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

[DIESELPOLO]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

Hampton Inn

So that's what it is!

[biggerhigherfaster]

What are those smokestacks on 6th street? Just seems odd to have those in the middle of Market, in an area that's supposed to be gentrifying quickly

Market St./Mission still have large stretches of blight or just empty unused land from 5th to Van Ness

[simms3_redux]

I like stacks and I hope they don't get rid of them. NYC, Boston, and Chicago all have lots of stacks. Even Atlanta has some interesting stacks that are part of large old mills that are now upscale lofts.

[mt_climber13]

I think it's for an industrial laundry service? There is a really cool pedestrian bridge across Stevenson Alley that used to be used to transport garments from the factory to the department stores on Market St.

There is also an awesome stack on Post st., near Polk and Larkin, which is for a steam plant that (I believe) is still in use to heat buildings in the area.

[tech12]

I like smokestacks too, they add some flavor. Plus, they're a reminder of SF's industrial past, as well as that SF still has some of that stuff going on...two things that many people aren't aware of. History and diverse land-uses/jobs/economies are cool. As much as I'm pro-development, I'd hate for every single supposedly undesirable thing in the city to be replaced with fancy condos and office space.

Anyways, nice pics!

[Jerry of San Fran]

The stacks on the right belong to NRG Thermal (www.nrgthermal.com) which produces steam for about 170 customers in the downtown district. I often see steam coming from the stacks from my apartment. You can see some good pictures of it on Google Earth, views from the 400 block of Jessie Street and Stevenson Street. As a bonus you can see the back of the Hampton Inn construction.

Everyone probably recognizes the red brick smoke stacks on the left as belonging to the old U. S. Mint.

Originally posted by simms3_redux
Hampton Inn

[fflint]

I saw steam coming out of the NRG smokestack last winter, on one of the few really cold days we had.

[viewguysf]

Just a reminder that we have a $2.1B project happening that is not getting much attention...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=173688&page=3

[fflint]

Greetings from warm, sunny Lake Tahoe!

Great news--a new JK Dineen article describes what will replace Goodwill at Van Ness near Market:

Big new building for SF offices in the works

The Goodwill Industries headquarters at Mission Street and South Van Ness Avenue is to be replaced with a 460,000-square-foot city office building and 550 residential units under a public-private partnership being hammered out between the city of San Francisco and developer Related California Urban Housing.

Under the plan Related would construct a 1-million square-foot complex on the 2.5-acre site with an office building that would wrap around the residential towers on the eastern portion of the site along 11th Street.

Related is under contract to purchase the site and anticipates closing the transaction in early September. The city's total costs for the project are currently estimated at approximately $250 million.
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[timbad]

a few random projects from this last weekend

I think this is the new St Anthony's dining room project, just up the street from Hibernia Bank and Renoir Hotel, which are both getting renovated at the intersection with Market



8 Octavia



this is the street-level experience at 8 Octavia, a little bleak walking west along Market, coming at it from the 'back'



the little project across Dolores from the new Whole Foods



333 Brannan, future Dropbox

[Jerry of San Fran]

timbad - Thanks for the update. While I can see the top of the St. Anthony building at Jones and Golden Gate (soup kitchen, low income housing) I had not seen the building up close. It looks amazingly nice for a low income building.

Eight Octavia really looks nice now that the glass panels have been installed. But I wonder what it will be like to live in a place with those close vertical panels over the windows. Claustrophobic?

[Jerry of San Fran]

fflint, Big New Building for Offices for SF Offices in the Works - So glad to see Goodwill Industries selling the large plot. It was alright to have it there before the neighborhood suddenly changed. A walk down 11th Street between Market and Mission Sts. was always a depressing spot what with the "as is" warehouse filled with rags that spilled out into the street.

When I moved into the neighborhood 43 years ago the building on the corner of Mission and 11th Streets was still an active Coca Cola bottling plant. One could see the process from the street.

Across the street from the Goodwill Industries on 11th Street there used to be a skating rink, (and before that I think it was a stable) then Bank of America built it's tower. Bank of America was to build a twin tower next door but got pissed off when the city put an employee tax on workers. The tower had a heliport but after the test runs neighbors objected to the noise so it was never used by the bank.

[simms3_redux]

Originally Posted by timbad

333 Brannan, future Dropbox

333 Brannan and 345 Brannan share the tower crane (2 developers, but that works out in each's favor). So that site is both buildings rising, not just 333 Brannan. DropBox will take over both buildings to create a campus feel. Down the street, SKS Investments is about ready to start up on 270 Brannan, which I believe Pinterest was circling at some point (my recollection might be fuzzy). We all know the controversy around the Pinterest deal in Showplace Square.

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

timbad - Thanks for the update. While I can see the top of the St. Anthony building at Jones and Golden Gate (soup kitchen, low income housing) I had not seen the building up close. It looks amazingly nice for a low income building.

Eight Octavia really looks nice now that the glass panels have been installed. But I wonder what it will be like to live in a place with those close vertical panels over the windows. Claustrophobic?

I agree, but it's a Mercy Housing project that will house St. Anthony's Dining Room. Mercy Housing has built similar quality before (and don't forget, it was either Mercy or Bridge that built one of the new, more attractive buildings in Mission Bay!).

Also, RE: 8 Octavia, apparently individual condo owners can adjust those glass rods how they see fit, so if you want to look out on Market St, there's a nob in your condo for that. Should be interesting. Right now all of those glass rods are facing the same direction, but the building is going to look a lot different when owners decide to point them in varying directions as they see fit. Apparently it's not a concern of prospective buyers since a record PSF price for that area (what they are considering Hayes Valley) was set this week (almost $1400psf in that building for a 2 BR with 1 BRs expected to sell higher).

http://sf.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/09...ds_sets_price_per_square_foot_record.php

[WildCowboy]

We have our first renderings and an address of 160 Folsom for Jeanne Gang's 400-foot tower. I imagine it's time for a dedicated thread in proposals forum.

[colemonkee]

^ There may or may not be a happy dance going on at my place right now. Love that Jeanne Gang proposal. One can instantly start the comparisons with Gehry's Beekman tower, which is a good thing, in my opinion. I wonder what the facade materials will be. It appears to be either metal panels or pour-in-place concrete with offset wood board textures on it, similar to the some of the street level textures of Thom Mayne's CALtrans HQ in LA (across the street from my place). Either one could work very well.

This is amazing for San Francisco. Color me a bit jealous.

[mt_climber13]

Originally Posted by WildCowboy

We have our first renderings and an address of 160 Folsom for Jeanne Gang's 400-foot tower. I imagine it's time for a dedicated thread in proposals forum.

Done!

[a very long weekend]

except that this one looks to be a lot more attractive and street-oriented at the ground levels than does 8 spruce st.

[fimiak]

They still need permission to go from 300' to 400'...this one is close to the waterfront so it scares me a little even though I am happy with the design. I took plenty of pics of beekman construction when I lived in NYC and this looks like a quality offshoot and has been changed just enough for SF.

[a very long weekend]

the chron article makes it clear that they're moving forward with two versions (one at 400 and one at 300) so that the city can decide if it wants the extra affordable housing and if not, construction will proceed as of right. recall that projects with substantial non-market housing components now, by law, jump the queue.

[fflint]

The 160 Folsom proposal is sick! Hope they get the extra height.