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

[tech12]

Originally Posted by fflint

State high court OKs Parkmerced development plan

Bob Egelko
sfgate.com
Wednesday, November 19, 2014

The state Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Wednesday to a 20-year development plan at Parkmerced that will add 5,700 rental housing units, along with retail and office construction, at the 152-acre complex near Lake Merced and San Francisco State University.
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Nice!

I just wish it wouldn't take 20 years to build it. 5,700 units sounds like a lot, until you realize how long it'll take to finish them all.

[fflint]

Agreed. I wish it could happen faster, but remember, this plan involves tearing down existing buildings and then rebuilding (taller and denser), re-routing roads, and the likely construction of two Muni Metro subway stations. It's a lot more complicated than usual.

[edwards]

11/18/14
200 California St. remodeling.

[Jerry of San Fran]

edwards - thanks for the picture of 500 California. It was quite a radical remodel!

[fimiak]

From 555 Mission

[fflint]

Cool snapshots, guys.

[chris08876]

Renderings land for Trumark Urban’s 1554 Market Street

Located along the north side of Market Street, between South Van Ness Avenue and 12th Street, the building will rise 12 stories tall. Permits for the $41 million project were filed in November 2013.

The developer’s site indicates that the mixed-use building will have approximately 120 new residential units and up to 4,500 square feet of ground-floor retail. The project will be designed by Handel Architects, according to the site of The San Francisco Housing Action Coalition.

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http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2014/09/1554-market-street-trumark.html

[viewguysf]

[QUOTE=chris08876;6818208]Renderings land for Trumark Urban’s 1554 Market Street

It should say Van Ness, not South Van Ness (which starts on the other side of Market Street).

[edwards]

Lumina 11/23/14

[fflint]

The glass looks really nice on Lumina.

[timbad]

noticed today a low, nondescript warehouse-y building was being demolished at 144 King, across the street from the ballpark. here it says

At 144 King St., a block from the McDonald's site, Bay Area developer David O'Keefe has pulled permits to build a $26.4 million, 12-story, 130-room hotel. The project has been in the works since before the economy crashed in 2008, but financing was unavailable until recently. Stanton, who is the architect on this project also, said demolition of the existing building at 144 King St. (most recently the King Art Cafe) will start at the end of baseball season.

"It is (O'Keefe's) intent to start construction right after the last pitch of the Giants' final home game," Stanton said. "We think we can complete the demolition, dig the hole and have the framing substantially finished by the time next season begins."

[chris08876]

CIM Group acquires two-acre Mission Bay site approved for 350 condos

CIM Group has scooped up a Mission Bay site with approved plans for 350 condominiums.

Located at 1000 Channel Street, the two-acre parcel is slated for two apartment buildings with 14,000 square feet of retail space and parking, the San Francisco Business Times reported. The seller was Strada Investment Group.

The site, currently a parking lot, is perched along Mission Creek with nearly 650 feet of frontage along the waterfront, according to a news release. It will also contain an entitled 250-room hotel developed by SOMA Hotels, which purchased part of the land earlier this year. The groundbreaking for the hotel is scheduled for the end of 2014.

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http://news.buzzbuzzhome.com/2014/11/cim-group-mission-bay-1000-channel.html

[fimiak]

They had better use that waterfront wisely...or else.

[cmak]

Originally Posted by timbad

I feel almost sheepish putting these two on here after that epic (great word for it) rendering and related discussion, but here goes, couple little guys...

this is what they're doing with the corner of 3rd and Folsom. underneath the bird's-nest-pattern cover, it does look like the ground floor is pulled back a little to ease up the constraint on sidewalk that had been there. can't put my finger on why I'm underwhelmed by this though

yeah this seems underbuilt, I wish it had a few more stories to at least match the parking garage next door. That said, it does look better lit up at night


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[colemonkee]

^ Does SF zoning allow for the transfer of air rights to other properties? Perhaps the underused portion of this property can be used by another development nearby.

[chris08876]

Project: 870 Harrison Street (Recently Finished)

Featuring 22 smartly designed one- and two-bedroom condominium residences, 870 Harrison is a newly constructed building in a quiet niche of the SoMa neighborhood.

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http://870harrison.com/

[simms3_redux]

^^^A dime a dozen here; honestly, not enough time in the day to keep track of infill like that.

[Jerry of San Fran]

Originally Posted by chris08876

Project: 870 Harrison Street (Recently Finished)





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http://870harrison.com/

Thanks for the update - I am going to have to take a long walk soon - so much new construction that I have not seen yet! Interesting frames around the windows - I will have to see them in person to see how effective they are.

[Jerry of San Fran]

I was startled today to see how fast the old California State Automobile Association building is being dismantled.

View from the Essex Fox Plaza

The Old California State Automobile Association Building

[timbad]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

^^^A dime a dozen here; honestly, not enough time in the day to keep track of infill like that.

altho I do like that one more than many, and wish it were in a more prominent location - that block of Harrison bookended with freeway ramps feels like a black hole to me, who walks the area fairly frequently