SAN FRANCISCO | 200 Folsom Street (Transbay Block 2) | 182 FT | 17 FLOORS

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Renderings For Affordable Housing At Transbay Block 2 In SoMa, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON AUGUST 25, 2022

New renderings have been published for the Transbay Block 2 affordable apartments in SoMa, San Francisco. The plans will create 334 new homes, split between two structures, the family and the senior housing buildings being developed respectively by Mercy Housing and the Chinatown Community Development Center.

Transbay Block 2 will yield a combined 315,180 square feet with 334 homes spanning 216,100 square feet, 4,720 square feet for retail, and 5,080 square feet for childcare facilities. Of the 334 homes, there will be 52 studios, 190 one-bedrooms, 55 two-bedrooms, and 37 three-bedrooms. Parking will be included for 136 bicycles.

Transbay 2 East will create 183 affordable homes dedicated to family households. The 17-story building will be developed and owned by Mercy Housing with architectural design by Kennerly Architecture & Planning. The homes will offer a range of affordability for households earning 20% to 80% of the Area Median Income.

Across the mews, Transbay 2 West will offer 151 affordable units for seniors. The nine-story building will be developed and owned by Chinatown Community Development Center and designed by Mithun.

While both buildings will have a unique architectural flair, the planning documents write that “the two buildings are a complementary pair, sharing a unifying low-rise townhouse massing fronting the park and a common masonry material sensibility establishes the block as its own precinct in contrast with the glassy towers across Folsom Street.” Facade materials will include pre-cast panels of varied textures, metal mullions and spandrels, curtainwall glass, and concrete accents. Wood accents will provide an additional flourish along the street level.

Between the West and East building will be an amenity-rich Mews passage. The mid-block walkway will be lined with retail space, multipurpose rooms, and a child-care courtyard. From the planning documents, “we envision this as a commons for outdoor dining, retail overflow, or simply as a place to decompress.”

The mews will connect pedestrians from Folsom Street to Clementina Street and the Transbay Block 3 Park. Plural is the landscape architect.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/08/renderin...francisco.html

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And the renderings:











https://sfyimby.com/2022/08/renderin...francisco.html

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The specs:

- Two buildings: one at 181 FT | 17 FLOORS and one at ~85-100 FT | 9 FLOORS
- 334 units (183 affordable units at 20-80% of the AMI in the 17-story building and 151 affordable units for seniors in the 9-story building)
- 5,080 sq ft for childcare facilities
- 4,270 sq ft retail
- Parking for 0 cars and 136 bicycles
- Notable public transportation: diagonal to the Salesforce Transit Center, two blocks from the Embarcadero BART station, two blocks from the Folsom Muni Metro station

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Originally Posted by unpermitted_variance

Looks solid to me, very nice design. This would cover the eastern third of the former temporary Transbay Terminal site, with frontage on Folsom, Main, and Beale. While it would be a great location for some more height, the transbay plan was pretty clear about where the tall buildings go and where the shorter ones will fill in the gaps.

Merging threads.

The current site:
https://goo.gl/maps/jMexMRYsYSGY3fRU9
https://goo.gl/maps/XCgsPbgVZyYR3P1Z8
https://goo.gl/maps/tprmcjZgHQiQGDHg6

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This is the park that will go between this and 200 Main Street (Transbay Block 4). Always good to see more public open space added.

Public Meeting Soon For Transbay Block 3 Park In SoMa, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:00 AM ON OCTOBER 14, 2022

The San Francisco Civic Design Review Committee is scheduled to review plans for the Transbay Block 3 park during a public meeting next Monday. The plan will create a new one-acre landscaped destination between two dense housing plans on the former temporary Transbay Bus Terminal in SoMa. The San Francisco Public Works department is the landscape architect.

The public park will be positioned between Main and Beale Street, as well as the Clementina and Tehama alleyways that will be built with the park. The affordable housing block on Block 2 will be across Clementina, and the mixed-income tower on Block 4 will be across Tehama. In order to increase public interaction with the park, both blocks will feature townhome units with entrances leading directly to the open space.

The new park will include two portions divided by the main arterial paths. Facing Beale Street will be the grove, Stewardship building, and children’s playground. The stewardship building will be a central facility for department storage, community storage, and a public restroom.

The middle of the park will feature a plaza and deck connected by the habitat meadow and exploration area. A dog relief area is included along Main Street. The alleyways will be open to vehicular traffic in the current plans, though illustrations indicate it will be designed to keep cars moving slow.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/10/public-m...francisco.html

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Some more renderings and the layout of the park, as well as the proximity to other parks.









https://sfyimby.com/2022/10/public-m...francisco.html

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New updated renderings:

New Illustrations For Transbay Block 2 In SoMa, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON NOVEMBER 24, 2022

New renderings have been published for the two affordable housing projects at 200 Folsom Street in the East Cut, San Francisco. Amended plans for Transbay Block 2 are scheduled for a public review by the city’s Planning Commission for next week on December 1st. As well, new building permits have now been filed for the 17-story Transbay Block 2 East, being developed by Mercy Housing. Transbay Block 2 West is being developed by the Chinatown Community Development Center.

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Kennerly Architecture & Planning is responsible for the design, with Y.A. Studios as the associate architect. For the facade’s material, the studio takes inspiration from Hills Bros. Coffee Plant along the Embarcadero, completed in 1878. The overall massing, by contrast, looks to the Crown Zellerbach Building designed by SOM in 1959, the first modernist curtainwall building in the city.

Illustrations show a granite grid rising from above the curtainwall retail base at the corner of Folsom and Main Street up to the 17-story pinnacle. From the highrise pinnacle facing Folsom, the structure is tapered down from 17 to 15, culminating in a five-story front facing the Block 3 park.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/11/new-illu...francisco.html

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And some more renderings:













https://sfyimby.com/2022/11/new-illu...francisco.html

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Demolition Permits Filed For Transbay Block 2 In SoMa, San Francisco
BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JULY 18, 2023

Demolition permits have been filed for the existing single-story terminal building of Transbay Block 2 at 200 Folsom Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The permit was proceeded by new building permits from mid-November of last year for two future affordable housing developments with a total of 335 homes. The city’s planning department has yet to issue the permits to both developer, Mercy Housing, and the Chinatown Community Development Center.

The overall development cost of Transbay Block 2 is likely to exceed $300 million, with the new building permits estimating construction to cost around $131 million. The 17-story Transbay Block 2 East proposal is being led by Mercy Housing, with the nine-story Transbay Block 2 West developed by the Chinatown Community Development Center.

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Demolition will be required of the temporary Transbay Bus Terminal, an interim public transit nexus during the construction of the Salesforce Tower and the Transbay Transit Center. The site has been operated over the last couple years as The Crossing at East Cut, a community hub for festivities, watch parties, and other public events.

Next to Transbay Blocks 2 and 3, Block 4 will round off the property with a 47-story residential tower developed by Hines and Mercy Housing. New building permits were filed for the 681-unit project at 200 Main Street in late 2019. The city has yet to issue the building permits, though the Board of Supervisors approved the tower in August last year.

https://sfyimby.com/2023/07/demoliti...francisco.html

[Iceman12]

The site work seems to be completed - demolition of the building, concrete removed, trees removed. Several pieces of equipment on property. Anyone have a clue when they’ll start next phase?

[BobbyMucho]

Based on a city hearing from early Feb and various documents I've found, financing was approved and planned to fully close by February, with construction projected to start shortly after.

I imagine it's contract negotiation and scheduling with various construction partners at this point.

[UPDATE:] Kennerly Architecture mentioned on their IG that the groundbreaking is scheduled for May.

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SF Supervisors Vote Today On $115M Loan For Transbay Block 2 East

BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON APRIL 23, 2024

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote later today to provide a $115.8 million construction loan for affordable housing at Transbay Block 2 East. The proposal is expected to rise 17 stories tall and bring 184 below-market-rate rental apartments to 200 Folsom Street in the heart of the densely-developed Transbay neighborhood. Mercy Housing is the project sponsor.

The City is expected to enter the funding loan agreement with Mercy Housing, loaning $115,845,218 for the construction project. The financing is over half the estimated total budget of $189 million, averaging nearly $1.03 million per unit.

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Housing construction is expected to start next month and finish within two years. During a site visit two weeks ago, YIMBY saw that site work was well underway at Transbay Block 2, though, unfortunately, the images were erroneously deleted. Crews have removed all prior structures and surface paving from the temporary bus terminal that operated at the block, and no digging was observed.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/04/sf-super...ck-2-east.html

[Charmy2]

It's true. I saw a huge drill on site on Saturday, still no activity on the 500+ ft tower though.

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The specs:

- Two buildings: one at 17 floors, 182 ft and one at 9 floors, 85 ft
- 335 units (184 affordable units (17 studios, 76 1BR, 54 2BR, 37 3BR) at 20-80% of the AMI in the 17-story building and 151 affordable units (39 studios, 111 1BR, 1 2BR) for seniors in the 9-story building)
- 6,480 sq ft for childcare facilities
- 4,910 sq ft for ground level retail
- Parking for 0 cars and 136 bicycles

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/jMexMRYsYSGY3fRU9
https://goo.gl/maps/XCgsPbgVZyYR3P1Z8
https://goo.gl/maps/tprmcjZgHQiQGDHg6

Construction Starts For Two Affordable Housing Projects At Transbay Block 2, San Francisco
BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JUNE 24, 2024

Construction has started for two affordable housing complexes rising on Transbay Block 2 in East Cut, San Francisco. While site work has been active since the start of this year, its official groundbreaking ceremony was held late last month. Once complete, the block will add 335 new apartments in the high-rise neighborhood by Rincon Hill.

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Both structures will have a distinct architectural treatment, though the planning documents write that “the two buildings are a complementary pair, sharing a unifying low-rise townhouse massing fronting the park and a common masonry material sensibility establishes the block as its own precinct in contrast with the glassy towers across Folsom Street.” Facade materials will include pre-cast panels of varied textures, metal mullions and spandrels, curtainwall glass, and concrete accents. Wood accents will add some naturalistic materials along the street level.

The affordable housing block will be unified with an approachable landscaping scheme designed by Plural. Carved between the two buildings, a pedestrian mew will connect pedestrians from Folsom Street to the future Transbay Block 3 Park. The mews will pass by a central courtyard and secured childcare open space.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/06/construc...francisco.html

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And the photos:





https://sfyimby.com/2024/06/construc...francisco.html

[iamfishhead]

Didn't get a photo, but I walked past here today, and it looks like they just started installing the crane.

[MVP1002]

Crane base:

[homebucket]

^ Nice shot! Thanks for the update!

[obemearg]

Site work is moving quickly as others have noted!

From 6/28


From 6/25

[fancy trevor]

Crane is up