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

[tech12]

lol...well, i guess some people just see dicks everywhere.

[edwards]

The gorgeous proposed condo tower at the foot of Van Ness Avenue, dubbed One Van Ness, has moved one step forward toward becoming a reality with a more fully fleshed out design proposal. Architect Richard Meier, famous for his modern white forms and especially for the Getty Center in Los Angeles, designed the building, which features a sculptural, diaphanous white glass skin wrapping the building.

http://sfist.com/2012/10/11/richard_meier-designed_one_van_ness.php
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2012/10/details_for_the_starchitect_designed_tower_dubbed_one_v.html

[ElDuderino]

I forgot about that beauty. Hopefully all goes well. Mid Market is going to look totally different in a few years. It will have it's own mini-skyline

[tech12]

Originally Posted by ElDuderino

I forgot about that beauty. Hopefully all goes well. Mid Market is going to look totally different in a few years. It will have it's own mini-skyline

It already has a mini-skyline, it'll just be a better and larger mini-skyline. And speaking of the civic center skyline, as of 2007, the city was apparently planning on raising heights limits all around the intersection of Van Ness and Market, as part of the Market-Octavia plan, though I'm not sure what the progress on that has been since then. Here's an old conceptual rendering of a 400' tower for 10 South Van Ness (where there's currently a Honda dealership), which is right across the street from the 1 Van Ness tower:


http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2007/...t_octavia_neighborhood_plan_moves_f.html

If anything like that gets built there, that would be great. And the location of the goodwill headquarters, at the corner of Mission and South Van Ness, is another potential spot for a future 400' foot tower, apparently.

[38 Geary]

Both these towers look great. I could see this area becoming like a mini Midtown Manhattan to the Financial District. Now if only SF could develop towers lining Golden Gate Park as well, it could further the Manhattanization process.

[lz131313]

Originally Posted by homebucket

Both these towers look great. I could see this area becoming like a mini Midtown Manhattan to the Financial District. Now if only SF could develop towers lining Golden Gate Park as well, it could further the Manhattanization process.

IKR! wouldnt that be amazing !! it would be exactly like central park ! but tbh that will never happen unless a 7.0+ earthqauke flattens the area other than that dont see it coming soon.

[tech12]

Originally Posted by lz131313

IKR! wouldnt that be amazing !! it would be exactly like central park ! but tbh that will never happen unless a 7.0+ earthqauke flattens the area other than that dont see it coming soon.

Agreed, there's very little chance of that happening, aside from some kind of apocalyptic event levelling the current buildings (and even then I'm not sure it would happen). But as much as I'd like highrises lining the park, I really like how things are now as well.

Instead I'll just stay excited about all the new highrises that may actually get built: the towers planned for the Transbay/Rincon Hill area, the stuff planned for 4th street, extending from Yerba Beuna Gardens to Mission Bay (which would max out at potentially 400' by the Caltrain station), the stuff planned for Mission Bay (which would also potentially max out at around 400', in seawall lot 337), and the stuff planned for mid-market/civic center.

SF's skyline is gonna be seeing some significant changes. I just hope it doesn't take too long for it to all happen. And I really hope the several 700'+ towers proposed currently actually get built. I would hate for every single new tower over the next decade or two to be under 600 feet tall, aside from the transbay tower.

Unfortunately though, it seems like there will be little chance of new highrises north or west of market street/downtown. I would love too see some ~200 foot towers along geary and lombard (with a few taller ones too). I'm thinking towers mostly of the same scale/size as the new CCSF tower in Chinatown/downtown, which IMO seems to mix well aesthetically with the adjacent low rises. Hell, build some highrises along 19th avenue too. And extend BART and/or the Muni subway to the richmond and down 19th as well. It sure is fun to imagine things that will never happen, lol.

[lz131313]

Originally Posted by tech12

Agreed, there's very little chance of that happening, aside from some kind of apocalyptic event levelling the current buildings (and even then I'm not sure it would happen). But as much as I'd like highrises lining the park, I really like how things are now as well.

Instead I'll just stay excited about all the new highrises that may actually get built: the towers planned for the Transbay/Rincon Hill area, the stuff planned for 4th street, extending from Yerba Beuna Gardens to Mission Bay (which would max out at potentially 400' by the Caltrain station), the stuff planned for Mission Bay (which would also potentially max out at around 400', in seawall lot 337), and the stuff planned for mid-market/civic center.

SF's skyline is gonna be seeing some significant changes. I just hope it doesn't take too long for it to all happen. And I really hope the several 700'+ towers proposed currently actually get built. I would hate for every single new tower over the next decade or two to be under 600 feet tall, aside from the transbay tower.

Unfortunately though, it seems like there will be little chance of new highrises north or west of market street/downtown. I would love too see some ~200 foot towers along geary and lombard (with a few taller ones too). I'm thinking towers mostly of the same scale/size as the new CCSF tower in Chinatown/downtown, which IMO seems to mix well aesthetically with the adjacent low rises. Hell, build some highrises along 19th avenue too. And extend BART and/or the Muni subway to the richmond and down 19th as well. It sure is fun to imagine things that will never happen, lol.

Agree with everything you have said , but then again the 1906 quake aswell as the 1989 brought along major changes and lots of new construction. Imagine the Embarcadero Highway still existant? what a nightmare that would be ! lol good riddance. And yeah i dont see any major changes in the NORTH/WEST Market area since its 'historic' (well some of it is) I would like to see mid-rises in the place of parking lots along embarcadero on the northern site near Levi's plaza. TBH 8Washington would have benefited the Embarcadero greatly , but what can you do.... There is hope for Mid-Market though, CITY PLACE is a done deal and should be completed by late 2015-16

[Jerry of San Fran]

ONE VAN NESS AVENUE - As Proposed
I was away for 3 days in Costa Mesa & am catching up with the news. Glad to see the proposed stunning architectual building at Van Ness & Market is still in the news. Being one block away I take a particular interest in it.

55 NINTH ST.
Tonight I see the concrete pour is happening for the foundation.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Originally Posted by tech12

lol...well, i guess some people just see dicks everywhere.

My mind was pretty clean when I noticed it ...but I pointed it out to my friends and they see the same thing...

[1977]

New specs and renderings of the Warriors Arena by Snohetta were unveiled today:

http://www.nba.com/warriors/sf?venue

[easy as pie]

see dedicated thread.

[lz131313]

Originally Posted by easy as pie

see dedicated thread.

MIND FUCKING BLOWNED ;O

[Grantenfuego]

That is fantastic. Love it, love it, love it.

[CityKid]

I wasn't sure if these had been posted here already, but here goes. The Richmond District Blog has some newer renderings of the Alexandria Theater development on 18th and Geary. Looks like it will make for some nice infill.

[1977]

Thanks!


Also, the new Target at Geary and Masonic is underway:

Target Puts Bull’s-Eye on Geary Location in San Francisco

Even as Swinerton Builders celebrates the grand opening of San Francisco’s first CityTarget at the Metreon, the general contractor has begun interiors work to ready the second city location at Geary Boulevard and Masonic Avenue.

Target replaces a Mervyns department store that closed in 2010 in a two-story location originally constructed for Sears. Materials procurement has begun, and construction begins in earnest at the start of next year, said Andrew Holden, a Swinerton senior vice president and manager of its interiors division in San Francisco. The second CityTarget is expected to open a year from now.

Source and article: http://news.theregistrysf.com/target-puts-bulls-eye-on-geary-location-in-san-francisco/

[1977]

And it looks like Block 9 in the Transbay District is getting some significant interest from developers:

Developers lining up for block 9 in San Francisco's Transbay District

Developers are jockeying up to take on block 9, the Transbay District parcel in San Francisco that is slated for 580 units of market-rate and affordable housing.
The Successor Agency to the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency — can we please get a new name for this government organization? — recently held a workshop where prospective developers could ask questions about the project.
Builders in attendance included Meg Spriggs of AvalonBay, Steve O’Connell of Grosvenor, Glen Ceridono of BRE Properties, Don Lusty and Julia Bennett of Related California, Drew Sullins of Jackson Pacific, and Eric Tao of Avant Housing.
While all of those developers have built in San Francisco, an interesting new name popped up: Westbank Propeties from Vancouver. Westbank has built more than $10 billion of projects, mostly high-rise residential and hotel developers in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, Canada.
The nonprofit developers attending the block 9 meeting include Mid-Pen, Bridge Housing, Chinatown CDC, and TNDC.
Proposals are due Dec. 12.
Transbay block 9 is a 31,000-square-foot site on Folsom Street between First and Essex streets. The project will include a 400-foot tower and a shorter podium building. At least 20 percent of the units must be affordable to families earning less than 50 percent of the area median income, currently $51,500 for a family of four.

Source and article: http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/...developers-lining-up-for-block-9-in.html

[colemonkee]

^ There has to be a back story behind Don Lusty and Julia Bennett.

[easy as pie]

westbank is probably canada's best developer, and at least vancouver's, without question. if they're (or he, since it seems mostly to be a story of the principle, the awesomely flamboyant ian gillespie) interested in moving into sf, i could see it working really well, as he's come up in vancouver's ultra regulated environment. i could also see him trying to land the project by going way over the 20% affordable mark.

[tech12]

That's some exciting news. I take it that the other Transbay parcels are likely to get this kind of attention too, as long as the economy doesn't go down the shitter or anything.