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

[Jerry of San Fran]

SFirst says that "The SF Business Times reported Friday that a new developer has submitted plans to make The Oak apartment units instead of condos, and to fill those 109 apartments ASAP. While that developer, Steve Hong, does not yet own the building on paper, his Oak SF LLC has bought the $80 million construction loan tied to the project, and he intends to take ownership and convert to apartments instead of condos."

It has been about 3 years since this twin tower has sat empty after being. I pass the decaying structure every week. Look forward to seeing life in the building.

[Jerry of San Fran]

12/11/2023 988 Harrison & 6th - view from the Hall of Justice. This 8 story mixed use building is currently hidden with nets. I could not live so close to a freeway with cars going by at 70 miles per hour.
988 Harrison & 6th

[unpermitted_variance]

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

12/11/2023 988 Harrison & 6th - view from the Hall of Justice. This 8 story mixed use building is currently hidden with nets. I could not live so close to a freeway with cars going by at 70 miles per hour.

Agreed - I am mystified to see some of the few active projects in SF right now (and in Oakland, to boot) are within a block of freeways. Seems like these would be some of the least desirable locations, and would not pencil out in the tough market conditions right now. So many projects in better areas on hold.

[38 Geary]

While I agree that there are many other projects in the pipeline that are in much better and more desirable locations, I will say that there are many, many examples of cities especially in Asia that have high density housing next to freeways. It's not really an uncommon phenomenon.


https://www.123rf.com/photo_59000343_elevated-road-interchange-in-tokyo-city-centre-japan.html


https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=3477

[dktshb]

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

12/11/2023 988 Harrison & 6th - view from the Hall of Justice. This 8 story mixed use building is currently hidden with nets. I could not live so close to a freeway with cars going by at 70 miles per hour.
988 Harrison & 6th

It is actually on the other side of Harrison and feels removed from the freeway. I had jury duty last month and walked by this new construction all the time. Comparatively speaking there is a lot of room for the city to grow around this project and south and east of the 80 by the Hall of Justice.

[38 Geary]

^ Here's the Streetview of the project, in relation to the freeway and another recently completed project.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/1H1YU9P4r761QpJR9

Definitely an improvement over what used to be there:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/QFW5SS5sJ9wwCQiQ9

[tech12]

Originally Posted by unpermitted_variance

Agreed - I am mystified to see some of the few active projects in SF right now (and in Oakland, to boot) are within a block of freeways. Seems like these would be some of the least desirable locations, and would not pencil out in the tough market conditions right now. So many projects in better areas on hold.

Areas along freeways (such as in SOMA) are often filled with warehouses/light industry (increasingly vacant, as industry in the US continues the century-long trend of leaving central cities), auto body shops, gas stations, parking lots, and lowrise commercial buildings. Those areas are good redevelopment areas, because there's little to no existing housing getting displaced, and often because they're centrally located. Areas like that in SF also have good public transit access. "Better" areas tend to be more expensive, not to mention they're more likely to have NIMBYs that oppose everything.

[38 Geary]

Small project but some nice infill in a transit rich neighborhood.

The specs for 1196 Columbus Ave:
- 6 floors, 60 ft
- 56 units (56 studios)
- Parking for 0 cars and 60 bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/FHBd4PcnffFkpcw96

Permit Activity For Housing At 1196 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON DECEMBER 16, 2023

New permit activity has been spotted for the proposed six-story apartment complex at 1196 Columbus Avenue in North Beach, San Francisco. The proposal would bring 56 group housing apartments to the northwestern corner of the historic neighborhood, close to the Fisherman’s Wharf. Centrix Builders is responsible for the development.

The 60-foot tall building will contain 28,870 square feet of housing and provide residents with access to 1,400 square feet of open space. Parking will be included for 60 bicycles and no cars. Each of the 56 units will be a studio with a private bathroom and cooking space. Residents will have a laundry room and a corner-window community room on the first floor.

...

Elevation Architects is responsible for the design. Illustrations show a familiar contemporary infill with shallow bay windows and a setback for the highest floor. The exterior will be wrapped with metal panels around smooth white and dark grey stucco.

https://sfyimby.com/2023/12/permit-activity-for-housing-at-1196-columbus-avenue-san-francisco.html

[38 Geary]

New thread: SAN FRANCISCO | 545 Sansome Street (3 Transamerica) | 220 FT | 16 FLOORS

[38 Geary]

The specs for 468 Turk St:
- 8 floors
- 90 units
- All of the units will be affordable

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/94VFciPmRWteyrdb7

Forge Development Announces Development At 468 Turk Street, Tenderloin, San Francisco



BY: YIMBY TEAM 4:30 AM ON DECEMBER 22, 2023

Forge Development Partners just announced its development proposed at 468 Turk Street in Tenderloin, San Francisco. The project proposes to construct a nine-story building offering 90 residential units. The residential building will provide residents with an affordable, modern and elegantly designed living experience in a sustainable development that will enrich the Tenderloin for years to come.

Turk Street LLC is responsible for the development, with Maddern Construction serving as the contractor. Macy Architecture is responsible for the designs.

Named TL468, the development will add 90 new homes, reinvigorating another block of the Tenderloin and allowing the City’s workforce to live where they work. The residential units are designed per the guiding principles of environmental sustainability, affordability and quality, achieving zero-net energy and Zeronet carbon standards in all its developments while achieving attainable rent prices. New updated plans have been revealed, where the project went from a nine-story building offering 101 units to an eight-story building offering 90 units.

https://sfyimby.com/2023/12/forge-develo...urk-street-tenderloin-san-francisco.html

[38 Geary]

Originally Posted by obemearg

730 Stanyan St. is up above ground level:

Nice shots! Looks like SF YIMBY stopped by recently as well.

A refresher on the specs:
- 8 floors, 83 ft
- 160 units (35 studios, 43 1BR, 42 2BR, and 40 3BR)
- 100% of the units will be affordable; 20 for transitional-age youth residents, 12 for families exiting homelessness, and 2 for on-site managers
- 5,090 sq ft for community public space (a tech training space, a TAYs center, and a senior center)
- 3,750 sq ft for childcare facility
- 2,300 sq ft for a cafe
- Parking for 0 cars and 120+ bicycles

The site:
https://goo.gl/maps/5CMB39zeqowQJ5Cw6

Construction Progress For 730 Stanyan Street In Haight Ashbury, San Francisco

https://sfyimby.com/2023/12/construction...eet-in-haight-ashbury-san-francisco.html

[PanCakeDoxie]

Originally Posted by homebucket

While I agree that there are many other projects in the pipeline that are in much better and more desirable locations, I will say that there are many, many examples of cities especially in Asia that have high density housing next to freeways. It's not really an uncommon phenomenon.

[IMG]https://previews.123rf.com/images/elec/e...terchange-in-tokyo-city-centre-japan.jpg
https://www.123rf.com/photo_59000343_elevated-road-interchange-in-tokyo-city-centre-japan.html

[IMG]https://cdn-cw-english.cwg.tw/article/202308/article-64c848792e3f4.jpg
https://english.cw.com.tw/article/article.action?id=3477

I think it's not too bad as long as the free ways have tall thick sound barriers like in the images you posted.

[gillynova]

Treasure Island:

[gillynova]

[38 Geary]

New proposal but pretty light on the details. I'll prob create a separate thread for it once the details are more fleshed out.

Overall, happy to see some residential being planned for the Northern Waterfront area. I'm curious to see what the actual renderings look like given we only have a basic elevation rendering. Not a fan of the podium, and wish there was a way to adaptively reuse the existing base facade. Would also like to see the parking come down to about a third of what is being planned, in keeping with SF's transit orientation, although I understand this area is not particularly transit rich for SF's standards.

The specs for 1088 Sansome St:
- 17 floors, 203 ft
- 102-112 units
- 15,300 sq ft for ground-level commercial office space
- Parking for 112 cars and ? bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3NyZ7pCDNSA4CV9g6

17-Story Tower Proposed For 1088 Sansome Street, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JANUARY 5, 2024

Preliminary plans have been filed for a 17-story mixed-use tower at 1088 Sansome Street in San Francisco’s Northern Waterfront neighborhood. The development is a block from 955 Sansome Street, where Aralon Properties recently submitted enlarged plans for a similarly-sized infill. The new project shows growing interest in dense housing close to the Financial District, Embarcadero, and Telegraph Hill. Mark Horton Architecture is responsible for the application.

The plans were filed alongside a project review meeting, initiating the start of the development process. Details are scarce, typical for such an early stage in the approval process. Illustrations published by the city’s Planning Department show a basic facade elevation with a post-and-lintel structure and large glass windows.

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City records show the property last sold in 2014 for $14.4 million and is now owned by 1088 Sansome Street LLC, a company linked to a San Francisco-based resident. Demolition will be required for the existing three-story century-old building.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/01/17-story-tower-proposed-for-1088-sansome-street-san-francisco.html

[obemearg]

Good progress on the CCA campus expansion!

The mass timber structure pictured has one more floor to go until it tops out, but the details look quite slick so far, especially the timber cross beams. The California College of the Arts logo in the formed concrete is a nice touch too.

Rendering of the final building for reference: https://studiogang.com/project/california-college-of-the-arts

[OneRinconHill]

Originally Posted by homebucket

New proposal but pretty light on the details. I'll prob create a separate thread for it once the details are more fleshed out.

Overall, happy to see some residential being planned for the Northern Waterfront area. I'm curious to see what the actual renderings look like given we only have a basic elevation rendering. Not a fan of the podium, and wish there was a way to adaptively reuse the existing base facade. Would also like to see the parking come down to about a third of what is being planned, in keeping with SF's transit orientation, although I understand this area is not particularly transit rich for SF's standards.

The specs for 1088 Sansome St:
- 17 floors, 203 ft
- 102-112 units
- 15,300 sq ft for ground-level commercial office space
- Parking for 112 cars and ? bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/3NyZ7pCDNSA4CV9g6




https://sfyimby.com/2024/01/17-story-tower-proposed-for-1088-sansome-street-san-francisco.html

I don't see telegraph hill ever allowing this

[twinpeaks]

Originally Posted by OneRinconHill

I don't see telegraph hill ever allowing this

How could they (NIMBYs) block this if the project is in accordance with State Housing Laws?

[whitty]

Originally Posted by twinpeaks

How could they (NIMBYs) block this if the project is in accordance with State Housing Laws?

Ahahahahahahaha *breath* hahahahahaahaaaaaaa

Edit: less snarky response is that they can and will try, but there is hope given the past 3-4 years of housing legislation which Scott Weiner and co have spearheaded. They have made massive, massive progress, but, yea, NIMBYs will always try.

[38 Geary]

Great news here. This has the potential to be a huge mixed use development and finally get rid of that large surface parking lot.

I would like to see them replace the Safeway with another large grocery store on the ground level as part of the development, and then have the high density residential on top/around it. And I'd like to see them go big here.

This needs to be a home run. It's zoned for 130 ft, but they could probably use density bonus to increase to somewhere in the 25-40 story range, without being too out of place in the existing neighborhood. There's already multiple 20-30 story buildings in the area (Fillmore and Cathedral Hill), as well as the planned Freedom West development with its multiple towers in the 165-345 ft range. And it looks like there's enough space for about 4-5 of these towers, with room to spare for public open space. We could easily get around 2000 units from this parcel.

And then hopefully this can galvanize further support for that Geary subway we've been waiting decades for.

Align Real Estate Could Replace Safeway With Housing In Fillmore District, San Francisco



BY: ANDREW NELSON 5:30 AM ON JANUARY 6, 2024

Align Real Estate is reportedly in agreement to buy Webster Plaza Safeway grocery store, located across from the Japantown Peace Plaza in San Francisco’s Fillmore District. The developer has signaled plans to transform the large parcel into a mixed-use development with commercial space and housing.

...

J.K. Dineen was first to report the potential redevelopment for the San Francisco Chronicle. Dineen reported that the agreement “will build a mixed-use development with housing and commercial space” at the 3.68-acre parcel. The property is currently zoned for high density, up to 130 feet tall. If Align includes affordable housing to use the State Density Bonus program, the project could easily add over a thousand units to the city.

The grocery store is located along Webster Street, occupying much of the block between Geary Boulevard and Eddy Street. Across Geary Street from Safeway is the Japan Center shopping mall and the Japantown Peace Plaza.

https://sfyimby.com/2024/01/align-real-e...-in-fillmore-district-san-francisco.html