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

[jbm]

Great shots!

I walked by 10th and mission today, and it looked like they may be getting ready to start work on the lot across mission from NEMA, 1401 mission I think.

[Jerry of San Fran]

jbm - I walked past the site yesterday (former automotive business) as well - looks like work may start soon for the demolition of the small garage. A search can be done on SkyscraperPage for what the building might look like. I suspect since we first saw a rendering of the building it has changed a lot.

In the foreground you can see Crescent Heights building on the right & Market Square on the left. The parking area across the street seen here is the future highrise development at 1400 Mission St. which will mostly obscure my view of 1415 Mission.


Development @ 10th & Mission by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

[peanut gallery]

Nice scoop, guys. Hopefully, SocketSite or someone will find an updated rendering soon.

[minesweeper]

San Francisco Leads Office Leasing on Tech Strength

San Francisco saw effective rents—which are rents paid by tenants after incentives and discounts—rise 7.8% over the past 12 months. The city was followed by the San Jose area—which includes Silicon Valley—New York, Houston, and Dallas.

[...]

Such rapid growth by tech firms has caused developers to get building. Kilroy Realty Trust has numerous projects in the city and Silicon Valley under way—including a large new tower for Salesforce.com—and is planning to start on two more later this year.

John Kilroy Jr., the company’s chief executive and chairman, said the developer is bullish given that numerous tenants are already looking at the new projects, which total more than 450,000 square feet.

“We’re in negotiation on all of that square feet multiple times over,” Mr. Kilroy said. “We’re very enthusiastic about what’s going.”

And:

Twitter in talks to expand Mid-Market campus by 320,000 square feet

Twitter is in advanced talks to double the size of its Mid-Market headquarters. The 320,000-square-foot deal would bring the company’s Market Square footprint to about 600,000 square feet.

[Jerry of San Fran]

minesweeper - thanks for the update. When I look out at night I see 3 floors lit by Twitter in Market Square. Looks like we will be seeing more lights at night across the street! I look forward to a more vibrant neighborhood in 2 years.

[timbad]

couple aerial shots of some of the TransBay project sites (TransBay Terminal, TB Tower, 350 Mission, 535 Mission, 181 Fremont demo), from this morning

the iPhoto 'enhanced' version:



and unenhanced, slightly different angle:



edit: forgot this one, from the north

[biggerhigherfaster]

Nice pics; do you own your small plane/copter? How did you get those pics?

The Mission Bay ones in the other thread actually make Mission Bay (and much of SOMA) look pretty sparse and underdeveloped--which isn't surprising to anyone who has been there often. It's developing, but clearly 60%+ of MB is currently unaccounted

[mt_climber13]

I am amazed (thanks to your beautiful pics) at how big the footprint for Transbay tower is, and how small the footprint for 181 Fremont is!

[shakman]

Amazing aerials.

Could anyone so kindly indicate, from the aerial pics, the locations of the TB Tower and 181 Fremont?

[ElDuderino]

Originally Posted by shakman

Amazing aerials.

Could anyone so kindly indicate, from the aerial pics, the locations of the TB Tower and 181 Fremont?

Image originally posted by Timbad (Hope you don't mind)



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[tall/awkward]

Great aerials! I especially like the overhead of Millennium and its weird geometry...

[theskythelimit]

Looking at the aerial pictures provided, are there any downtown buildings with helipads?

[jbm]

i'm not positive, but my recollection is that there are no helipads in SF at all.

[fflint]

Timbad, thanks for sharing those awesome and rare aerial perspectives. It's a lot easier to discuss all these projects when we can locate them all in one shot, as here.

Say--is there any chance we could access your aerials in a bigger size?

[timbad]

Originally Posted by fflint

Timbad, thanks for sharing ...

Say--is there any chance we could access your aerials in a bigger size?

you're quite welcome (fflint and all), am happy people liked the shots, and yes, absolutely, I'll post the original sizes here (and in the MB thread).

biggerhigherfaster, I wish the small plane were mine, haha, but I just got lucky that my company sent me up to Redding yesterday and the flight path happened to go over the City

much obliged, Duderino, for your annotation to the pic!

[timbad]

[Jerry of San Fran]

Helipad - there is one helipad that I know of - on top of the San Francisco Jail. It is lit every night but is not used. There used to be a police helicopter many years ago.

Bank of America had one on it's building in the 1400 block of Market Street but neighbors objected to the test landings and it was never used.

[WildCowboy]

SF General used to use a helipad at Pier 94. They don't use it anymore, but I believe it's still there.

UCSF will have a helipad on top of its new Mission Bay hospital, so I guess that will be the only functioning one in the city.

[peanut gallery]

timbad - you are the man! These are amazing. Of course, now I'll be totally unproductive today, staring at these incredible and unique shots. But it's so worth it.

One new item (for me anyway): I see 350 Mission's core taking shape. Can't wait for that one to rise out of its massive hole.

[fimiak]

These pics are amazing. The last picture shows just how intrusive the bay bridge off-ramp is in downtown. Not only is there a lot of under-used real estate, but removing the ramp would free up traffic in these streets during rush hour (which can be gruesome).