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

[Foley Santamaria]

Sweet that the next Rincon tower is going up!

[easy as pie]

Originally Posted by jayblue

One Rincon, second tower is finally out of the ground. Watched them fly in formwork this past weekend. The day will come soon when Rincon hill's middle finger to the city isn't quite so outstanding

actually, it's the one thing that i don't really like about the build out on rincon hill - i really like the way rh1 looks on the horizon from elsewhere in sf. it's a landmark par excellence. also love the way it looks coming back over the bay bridge, so iconic that it's good things are moving quickly - if it were there alone for another 10 years, there'd be an effort to landmark that view.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by Foley Santamaria

Sweet that the next Rincon tower is going up!

just a reminder that ORH2 also has its own thread, so additional info there:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=199764

a good collection of SF threads can be found here, just in case any others have not stumbled upon this:

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

[San Frangelino]

From Socketsite

UCSF Seeking Developers For Prime 10-Acre San Francisco Site

UCSF's Chancellor's Executive Cabinet has approved the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to redevelop UCSF's 10-acre Laurel Heights campus at 3333 California Street, seeking to realize "the highest and best use of the site [and] maximize the value of the property." UCSF will be exploring options for relocating its 1,200 Laurel Heights employees to other campuses in San Francisco over the next couple of years.

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If only the labels 242', 263', 290', 308' were the allowed high limits. Wishful thinking of course.

[fflint]

I have never understood the Laurel Heights campus--is it just administrative offices?

[WildCowboy]

Essentially. They used to have a couple of the "dry" research programs there (no labs), but I think Anthropology, History and Social Medicine is the only one still there.

UCSF wanted to build some labs there before Mission Bay came about, but the neighbors nixed it.

[1977]

Here are a few project updates from Socketsite:

First, is 400 Grove:

On the agenda for San Francisco’s Planning Commission this week, the approval of 34 new condos and a cafe to be built at 400 Grove Street at the corner of Gough, also known as Central Freeway Parcel H, currently a Hayes Valley parking lot.


Source and more info: http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/01/400_grove_street_going_for_approvals_this_week.html#more

Second, is 72 Townsend:

The building permits to add seven stories and seventy-four units atop the existing 31-foot building were quietly reinstated at the end of last year. And if a plugged-in reader is correct, construction should commence in March and be completed by the end of 2014.


Source: http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...ent_dusted_off_and_set_to_start_con.html

Lastly, and probably the furthest from a construction start, is 970 Market:

Having been in negotiations with the Loan Star Fund, the Dallas based hedge fund which acquired the parcels out of distress a few years ago, and having seemingly secured a soft agreement to incorporate TEDP’s arts and education vision into any development, Lone Star suddenly went silent at the end of last year and quietly listed the parcels for sale as "970 Market Street" with bids due by February 15, 2013.

While not yet entitled for development, the offering memorandum for the 25,557 square foot site with over 100 feet of Market Street retail frontage notes "the potential for over 250 residential units or over 250,000 gross square feet of office and retail space."


Source: http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...et_street_site_hits_the_market_sans.html

[tech12]

535 Mission might finally get built:

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/...2/boston-properties-zeros-in-on-535.html

Boston Properties zeros in on 535 Mission

Boston Properties, suddenly one of San Francisco’s most voracious developers, is in negotiations to buy 535 Mission St...

...In October of 2008 Beacon Capital, which bought the property for $30 million in 2006, had already dug the foundation and bought the steel for 535 Mission when financial crisis started and the world came to a halt.

So if Boston Properties is able to come to terms and purchase the site, the REIT would have at least a six to eight month head start. A source who has discussed the project with Boston Properties officials said the company intends to build the project on a speculative basis...

[tech12]

And here are some more socketsite updates:

The conversion of the old AAA tower in Civic Center to rental apartments is now underway.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...n_ness_is_underway_400_rentals_on_t.html



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The city has also released preliminary plans to build a bunch of highrises and midrises above the Caltrain station/train yard at 4th and King streets in Mission Bay, once high speed rail is built (the station would be demolished and rebuilt underground, beneath the new buildings):

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...edevelop_sfs_fourth_and_king_street.html

One option includes the 280 overpass/offramps, while the other option has the overpass gone, in case the shortening of 280 ends up happening:



here are the proposed height limits for the development:



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The SF Giants development at seawall lot 337 in Mission Bay is also going to start construction sometime before 2015:

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2013/...d_with_massive_mission_rock_develop.html


(the Giants development is that highrise cluster on the right of the render. The tallest tower would be 320', 380', or 450' tall...the "option C" render above has it at 450')









Once that and the development above the CalTrain station gets built (if it does), Mission Bay is going to be a serious new highrise cluster.

[peanut gallery]

I liked the AAA tower proposal a lot better before the Planning Department got their hands on it. The greener glass was sophisticated and relatively unique in SF compared to the bluer color. I liked the smoother skin too. However, I'm still very happy to see it moving forward. It's been empty for too long.

[NOPA]

As much as I like brutalism...the AAA tower was a little too harsh and Soviet for my taste. Glad to see it repurposed (wouldn't be great if older commercial buildings space could be retrofitted into condos? one can only dream)

[easy as pie]

aside from how awesome it'll be to get that building back into use, how amazing it'll be to get all those rental units onto this desperate market and how fantastic this many new folks will be for the hayes valley and civic center areas (not to mention market st and this section of van ness), there's the fact that this is just the first of four (4!) sites owned by the same ground (nrea for some huge pension fund) and set for development by the emerald group. the two green buildings connected across hayes, as well as one of the rear surface parking lots on hayes at polk are also slated for development. these parcels are excluded from the tax break, so there are some calculations to be made on exact balance of commercial to residential, but with the market right now, you know they're on the drawing board.

[timbad]

Moscone Center expansion takes another step forward...

The district will begin collecting the hotel tax for the district in July, with construction of Moscone slated to begin in November 2014.

[fflint]

Originally Posted by easy as pie

how awesome it'll be to get that building back into use, how amazing it'll be to get all those rental units onto this desperate market and how fantastic this many new folks will be for the hayes valley and civic center areas (not to mention market st and this section of van ness)

Agreed, and because Market and Van Ness is a true crossroads with excellent public transit service, in all directions, 24 hours a day, the creation of hundreds of new units there is a notable example of transit-oriented development.

[NOPA]

Plus killer views of the city! I love how this neighborhood is coming together!

[timbad]

another neighborhood coming together: Fifth St between Market and Folsom

1. Mint Project
2. 5M Project (new from socketsite)
3. UOP Dental Building
4. housing near Folsom

[minesweeper]

An update on the AAA tower conversion:

Emerald Fund is ready to start the $200 million transformation of 100 Van Ness from a concrete office tower to deluxe apartments after the Planning Commission approved a request to drop the number of affordable units.

The unanimous 7-0 vote allows the Emerald Fund to implement a 20 percent reduction in on-site below market rate units on the Civic Center redevelopment of the former California State Automobile Association headquarters. The change, which is consistent with the Prop C ordinance San Francisco voters approved in November, will reduce the number of below market rate units from 60 to 48.

Apparently the construction loan was contingent on getting the BMR number lowered in accordance with Prop C. They'd been getting inquiries about keeping the building as office space if the BMR requirement wasn't lowered.

[NOPA]

Just a question, but with the dozens of projects going on in the city (and more in the next few years). Does anybody have an idea how many total new housing units will hit the market by 2020? Are there estimates as to the total city population by 2020?

The 2012 estimate by the census is 812,826; I don't see why this couldn't hit 825,000 by 2020. Thoughts? Sorry if this is off topic. And for "only" being the 14th largest city in the U.S. San Francisco punches WAY above its weight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

[hruski]

Originally Posted by NOPA

Just a question, but with the dozens of projects going on in the city (and more in the next few years). Does anybody have an idea how many total new housing units will hit the market by 2020? Are there estimates as to the total city population by 2020?

The 2012 estimate by the census is 812,826; I don't see why this couldn't hit 825,000 by 2020. Thoughts? Sorry if this is off topic. And for "only" being the 14th largest city in the U.S. San Francisco punches WAY above its weight.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

The population in 2010 was 805k and in 2012 it was already 812k, so if growth is constant over the next 8 years the population would be 840k by 2020. And with the new housing construction, it's not unreasonable to think the population will be closer to 850k by 2020.

[fflint]

Here's a massing render for the 5M proposal from timbad's link: