This has, of course, been talked about since the project began, but now we are seeing concrete and official steps to move it forward.

^^^

SF Transport thread here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176750&highlight=francisco).

Pedestrian

Dec 10, 2018, 9:38 PM

^^^
SF Transport thread here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=176750&highlight=francisco).

I reposted it there but no wonder I couldn't find it--the last post there was in July.

boyinthecity

Dec 15, 2018, 8:31 PM

I reposted it there but no wonder I couldn't find it--the last post there was in July.

Sadly, where they day-lighted the TBM's across from Washington square, the property is no longer available. It really wouldn't have cost that much more to have day-lighted the tunneling TBM machines at fisherman's wharf. The entire tunneling/TBM contract only came in at around $350 million. The work of cut and cover and hacking into the tunnels is what is really expensive and time consuming. At a minimum, they should use the tail track and tunnels for a North Beach station. Personally, I think the 10 story deep Chinatown station might not get much use. Yet, the further north the tunnel and stations are constructed, IMHO, the benefit of the north/south subway will increase exponentially.

timbad

Dec 15, 2018, 10:39 PM

from last weekend...

they've gotten pretty deep at the gas station site next to Jasper

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4867/31391177687_706792f9b7_b.jpg

Moscone

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4865/46279881232_19645bed97_b.jpg

timbad

Dec 15, 2018, 11:24 PM

“One De Haro" has been blocked off and looks as if they are demoing.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/06/plans-for-new-maker-and-office-infill-project-closer-to-reality.html

this was as of last weekend, but I walked by today and a brief glance from the east didn't look any different

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4913/32458647278_e208e1fd43_b.jpg

waterchicken

Dec 16, 2018, 5:30 AM

390 First St, excavation progress:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4869/45417760065_669e2f9d59_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ccpTJH)City walk 12-15-2018 (https://flic.kr/p/2ccpTJH) by Daniel Alm (https://www.flickr.com/photos/127156287@N04/), on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4809/45606944364_98ff92879a_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cu8vCY)City walk 12-15-2018 (https://flic.kr/p/2cu8vCY) by Daniel Alm (https://www.flickr.com/photos/127156287@N04/), on Flickr

JWS

Dec 16, 2018, 5:04 PM

Exciting!!! I didn't know that was moving forward!

Did a quick search and looks like it has been dubbed Modera.

https://millcreekplaces.com/community/modera-rincon-hill/

waterchicken

Dec 16, 2018, 6:50 PM

Exciting!!! I didn't know that was moving forward!

Did a quick search and looks like it has been dubbed Modera.

https://millcreekplaces.com/community/modera-rincon-hill/

TCA Architects designed;
http://tca-arch.com/work/390-first-street/

Pedestrian

Dec 16, 2018, 6:52 PM

^^At approx 140 ft, this project qualifies as a highrise and, since the excavation is proceding, deserves a thread so I gave it one: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=8410688#post8410688

fimiak

Dec 22, 2018, 4:06 AM

Here is 33 Tehama's light show that has been a year in the making. It should be live in a few weeks.

https://i.imgur.com/87BqBSeh.jpg

gholgado

Dec 22, 2018, 6:47 AM

Here is 33 Tehama's light show that has been a year in the making. It should be live in a few weeks.

https://i.imgur.com/87BqBSeh.jpg

awesome, never knew about this until now.

is this temporary or permanent?

SFBuildings888

Dec 22, 2018, 7:34 AM

awesome, never knew about this until now.

is this temporary or permanent?

Wish their were light shows in SF’s high rise buildings like they do in a lot of asian cities.

fimiak

Dec 22, 2018, 6:54 PM

It is permanent, but it will be a few months before they finish the entire building. It's either going to be a light show or a really plain white, but either way I think it will look great at night. It will come live right about the same time as the openings of Avery and 500 Folsom (official name to come).

fimiak

Dec 22, 2018, 7:01 PM

Something really awesome happened overnight --literally -- in San Francisco a few days ago. Here is the story as told by the Ferry Building camera.

https://i.imgur.com/vpEt2tYh.png

https://i.imgur.com/iitx5Tah.png

https://i.imgur.com/hWryrNth.png

gillynova

Dec 22, 2018, 7:37 PM

Well, that was fast lol

1977

Dec 26, 2018, 11:27 PM

Some nice aerials:

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7921/46461765441_5cf18615e1_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2dMEGap)
San Francisco Aerial Shot (https://flic.kr/p/2dMEGap) by Darwin Fan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fandarwin/), on Flickr

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4872/44644751700_d6a0683a86_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2b272hh)
San Francisco Aerial Shot (https://flic.kr/p/2b272hh) by Darwin Fan (https://www.flickr.com/photos/fandarwin/), on Flickr

timbad

Dec 31, 2018, 9:35 AM

^ nice finds!

from the ground, along mid-Market...

950-974 Market (on the right) is hard to get a good shot of - they've got pretty solid fencing around the site

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7823/31597678107_6ddc629746_b.jpg

1066 Market is tough too, but here is something. looking SW

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7863/46485902092_3554447411_b.jpg

and here looking through to Market St from north side

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7860/46485901592_33191ed7ed_b.jpg

the being-restored building (whose name I've already forgotten after it was just recently mentioned) at 7th and Market (http://synapsed.com/portfolio/yotel-sanfrancisco/)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4858/44720608970_dd57e15d98_b.jpg

timbad

Dec 31, 2018, 9:55 AM

Moscone rapidly trying to finish up

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7890/46485883732_366f104599_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7877/45806093574_c87d6a4388_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7809/45616360865_a8eea59523_b.jpg

viewguysf

Dec 31, 2018, 6:13 PM

the being-restored building (whose name I've already forgotten after it was just recently mentioned) at 7th and Market (http://synapsed.com/portfolio/yotel-sanfrancisco/)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4858/44720608970_dd57e15d98_b.jpg

Check out these links--

Old article with good pre-renovation photo: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Developer-plans-to-revive-S-F-s-Grant-Building-3275850.php

More history: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Grant_Building

Soon! https://www.yotel.com/en/hotels/yotel-san-francisco

homebucket

Dec 31, 2018, 6:47 PM

Nice aerials. Shows there is a lot of potential for further growth and development in these areas:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7885/32671374278_d796ed02a6_c.jpg

Pedestrian

Dec 31, 2018, 6:56 PM

the being-restored building (whose name I've already forgotten after it was just recently mentioned) at 7th and Market (http://synapsed.com/portfolio/yotel-sanfrancisco/)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4858/44720608970_dd57e15d98_b.jpg

Yotel . . . Yotel . . . YOTEL!

How can you forget? It's so HIP!

And it's going to have some watering holes that may even be fun.

iamfishhead

Dec 31, 2018, 7:35 PM

Nice aerials. Shows there is a lot of potential for further growth and development in these areas:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7885/32671374278_d796ed02a6_c.jpg

The Central SoMa plan will be changing a good portion of that.

timbad

Jan 1, 2019, 1:34 AM

Yotel . . . Yotel . . . YOTEL!

How can you forget? It's so HIP!

And it's going to have some watering holes that may even be fun.

that one I knew - it was 'Grant Building' that I was forgetting. but thank you!

timbad

Jan 1, 2019, 9:53 AM

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4849/44720608160_86b479bcd2_b.jpg

1 De Haro has some new signage and a new piece of equipment on site, and a torn-off wall, but no major demo yet

timbad

Jan 1, 2019, 10:38 AM

Check out these links--

Old article with good pre-renovation photo: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Developer-plans-to-revive-S-F-s-Grant-Building-3275850.php

More history: http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Grant_Building

...

thanks, that was what I was forgetting, and nice to get the reminder of how much the building has been spruced up!

pseudolus

Jan 1, 2019, 5:34 PM

Happy new year, everyone.

What projects (not necessarily "skyscraper") do you think will break ground in 2019? Is the boom over?

Pedestrian

Jan 1, 2019, 6:11 PM

Happy new year, everyone.

What projects (not necessarily "skyscraper") do you think will break ground in 2019? Is the boom over?

Given it's already fully leased, I expect Transbay Parcel F will break ground: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=217919&page=8

gillynova

Jan 1, 2019, 6:31 PM

^^ I hope so.

I can't wait to see more projects go near to completion in 2019. Especially how Chase Center will affect San Francisco and the Giants games moving to 6:45 start times.

timbad

Jan 2, 2019, 1:25 AM

the first phase of Rebuild Potrero has shed its shroud

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4908/46530919491_6a9e9403cd_b.jpg

the skyline from Potrero Hill

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7810/45806964874_93c33bb175_b.jpg

Jerry of San Fran

Jan 4, 2019, 8:32 AM

I was attracted to the site today by the construction crane a couple of blocks from City Hall. It will be a 5 story addition to the U. C. Hastings Law School. I took one picture with my smart phone & fled the block as there were drug dealers & crazy street people on the block!

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7837/32722329928_1b50da596d_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/RRyuEd)333 Golden Gate Avenue_U C Hastings Law School (https://flic.kr/p/RRyuEd)

timbad

Jan 4, 2019, 8:45 AM

... a 5 story addition to the U. C. Hastings Law School. ...

aha, thanks, didn't realize it was underway!

Pedestrian

Jan 4, 2019, 4:33 PM

aha, thanks, didn't realize it was underway!

Been digging the foundation since last summer (I am a regular at the Subway up the block).

I took one picture with my smart phone & fled the block as there were drug dealers & crazy street people on the block!

Those drug dealers are always there (one side of the street or the other). There is a series of teller machines for BofA and Wells Fargo across the street which makes it convenient for their customers to get the cash they demand. The "crazy street people" constantly try to steal from the Subway--to the point they took out the bottled soda cooler. Now they come in asking for some water, then steal soda from the soda machine. I feel sorry for the Asian people who work there and have to deal with this. And given the Philz Coffee next door is a cop hangout--often there's a crowd of SFPD types and/or security guards from the state office buildings nearby out front on the corner--all this behavior is especially brazen. I've long wondered why the cops don't stop it but that's the SFPD: Ignore it as long as they can.

Pedestrian

Jan 4, 2019, 5:33 PM

San Francisco readies for convention boom as $550 million Moscone Center expansion opens
By Katie Burke – Food/Hospitality/Retail Reporter, San Francisco Business Times
Jan 3, 2019, 9:53am PST Updated Jan 3, 2019, 6:11pm EST

Nearly two years after it closed for a $550 million renovation, San Francisco’s larger Moscone Center reemerges this week, aiming to take the city’s convention business into a new era.

Expanded by 350,000 square feet, Moscone’s north and south wings are now fully connected, creating up to 500,000 square feet of flexible and contiguous convention space and allowing San Francisco to host simultaneous conventions.

. . . Over the past four decades, a sea of parking lots and dilapidated warehouses has been transformed into one of the city’s densest and most vibrant neighborhoods.

“The building was built for the neighborhood at the time. It was much more of a fortress and was isolated from the rest of the neighborhood. As the neighborhood has grown, a lot due to the fact that Moscone was there, it has changed dramatically,” said Joe D’Alessandro, CEO of SF Travel. “The new building is a more urban structure that comes to the sidewalk, is more pedestrian friendly and dramatic, with a design and public art that will be noticed right away.”

The goal behind Moscone’s overhaul was never to attract bigger conventions. Rather, it was to make the space as efficient as possible and maximize Moscone’s economic benefits.

. . . Moscone North and South means different conventions can run simultaneously, creating a steadier stream of business instead of a giant wave that overwhelms local restaurants and hotels but then dissipates several days later.

With a land constrained location in a dense area, the center’s expansion was always going to be relatively modest. Prior to the expansion, the convention center was the 25th largest in the country. Now, it’s 17th . . . .

Thanks to new, repeat and expanding convention clients, this year is already slated to hit a record, with more rooms booked in San Francisco for attendees than ever before. More than 1.2 million rooms have been reserved in 2019, and more than 985,000 rooms are already booked for 2020. Both of those figures are expected to increase as Moscone lands last-minute bookings. One newcomer is the IBM Think conference in February, which will bring in 30,000 people and book more than 112,280 hotel room nights. In July 2020, the International AIDS Conference will host 25,000 attendees and book nearly 55,000 room nights.

. . . with very few additions to the city’s stock of hotels, there isn’t enough supply to absorb the rise in demand.

However, the Hotel Council and D’Alessandro are cheered by the three new hotels near Moscone expected to open within the first quarter. The Virgin Hotel, Yotel and the Hyatt Place will add a combined 627 rooms.

The city is also moving ahead with a convention hotel (and affordable housing) that would replace a public parking garage at 255 Third St. across from the Moscone Center.

Four development teams are vying to build that project . . . .

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4818/44784418110_675f759b2e_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7839/44784416510_3cdc83e122_b.jpg

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/01/03/moscone-center-expansion-conventions-hotels.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2019-01-04&u=kgyD14TZJI3FvbdA37c%2FluRxObP&t=1546622338&j=85850671#g/447998/4

timbad

Jan 7, 2019, 10:36 AM

1 De Haro demo has now started

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7879/45712883635_ba4197cc08_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7891/45712884075_92ab820901_b.jpg

nearby, there seemed to be some signs of activity at the CCA student housing site (https://www.cca.edu/newsroom/cca-breaks-ground-new-student-housing-san-francisco/)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4816/46627320871_b0ba0f4afb_b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7922/46627320441_2556b91414_b.jpg

alpallord

Jan 7, 2019, 9:50 PM

Demolition started on 30 Otis. Also, drove by 1144-1150 Harrison Street and noticed that they had the doors open and looked like they were clearing out or starting Demolition? Didn't have time to go back and check.

timbad

Jan 8, 2019, 8:13 AM

... drove by 1144-1150 Harrison Street and noticed that they had the doors open and looked like they were clearing out or starting Demolition? ...

aw, that reminds me, I will miss this

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7875/45744416355_d828f843d6_b.jpg

(I suppose it could already be gone; it was getting pretty faded last time I was by there)

and in case anyone else needed a reminder (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/02/major-western-soma-development-closer-to-reality.html) (I did):

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/1140-Harrison-Street-Rendering-2017-1.jpg

colemonkee

Jan 8, 2019, 4:04 PM

It's too bad they couldn't work in some space within the new structure for that art. Though the new building is not unhandsome.

BobbyMucho

Jan 8, 2019, 4:59 PM

It's too bad they couldn't work in some space within the new structure for that art. Though the new building is not unhandsome.

I'd argue that cleaning up and activating that alley and the entire backside of the building is a pretty great compromise to saving a faded mural.

BobbyMucho

Jan 8, 2019, 5:09 PM

I'd argue that cleaning up and activating that alley and the entire backside of the building is a pretty great compromise to saving a faded mural.

After a little more digging on Socketsite, it appears that this is actually the most current rendering / design (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/04/major-western-soma-project-slated-for-approval-and-to-break-ground.html):

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1140-Harrison-Street-Rendering-2018-2.jpg

Much nicer and contextual IMO. AND as a bonus, it looks like the mural might be preserved (or at least as rendered)?

Pedestrian

Jan 8, 2019, 5:14 PM

aw, that reminds me, I will miss this

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7875/45744416355_d828f843d6_b.jpg

I'm not a fan of most street art (aka graffiti vandalism) but that's really clever and interesting. Wish there were some way to preserve it.

iamfishhead

Jan 8, 2019, 6:08 PM

It's too bad they couldn't work in some space within the new structure for that art. Though the new building is not unhandsome.

Yeah. The one that I really miss is Defenestration, the one where they had what looked to be actual furniture that appeared to be escaping up the side of the building. Of course, we did replace an unused building with a much larger building full of affordable housing, so that was probably for the best in the long run.

viewguysf

Jan 8, 2019, 7:02 PM

Yeah. The one that I really miss is Defenestration, the one where they had what looked to be actual furniture that appeared to be escaping up the side of the building. Of course, we did replace an unused building with a much larger building full of affordable housing, so that was probably for the best in the long run.

That building was decaying, a seismic hazard, and dangerous, especially since it had suffered a fire before the artwork was installed and water was penetrating it all over. Defenestration was left up longer than intended and was also looking shabby. As much as I loved it, it was past time for both to go.

Pedestrian

Jan 8, 2019, 7:07 PM

Yeah. The one that I really miss is Defenestration, the one where they had what looked to be actual furniture that appeared to be escaping up the side of the building. Of course, we did replace an unused building with a much larger building full of affordable housing, so that was probably for the best in the long run.

This is my personal favorite:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kTG8o6T-SPI/VcC-0w7MMxI/AAAAAAAAtKo/CVv8uWv0fVw/s1600/nychos_mirus_brock_22.jpg
http://dallasartdealers.org/nychos-unveils-a-giant-bat-in-san-francisco-usa/

Unfortunately, I think it too will go with the Transbay District build-out.

iamfishhead

Jan 9, 2019, 4:33 AM

This is my personal favorite:

Unfortunately, I think it too will go with the Transbay District build-out.

Yeah, I walk home from work past that every day. I'm sure if it isn't in the way of a planned for building, there's zero chance that it won't be covered up.

dktshb

Jan 9, 2019, 2:17 PM

I'm not a fan of most street art (aka graffiti vandalism) but that's really clever and interesting. Wish there were some way to preserve it. Well at least in the rendering of the proposed building it is preserved as shown on their web page.

timbad

Jan 10, 2019, 6:49 AM

After a little more digging on Socketsite, it appears that this is actually the most current rendering / design (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2018/04/major-western-soma-project-slated-for-approval-and-to-break-ground.html)...
Much nicer and contextual IMO. AND as a bonus, it looks like the mural might be preserved (or at least as rendered)?

indeed, thanks for finding that update!

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/1140-Harrison-Street-Rendering-2018-Berwick-Place-1.jpg

timbad

Jan 11, 2019, 7:29 AM

Market and Gough (https://www.buzzbuzzhome.com/us/1700-market-street), couple views

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7907/32822908018_abae814e67_b.jpg

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4908/32822908138_1fcf2c3858_b.jpg

https://d2kcmk0r62r1qk.cloudfront.net/imageSponsors/xlarge/2018_08_30_02_54_58_www.sfhac.org-1375058383647896.png

the Flax site starting to lose its shroud. don't know about this one... sort of looks like hospital wards right now

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4871/32822908938_eb49be32ed_b.jpg

work was active on the parcel just to the north of the newish children's park at 17th and Folsom when I was by there today

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4873/32822911308_0465fecbbb_b.jpg

which I assume is this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/02/affordable-development-on-folsom-challenged.html)

http://www.socketsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2060-Folsom-Street-Rendering-Aerial.jpg

and 1 De Haro is now gone above its fence line

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7875/45973026724_1ce09830c9_b.jpg

1977

Jan 12, 2019, 7:37 AM

Thanks for the pictures, timbad.

More (https://medasf.org/casa-adelante-2060-folsom-affordable-housing-for-families-closes/) about the project (2060 Folsom) at 17th and Folsom. Looks like it'll be ready for occupancy around Q3 2020.

And some additional info and renderings here (http://www.ya-studio.com/selected-projectss/2060-folsom/).

timbad

Jan 12, 2019, 9:00 AM

Jerry of San Fran

Jan 13, 2019, 3:00 AM

This 8 story development is moving along well. Came it across on a long walk today.

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7837/45805312335_eb4c54f1d5_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cMEcwp)363 6th Street at Clara Street (https://flic.kr/p/2cMEcwp)

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4878/39755809383_91d0971d98_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/23z5V4n)363 6th Street at Clara Street (https://flic.kr/p/23z5V4n)

Jerry of San Fran

Jan 13, 2019, 3:28 AM

When I walked by the site today the construction crane was being assembled. The building will be 14 stories with 180 units (for those who don't already know!). I've been walking in this area for many years. Today I was not certain where I was with all of the changes to landmarks like the gasoline station that occupied the site for many years.

Note the vertical plant wall next to the big dig. There won't be much sunlight there when the building is complete!

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4913/45805525115_8b4ebc7a49_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2cMFhM2)Modera, Rincon Hill, 390 First Street (https://flic.kr/p/2cMFhM2)

timbad

Jan 13, 2019, 9:43 AM

When I walked by the site today the construction crane was being assembled. ...

thanks Jerry! I was going to post a crane-raising pic too, but yours is better! btw, this project recently got its own thread here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=237060)

timbad

Jan 13, 2019, 10:20 AM

couple looks at evolving Folsom

looking west

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4847/32847004388_3ddc3f03bb_b.jpg

east

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7870/46721646551_5296cf04ef_b.jpg

timbad

Jan 13, 2019, 10:52 AM

Church and Market

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7887/46670128492_98a9978db0_b.jpg

slock

Jan 13, 2019, 4:38 PM

Thanks again for all the photos you post, timbad. It dramatically enhances the forum.

timbad

Jan 13, 2019, 7:20 PM

thanks, slock. :)

here is California and Powell

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7866/39764224203_58ca7b387d_b.jpg

and the two affordable ones on Laguna: 55 Laguna...

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7812/32854508618_5e6349b45c_b.jpg

and 455 Fell

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4891/46729583031_63684911cb_b.jpg

a peek from the Van Ness end of Austin Alley (between Pine and Bush), looking toward Polk. the alley got a spruce-up as part of the Polk St make-over (which otherwise seems sort of underwhelming to me)

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7867/39764658563_598beb702c_b.jpg

something (edit: after lots of iterations, I think this (http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2017/06/downsized-polk-gulch-development-slated-for-approval.html)) going up on the south side of Bush, again looking from Van Ness toward Polk

https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4871/39764658873_0bbc7759aa_b.jpg

Jerry of San Fran

Jan 14, 2019, 7:46 AM

thanks Jerry! I was going to post a crane-raising pic too, but yours is better! btw, this project recently got its own thread here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=237060) timbad - thanks for pointing out a thread was made for this one.

I usually don't trespass on construction sites but in this instance the gate was open & no one was around so I got a much better picture by getting close to the hole in the ground.

It amazes me as to how many pictures you take of different sites! You certainly get around the city a lot.

viewguysf

Jan 14, 2019, 6:34 PM

It amazes me as to how many pictures you take of different sites! You certainly get around the city a lot.

The “heavy user of walkability” is the backbone of our local threads, so it’s gratifying to see timbad continue to get the recognition and thanks he so richly deserves! :worship:

timbad

Jan 15, 2019, 6:08 AM

thanks, guys. it helps a lot both

- to live in a dense city that puts its new development in the right places so that an afternoon's walk can easily pass a dozen or more construction sites, and

- to get the kind words of encouragement! :)

brady&gough

Jan 20, 2019, 2:03 AM

https://imgur.com/a/IY3QWb2

SLO

Jan 20, 2019, 4:28 AM

Pedestrian

Jan 24, 2019, 5:12 PM

Mayor Breed seeks developer for 19-story residential tower in Financial District
By Hannah Norman – Digital Producer, San Francisco Business Times
2 hours ago

San Francisco officials are seeking proposals from developers to build a 19-story housing development atop a newly retrofitted fire station, a plan that could deliver roughly 100,000 square feet of new residential space to the city.

Mayor London Breed and supervisor Aaron Peskin said Wednesday that developers have the chance to build market-rate housing above Fire Station 13 as part of a public-private partnership. The project is located at 530 Sansome Street in the Jackson Square neighborhood . . . .

The city said Station 13's operations would move to a temporary location during the site's development phase. The city's Fire Commission will review the development plan before ceding final approvals to Breed and San Francisco's board of supervisors.

Affordable housing fees, paid by the project's developer, would go to funding more than 50 low-income units at nearby 772 Pacific Avenue in Chinatown, as well as toward preserving popular dim-sum spot New Asia Restaurant, according to the city . . . .
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2019/01/24/mayor-breed-seeks-developer-for-19-story.html?ana=e_me_set1&s=newsletter&ed=2019-01-24&u=kgyD14TZJI3FvbdA37c%2FluRxObP&t=1548349668&j=86241971