SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed - Page 501

Jerry of San Fran · #**10001** Posted **Nov 9, 2019, 2:00 AM**

I see the former KRON Channel 4 building is being demolished to make way for a high-rise. See link to Handel Architects for drawing of the new building here:

https://handelarchitects.com/project/1001-van-ness

1001 Van Ness Avenue, San Franacisco

Pedestrian · #**10002** Posted **Nov 9, 2019, 7:24 PM**

^^The project (1001 Van Ness) has a thread. I will copy this there.

Jerry of San Fran · #**10003** Posted **Nov 10, 2019, 4:58 AM**

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Originally Posted by Pedestrian

^^The project (1001 Van Ness) has a thread. I will copy this there.

thanks Pedestrian - I will see if I can find the thread & add to my list

craigs · #**10004** Posted **Nov 13, 2019, 9:35 PM**

Visa to vastly expand SF headquarters with move to Giants waterfront project

Roland Li
sfchronicle.com
Nov. 6, 2019

Visa plans to more than double the size of its San Francisco headquarters with a move to near the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark.

On Tuesday, the payments company signed a lease for an entire 300,000-square-foot, 13-story office tower planned at the Giants’ Mission Rock waterfront project, the company told The Chronicle. The building has space for 1,500 employees. Visa plans to move in early 2024 from One Market Plaza near the Embarcadero, where it has 650 workers.

Busy Bee · #**10005** Posted **Nov 13, 2019, 11:48 PM**

Nice looking project but it probably forever squanders a potential underground tunnel row for Caltrain up 2nd to Transbay or new Bart line wrapping around or under ATT Park. But thus seems to be the standard practice in SF.

BobbyMucho · #**10006** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

Nice looking project but it probably forever squanders a potential underground tunnel row for Caltrain up 2nd to Transbay or new Bart line wrapping around or under ATT Park. But thus seems to be the standard practice in SF.

This project is prob a half mile or so from the Caltrain / HSR line and in no way will affect any plans for tunneling. Totally unrelated.

Busy Bee · #**10007** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 1:43 PM**

^I'm completely aware of that. As recently as last year (and may be lamented in the future) Third St was an alternative for the Caltrain/HSR DTE. The vicintity could also potentially see a cross-Market Bart line years in the future and securing an underground row or just building it now would have been extremely wise.

WildCowboy · #**10008** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 3:08 PM**

The city backed a Pennsylvania Street alignment for the Caltrain undergrounding a year ago.

Tunneling would happen under the streets anyway.

Busy Bee · #**10009** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 6:29 PM**

^I'm also completely aware of that. You're not going to tell me anything I don't already know. The point I'm making is that they should accomodate some sort of underground tunnel section for the potential of a furture rail line as the Mission Rock lot is really the only one were such a row could be accomodated now without going under the foundations of existing structures, many brand new.

BobbyMucho · #**10010** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 10:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Busy Bee

^... You're not going to tell me anything I don't already know. The point I'm making is that they should accomodate some sort of underground tunnel section for the potential of a furture rail line as the Mission Rock lot is really the only one were such a row could be accomodated now...

Both WC and I are attempting to point out that what you're saying is not pertinent or correct.

In no way, does the Mission Rock 'lot' impede or pertain to any plans, routes, approved alternate routes, etc for trains or tunnels. That said, there's no way for Mission Rock to accommodate 'such a row'. The rail line already has a right of way which runs on an identical pathway to the existing Caltrain depot on 4th and King/Townsend.

And just to clarify, the Mission Rock project is located east of 3rd and bound by Mission Creek, the bay, and Mission Rock St.

craigs · #**10011** Posted **Nov 14, 2019, 11:08 PM**

There are no concrete plans to run any tunnels under this site, nor would its development preclude future BART or Caltrain expansions.

And a second transbay rail tunnel would be better planned to hit San Francisco at either the existing rail infrastructure under Salesforce Transit Center, or failing that, somewhere adjacent to the new Chase Center, hospitals, and UCSF campus further south of the ballpark.

timbad · #**10012** Posted **Nov 15, 2019, 7:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by craigs

Visa to vastly expand SF headquarters with move to Giants waterfront project

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altho it's fine to have it here too, we seem to be putting Mission Rock news (including, previously, the link to this article) in the Mission Bay thread

craigs · #**10013** Posted **Nov 15, 2019, 11:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

altho it's fine to have it here too, we seem to be putting Mission Rock news (including, previously, the link to this article) in the Mission Bay thread

Ok, cool. I haven't followed that thread, but I will now.

Justbuildit · #**10014** Posted **Nov 16, 2019, 12:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by homebucket

^ here's an older picture I took from Potrero Hill. Pretty similar angle to the one you get from 101 North.

The 5M Development will also help fill in the gaps next to the Intercontinental Hotel.

I remember how excited I was when Salesforce was under construction but now that it's complete I'm just bored with it now. I need another supertall to go up to get high again lol!

timbad · #**10015** Posted **Nov 16, 2019, 10:58 PM**

UCSF Laurel Heights project approved

developer's site

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... the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a plan to transform the UCSF Laurel Heights campus into a 744-unit housing and retail complex.

... the proposal includes 186 affordable units for seniors, a child care facility, 5 acres of open space and 35,000 square feet of retail.

The project would be one of the largest built in that area of the city, which includes wealthy neighborhoods that have resisted both affordable and market-rate housing in recent decades.

Though opponents can still file a lawsuit over the project, the developer has a secret weapon: The proposal is covered under a state law that would speed up any court challenge to 270 days. The development team, San Francisco-based Prado Group and SKS Partners, hopes to break ground by early 2021, after UCSF, which occupies the hulking office building now on the site, moves its employees to Mission Bay next year.
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... trees ... took up the bulk of the discussion Tuesday night. ...the UCSF campus ... has long been treated as an unofficial play space and dog park.

The developers emphasized that the project would be tree-friendly. Though a total of 226 existing trees will be axed, 512 new trees will be planted, including 88 street trees next to the property. ...

timbad · #**10016** Posted **Nov 16, 2019, 11:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by craigs

Ok, cool. I haven't followed that thread, but I will now.

a list of SF Bay Area threads can be found here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=san+francisco

viewguysf · #**10017** Posted **Nov 18, 2019, 7:02 AM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

a list of SF Bay Area threads can be found here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=san+francisco

Thank you Tim—this was very helpful!

timbad · #**10018** Posted **Nov 19, 2019, 10:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by viewguysf

...this was very helpful!

I'm very glad!

Jerry of San Fran · #**10019** Posted **Nov 20, 2019, 3:41 AM**

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Originally Posted by timbad

a list of SF Bay Area threads can be found here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/tags.php?tag=san+francisco

timbad - Glad that you posted the list for us. I had it earlier this year but it was "lost" when my hard drive failed. It can be difficult to find these things as the Skyscraperpage.com is so rich in information.

Pedestrian · #**10020** Posted **Nov 20, 2019, 6:54 AM**

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Affordable homes for disabled residents might go up right next to SF City Hall
By Adam Brinklow Nov 19, 2019, 2:33pm PST

San Francisco will move forward with a proposal to build affordable housing on city-owned property a few feet from City Hall, according to Mayor London Breed.

If all goes according to plan, Mercy Housing and the Kelsey, a San Jose-based developer that specializes in housing “inclusive for people with and without disabilities,” will create 102 units at 240 Van Ness and on neighboring Grove Street lots . . . .

Of the 102 proposed homes, 21 units would be specifically tagged for disabled tenants, with those units priced for people making as little as 13 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI).

The city currently classifies AMI as $86,200 for one person or $123,150 for a household of four; those figures are likely to rise by the time the Kelsey project finishes.

In all, 52 of the total homes would be priced at 100 to 120 percent of the median, and these moderate-income units might end up being the most valuable for the city’s housing goals.

According to the Association of Bay Area Governments, San Francisco should aim to permit 5,460 such homes by 2023, but the city persistently has trouble finding developers who want to build in this bracket . . . .

The present timeline calls for construction to begin in late 2022 with a completion date of 2025.

https://sf.curbed.com/2019/11/19/2097304...-disabled-kelsey-city-hall-san-francisco