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

[biggerhigherfaster]

Originally Posted by sofresh808

agreed, most new stuff in NY isnt that great either too, google Gene Kaufman.

Based on the supertalls thread, NYC at least has a bunch of stylish 800ft+ buildings going up

[biggerhigherfaster]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Dont worry guys, we have our share of shit being built in LA as well. we like to call them 7 story shit boxes.

It is odd and unfortunate how 4-8 story lego-style condo apartments have swept America's major cities. Every gas station/urban infill/former parking lot/former warehouse is being turned into these things. Alternatively, crappy old warehouses are converted into "lofts"--who knew that exposed metal, concrete, and brick was so appealing to the masses

[fimiak]

Does anybody have any info on 525 Harrison st? Apparently a planned 184 units are going in at the current 1-story club, developed by Hines built by Suffolk. Link originally from simms in the 340 Fremont thread http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/08/what-slow-start-andy-ball-says.html?page=all . Hines builds great stuff.

Ball said the West Coast arm of Suffolk now has projects totaling $600 million under contract. In addition to 340 Fremont St., Suffolk is the general contractor on BRE’s Mission Bay project, a 360-unit rental project at 1200 Fourth St. and 701 Longbridge St.. The contractor is also doing pre-construction work on several other residential projects, including another Rincon Hill development, Hines’ 184-unit 525 Harrison St., and two East Bay projects, a tower UrbanCore is doing near Lake Merritt and a 17-story complex HSR Berkeley Investments is planning for a site next to Shattuck Cinemas.

[easy as pie]

this is a bit random but i bring it up because it's important. today, i was walking and i came upon what i suspected to be an illegal tree removal (not hard to guess, considering it's a beautiful old tree and the contractors themselves admitted that it was healthy and now the tenants would have more sun. illegal! i phoned 311 immediately and they opened a case file and they'll investigate. but the maximum fine is - get this - $2000! it ought to be 10x that to dissuade these folks, $2000 is nothing. bah. it upset me so much that went into full vigilante mode: on the way back from the gym, i confronted a shirtless drunk as he was trying to steal a bike from in front of the optical underground shop on sutter, he was literally trying to break the lock by yanking the bike hard. luckily he stumbled off rather than punch me in the face. but even with the bay bridge down, we're surrounded by criminals in this town!

[fimiak]

Originally Posted by easy as pie

this is a bit random but i bring it up because it's important. today, i was walking and i came upon what i suspected to be an illegal tree removal (not hard to guess, considering it's a beautiful old tree and the contractors themselves admitted that it was healthy and now the tenants would have more sun. illegal! i phoned 311 immediately and they opened a case file and they'll investigate. but the maximum fine is - get this - $2000! it ought to be 10x that to dissuade these folks, $2000 is nothing. bah. it upset me so much that went into full vigilante mode: on the way back from the gym, i confronted a shirtless drunk as he was trying to steal a bike from in front of the optical underground shop on sutter, he was literally trying to break the lock by yanking the bike hard. luckily he stumbled off rather than punch me in the face. but even with the bay bridge down, we're surrounded by criminals in this town!

They use BART.

[pseudolus]

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/05/hines-hits-rincon-hill-with-housing.html

Originally Posted by fimiak

Does anybody have any info on 525 Harrison st? Apparently a planned 184 units are going in at the current 1-story club, developed by Hines built by Suffolk. Link originally from simms in the 340 Fremont thread http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/08/what-slow-start-andy-ball-says.html?page=all . Hines builds great stuff.

[fflint]

Originally Posted by fimiak

They use BART.

[hruski]

Originally Posted by easy as pie

this is a bit random but i bring it up because it's important. today, i was walking and i came upon what i suspected to be an illegal tree removal (not hard to guess, considering it's a beautiful old tree and the contractors themselves admitted that it was healthy and now the tenants would have more sun. illegal! i phoned 311 immediately and they opened a case file and they'll investigate. but the maximum fine is - get this - $2000! it ought to be 10x that to dissuade these folks, $2000 is nothing. bah. it upset me so much that went into full vigilante mode: on the way back from the gym, i confronted a shirtless drunk as he was trying to steal a bike from in front of the optical underground shop on sutter, he was literally trying to break the lock by yanking the bike hard. luckily he stumbled off rather than punch me in the face. but even with the bay bridge down, we're surrounded by criminals in this town!

[redacted]

[easy as pie]

?? obviously i was joking. my criminals were an illegal tree-trimming building manager and a shirtless drunk.

[hruski]

Originally Posted by easy as pie

?? obviously i was joking. my criminals were an illegal tree-trimming building manager and a shirtless drunk.

Sorry I skimmed your post.

[minesweeper]

Originally Posted by fimiak

Does anybody have any info on 525 Harrison st? Apparently a planned 184 units are going in at the current 1-story club, developed by Hines built by Suffolk. Link originally from simms in the 340 Fremont thread http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2013/08/what-slow-start-andy-ball-says.html?page=all . Hines builds great stuff.

This one is still in a paperwork/study/design phase. Probably a minimum of two years before anything happens. Here's the Preliminary Project Assessment from back in April. Most recently they appear to be working on a "Transportation Study" and "Determination of Appropriate Environmental Document". Here's the gist of what they are proposing:

The proposed project would demolish an existing two story building and construct a 164 foot, 16-story, 184 unit residential building. The proposed residential building would total 187,600 sf of residential use, 2,520 sf of retail use, and up to 164 parking spaces with stackers.

[simms3_redux]

The 14-15 floor Hampton Inn going up at ~5th and Mission. I love this little area (that alleyway and all of the restored Market St buildings...they back up so nicely to that alley) and cannot wait til they renovate the old mint...so much potential and the 5th and Folsom resi developments will bring a lot of new residents to the area.






350 Mission viewed from Millennium tower. That crane is nearly ~360 ft up, and is not a Schering Liebherr luffing tower crane...the crane rental comes from Bigge, which is "big" in the western USA, and after invesgtigating its website I have determined it has to be a Potain luffing crane...probably the one of the models at my links below.

http://www.biggetowercrane.com/tower-crane-charts/POTAIN-MR605.pdf

http://www.biggetowercrane.com/tower-crane-charts/MR405.pdf

All sorts of crane information...Schering's site also has a lot of crane information for the nerds who are interested.






No real visible progress at ORH North or 45 Lansing...the lone excavator at 222 Second has made some progress and of course they are digging like crazy at Lumina and making fast progress there.

[viewguysf]

Labor Day evening update

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Labor Day Evening by viewguysf, on Flickr[/IMG]

[Jerry of San Fran]

Almost complete - one more floor for the windows - probably will be done in a day or two. I wonder what the "crown" will be clad in.


Crescent Heights North - San Francisco by Apollo's Light, on Flickr

[philiprsf]

I was walking by 20th and Valencia this morning and noticed that the former parking lot is totally empty.. The permit sign says something about a 5-story apartment building. I was wondering if anyone has seen the plans for this building and what its status is.

[1977]

Originally Posted by philiprsf

I was walking by 20th and Valencia this morning and noticed that the former parking lot is totally empty.. The permit sign says something about a 5-story apartment building. I was wondering if anyone has seen the plans for this building and what its status is.

I don't know the status, but I think this is the project you're referring to:

http://urbanlifesigns.blogspot.com/2013/08/from-haz-site-to-condo-site.html

[SoCalKid]

Originally Posted by LosAngelesSportsFan

Dont worry guys, we have our share of shit being built in LA as well. we like to call them 7 story shit boxes.

He speaks the truth, if you visit the Los Angeles Downtown Development Rundown 4.0 you'll see it's one of the main topics of conversation. Too bad this is happening, but even boring infill does have its merits.

[simms3_redux]

Caught some construction pics in Upper Market/Mid-Market this weekend. The drapes are off of 2001 Market and it looks good in person. Linea is going to be truly stunning though...looks exactly like the rendering, which is obviously gorgeous!

2175 Market (Prada/Forest City) - Van Meter Williams Pollack Architects, 85 units, 6 floors.



2001 Market (Whole Foods dev) - Prado Group, Bar Architects, 82 condos



Linea - Brian Spiers Dev, Architectonica, 115 condos





Venn on Market - MacFarlane Partners, 113 apartments





8 Octavia - Saitowitz design, DDG and DM development, 48 condos



100 Van Ness - Emerald Fund, 399 apartments, this thing is finally picking up



NEMA - Handel designed, Crescent Heights developed/sponsored, 754 apartments

[cv94117]

Originally Posted by simms3_redux

The drapes are off of 2001 Market and it looks good in person.

Sorry, but I disagree about 2001 Market. I go by it every day and it looks awful. I kept hoping that maybe there were some finishing touches that would bring it all together, but looks like that's it. Especially coming from the Castro to Downtown, it looks unfinished at the corner with that brown siding crap up against the green stucco.

[Jerry of San Fran]

SoCalKid - thanks for the comprehensive updates. I have no problem with 2001 Market - could have been better, but not offensive to me.

I think that Linea will be a stunner when complete. I find it very high tech, masculine - much to my taste, clean cut. I think it will complement the Mint up the hill & make it more palatable to those who do not like it.

It is interesting that a couple of long term landmarks will be less visible on Market St. from Duboce to Van Ness Ave. - the U. S. Mint and the big baptist church at Octavia.