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Pedestrian · #**11141** Posted **Feb 3, 2022, 6:38 PM**

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Stalled boutique hotel project in Hayes Valley back in motion
By Alex Barreira – Staff Reporter, San Francisco Business Times
Jan 19, 2022 Updated Jan 19, 2022, 5:01pm PST

A proposal to build a four-story, 105-room hotel on the current site of a Days Inn in Hayes Valley is showing new signs of life after over four years with little movement.

The property owner, Chirag Investment Group, last week filed a formal application with the San Francisco Planning Department to move forward with the project, which would involve razing the existing 41-room hotel at 465 Grove St. as well as a duplex at 477 Grove St..

The new building would feature the hotel, two replacement residential units, a new 5,195-square-foot ground floor space for retail or a restaurant, and a basement garage with space for 20 cars.

The last action on the project before last week’s filing was a preliminary project assessment submitted in 2017, according to public records. Those plans included a rooftop terrace for the 45-foot building and room for a small fitness facility in the basement. The hotel will be spread across two structures abutting Grove and Ivy streets with a 30-foot-wide courtyard between them . . . .

The architects estimate construction will cost about $9.5 million, according to SFYimby, which first reported on the revived project. No target timeline on breaking ground or completing construction is available.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...-valley-hotel-boutique-construction.html

Images: https://sfyimby.com/2022/01/permit-filed-for-465-grove-street-hayes-valley-san-francisco.html

38 Geary · #**11142** Posted **Feb 4, 2022, 5:02 PM**

545 Sansome expansion renderings.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/02/tense-develo...on-financial-district-san-francisco.html

BobbyMucho · #**11143** Posted **Feb 4, 2022, 6:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco...t-street-nonprofit-development-sold.html

The proposal (now permitted):

https://common.dev/1850-bryant-street

Excited about this one. A huge contrast to what can only be referred to as a parking lot/dump in its current state.

This is one of a few larger projects in the area that will make a real impact on the pedestrian experience and hopefully help clean up this lil dodgy stretch of Bryant and Florida, but also this part of the Mission as a whole.

timbad · #**11144** Posted **Feb 6, 2022, 1:55 AM**

^^ also happy to see something go in there, but a bit disappointed it is not for the original purpose.

in other news...

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A quartet of San Francisco affordable housing development projects received a total of $200 million from the new state housing accelerator fund, money that will help bankroll about 400 units in the Tenderloin, Potrero Hill and Treasure Island.

The biggest chunk of cash, roughly $94 million, will finance a 157-unit project at 1801 18th St. in Potrero Hill, a part of San Francisco’s HOPE SF project, which will replace 619 public housing units while nearly tripling the project’s density by adding 1,100 new homes.

The round of funding will also help speed up development of affordable housing on Treasure Island. Mercy Housing will receive $55.6 million to construct 137 units for low-income families.

In addition, the state allocated $24.2 million to renovate the San Cristina residential hotel on Market Street and another $23.7 million for 69 units at 180 Jones St., a Tenderloin parking lot that Group I deeded to the city in order to satisfy an affordable housing requirement for 950 Market St.

The money in the accelerator fund was part of President Biden’s American Rescue Plan, which seeded $1.75 billion for affordable housing in California.

All four projects are fully approved and expected to begin this year, according to Mayor London Breed.

edit: I had to look it up: the San Cristina is the building where Show Dogs used to be, on the block with 1066 and 1028 Market, across from the Warfield - very excited to see it get some love!

Pedestrian · #**11145** Posted **Feb 7, 2022, 2:33 AM**

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edit: I had to look it up: the San Cristina is the building where Show Dogs used to be, on the block with 1066 and 1028 Market, across from the Warfield - very excited to see it get some love!

I believe that is the building where the Vampire was interviewed in the movie of the Anne Rice novel:

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38 Geary · #**11146** Posted **Feb 11, 2022, 5:00 PM**

IKEA starting construction at 6x6.

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IKEA Starts Work On 945 Market Street, SoMa, San Francisco

BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Ingka Centres is starting construction on the new IKEA to open at 945 Market Street in SoMa, San Francisco. The new location is part of the company’s move away from warehouse stores to urban-center retail with delivery. GreenbergFarrow will be the project’s architect and structural engineer.

Ingka Centres purchased the property from Alexandria Real Estate Equities and TMG Partners. City records show the property sold in September of 2020 for $198 million. Project applications for the proposed IKEA store were first filed in 2020, with activity as recent as December of 2021. Now, J.K. Dineen of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that construction has started on-site eighteen months after the property changed hands.

The 104-foot tall 6×6 Mall was designed by Gensler Architects with structural engineering by KPFF. The structure contains 375,800 square feet across five floors and three basement levels. The IKEA will occupy 82,840 square feet, extending between the first basement level and floors one, two, and four.

The move away from warehouse shops is a notable pivot for the Swedish retail giant. The San Francisco location will be nearly a quarter the size of the typical IKEA with around 350,000 square feet. To adjust for the downtown market, IKEA will use space-efficient strategies to keep the store viable for an urban carless consumer base. The first downtown IKEA location was opened in London’s Kings Mall, a proof of concept.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/02/ikea-starts-work-on-945-market-street-soma-san-francisco.html

Jerry of San Fran · #**11147** Posted **Feb 12, 2022, 10:53 PM**

homebucker - so glad to see Ikea moving on this. I look forward to some delicious Scandanavian food.

I though the building was a mistake before it was built. Glad to see this building finally to be redeveloped!

Pedestrian · #**11148** Posted **Feb 13, 2022, 6:25 AM**

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homebucker - so glad to see Ikea moving on this. I look forward to some delicious Scandanavian food.

I though the building was a mistake before it was built. Glad to see this building finally to be redeveloped!

Why a mistake? The one and only time I've testified before the Planning Commission was for this project because at the time it was proposed it was billed as the home of a Target (the same one that went to the Metreon when SF's planning process took too long and that space became available). I think a Target in this location would have benefitted the entire area, much more so than an Ikea. The people living near there need the kind of shopping Target offers much more than they need new furniture and Target would attract a lot more foot traffic than Ikea. It would benefit the nearby neighbors and the neighborhood (Mid Market).

But it wasn't to be and I'd rather have an Ikea than an empty storefront (thanks SF bureaucracy). Sadly, don't count on those meatballs, though. This store, at 70,000 sq ft, is going to be only about 1/4 the size of most existing Ikea and I wonder if they'll have room for dining. Maybe take-out.

Most likely it'll be a showroom for merchandise you can order.

whitty · #**11149** Posted **Feb 13, 2022, 5:40 PM**

It will act as an anchor, and because of that we'll see the restaurant spaces in there filled as well, so it's not just the IKEA. Like you said, much, much better than nothing.

Really closes the gap on that street. Tons of new construction coming online there. Here's hoping for that area.

Jerry of San Fran · #**11150** Posted **Feb 14, 2022, 12:34 AM**

Pedestrian - I remember well your comments way-back when, about the Target store. At the time I felt there were more than enough retail downtown & the location was a bit too far from Powell to succeed. Things have changed a lot in the area since then. It might work now.

I will be unhappy if I don't get those Swedish meatballs!

Pedestrian · #**11151** Posted **Feb 14, 2022, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

Pedestrian - I remember well your comments way-back when, about the Target store. At the time I felt there were more than enough retail downtown & the location was a bit too far from Powell to succeed. Things have changed a lot in the area since then. It might work now.

I will be unhappy if I don't get those Swedish meatballs!

Most of the retail in the Union Square area was at a higher price point than Target and carried a different mix. The success of the Metreon Target I think demonstrates that. But more to the real point, that success would have livened up that dismal stretch of Market St a lot. Whether it would liven it up more than Ikea is debatable though I think it would, but there's no question it would have made a difference compared to the empty hole that's been there for several years now.

I'm praying "The Market" doesn't close (I really like that store) once Whole Foods opens. If it doesn't (they claimed they were sprucing up the place to get ready for competition, not closing) and Mid Market has "The Market", Whole Foods and Ikea, plus the Line Hotel and plenty of new market rate apartments, it should make considerable difference (if the new homeless/druggie center on UN Plaza doesn't squash the whole thing).

38 Geary · #**11152** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 5:41 PM**

I think the IKEA is a good low to midrange furniture retailer to add to this location. Not everything needs to be super high end. There's already plenty of high end furniture stores in SF.

IKEA is only occupying 82,840 sq ft of the total 375,800 sq ft in this building so there's still opportunity for a Target or something similar to come in as well.

38 Geary · #**11153** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 6:02 PM**

Parking lot going down!

To be replaced by a 7 floor, 75 ft tall mixed use building with 41 units.

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/jDAL5Zr16mvAQSXXA
https://goo.gl/maps/XwVYz6fZ88QzAYu89

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Mixed-Use Progresses At 425 Broadway In Jackson Square/North Beach, San Francisco

BY: PALAK JAPLOT 5:00 AM ON FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Development permits have been filed seeking the construction of a mixed-use project proposed at 425 Broadway in Jackson Square/North Beach, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the development of a building offering retail and residential spaces. Plans call for the demolition of an existing 144-space parking garage on the site.

San Jose-based Yeh’s Development is responsible for the project through Montgomery Place LLC. Ian Birchall & Associates is responsible for the design.

The project proposes to develop a seven-story building offering 41 dwelling units, retail, and office space. The project site is an L-shaped lot adjacent to a brick-building home of Crowbar and a hotel. The development will be split between two structures, one five-story building facing Broadway and the other seven-story building facing Montgomery Street and a newly-established Verdi Alley.

The 75-foot tall development will yield 79,265 square feet, with 51,625 square feet for residential use, 4,990 square feet for retail, 21, 940 square feet for offices, and 3,960 square feet for vehicle parking. The garage will offer parking for 46 bicycles and 17 vehicles using stackers. Of the 34 units, 28 will be priced at market rate, and three will be affordable on-site units to make use of the State Density Bonus. Unit sizes will range, with 13 one-bedrooms, 13 two-bedroom units, and 8 three-bedroom units.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/02/mixed-use-pr...on-square-north-beach-san-francisco.html

38 Geary · #**11154** Posted **Feb 15, 2022, 6:36 PM**

Nice 23 unit mixed use infill proposal in Chinatown.

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/upfAVuKAenVsVuUQ8

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Elevations Revealed For 828 Stockton Street, Chinatown, San Francisco

BY: PALAK JAPLOT 4:30 AM ON FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Renderings have been revealed for a new residential project proposed at 828 Stockton Street in Chinatown, San Francisco. The project proposal includes the development of a six-story mixed-use building offering residential and retail spaces. Plans call for the demolition of the existing single-story commercial structure on the site.

Hoy Sun Ning Yung Benevolent Association is the project developer. D-Scheme Studio is responsible for the design concepts.

The project site is a parcel spanning an area of 4,617 square feet. The new building will offer 23 new residential units. The development will also include several commercial tenant spaces on the ground and first floor. The total residential area will be 19,440 square feet and the total commercial space will be 6,920 square feet. A total of 4,130 square feet of space will be left as open space. The building will yield a total built-up area of 26,360 square feet.

The building is on a highly trafficked commercial street, stretching from the nearby Stockton Street tunnel to Broadway. Future residents will likely enjoy the plethora of retail options, as well as the Willie ‘Woo Woo’ Wong playground.

https://sfyimby.com/2022/02/elevations-r...kton-street-chinatown-san-francisco.html

Pedestrian · #**11155** Posted **Feb 16, 2022, 7:13 PM**

Hard to believe:

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No joke: After years of delays Muni’s Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit will open on April Fool’s Day
Ricardo Cano
Feb. 15, 2022

Bus rapid transit on San Francisco’s Van Ness Avenue will finally open for service April 1, and it’s not a joke.

The Van Ness project, which has become notorious for its years of construction delays, will transport transit riders down one of the city’s busiest roadways using red concrete center lanes that officials say will move buses up and down the historic corridor faster.

At the end of January, the project was almost 100% complete. Last year, Muni and Golden Gate Transit operators, which will also benefit from the Van Ness BRT, began testing buses on the center lanes.

The agency and the project’s general contractor, Walsh Construction, are working on punch-list items — the final list of tasks that need to be finished before the project’s completion. SFMTA is also waiting on securing roofs for its newly installed bus shelters along Van Ness. Agency staff said at a Jan. 31 community meeting that supply-chain disruptions could mean that service will begin without those bus shelters fully built.

Bus rapid transit on Van Ness will run from Bay to Market streets and serve nine bus stops and are expected to speed up transit on the corridor by about 32%, according to the agency.

The Van Ness project was initially scheduled to be completed in 2019 but problems emerged from the start of construction — from challenges working underneath a 110-year-old roadway with dilapidated infrastructure. A grand jury report published last summer faulted SFMTA for not adequately preparing for the project’s “foreseeable and avoidable” risks before starting construction in late 2016.

SFMTA officials have said that the contractor, Walsh, was responsible for several of the project’s setbacks and that the agency has learned from the project’s mistakes to deliver on future capital projects more effectively . . . .

The festivities for the debut of Van Ness BRT will start the evening of March 31 when agency staff will light the public art sculptures that were installed between Geary and O’Farrell streets. At 11 a.m. on April 1, a Friday, the SFMTA will hold the project’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in front of the War Memorial near Van Ness and Market streets.

The fact that the project’s launch date falls on April Fool’s Day was not lost on some of the agency’s board directors, who asked why the agency settled on the April 1 date. “It does strike me that opening Van Ness on April Fool’s Day is sort of like putting on a ‘kick me’ sign,” board director Steve Heminger said.

Tumlin told the board Tuesday that April 1 was the date that the agency settled on in hopes of attracting “some very important public officials” to attend the event.

It’s unclear which officials Tumlin was referring to, though the agency has extended invites to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was San Francisco mayor when the Van Ness project got its initial approval.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/No-joke-After-years-of-delays-Muni-s-Van-Ness-16921648.php

Jerry of San Fran · #**11156** Posted **Feb 18, 2022, 12:18 AM**

Whole Foods in Trinity Place IV - announced by the SF Chronicle today the market will open on March 10th. It will be the largest Whole Foods in San Francisco. Looking forward to seeing it 2 blocks from the Fox Plaza!