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This article is from yesterday. Presumably the hearing was held and the approval given. But under the present circumstances, will they build it any time soon?

Board Of Supervisors Expected To Approve 550 Howard Street Today
SoMa, San Francisco
BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON MARCH 23, 2021

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is expected to give their second and final approval for the 61-story mixed-use proposal for 550 Howard Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The highly-anticipated approval comes after the supervisors voted 10 to 1 to allow construction. The project is located on Parcel F of the Transbay district development plan and represents the last major project from the plan sixteen years since it was adopted.

Hines is the project developer in partnership with Goldman Sachs and Urban Pacific Development. In last week’s meeting, the firm expressed that it will raise an estimated billion dollars for construction from JP Morgan Chase and the Singapore-based UOB bank. Hines has agreed to allow hotel workers to be unionized. The firm has also pledged $45-47 million to produce 192 low-income housing in Transbay Block 4, $15 million over the base fee.

The 61-story building rises 750 feet from street level to rooftop, with its parapet extending 800 feet high. The building will yield roughly 957,000 square feet, with 325,000 square feet of office space, 165 apartments, and 189 hotel guest rooms. Approximately 9,000 square feet of retail will be fitted in the podium, alongside parking for 212 bicycles and 183 vehicles . . . .

Pelli Clarke Pelli, the same firm behind the Salesforce Tower, is responsible for 550 Howard Street’s design. The tower is wrapped with floor-to-ceiling windows framed by vertical piers of warm white mat-finished panels and gray metal trim with a satin metallic finish.

This approval will be one of the last major hurdles for the developers to reach groundbreaking. Construction is expected to last four to five years, with as many as 5,000 construction jobs involved . . . .

https://sfyimby.com/2021/03/board-of...francisco.html