SAN FRANCISCO | 10 South Van Ness Avenue | 820 FT | 67 FLOORS

[Jerry of San Fran]

With Trump's tariff on steel and more, I do not see this happening for a long time if ever. It looks to me like bad times are here for a long time.

[DCReid]

I don't have full access to the article for more details -

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranc...kyscraper.html

[homebucket]

I don't have access either, but according to the Google AI overview this is what it says:

Crescent Heights hopes to begin construction by early 2027, with the goal of completing the project during a period of expected stronger market demand driven by AI job growth.

Market context: This move is a response to a recovering residential market in San Francisco, while office vacancies remain high. The city has also approved rezoning to increase housing capacity.

[tall/awkward]

https://sfist.com/2025/12/03/67-stor...oving-forward/

[wanderer34]

Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

With Trump's tariff on steel and more, I do not see this happening for a long time if ever. It looks to me like bad times are here for a long time.

I believe the tariffs only affect foreign steel. I would rather use what we have here in America as opposed to using steel from Japan, China, and India.It’s a great project, and it would help expand SF’s skyline, but America needs to use what we have as opposed to relying on foreign markets.

[theskythelimit]

A long-stalled San Francisco tower planned at 10 South Van Ness Avenue has received city approval to rise to 820 feet, potentially making it the city’s third-tallest building.
Planning Department officials signed off on developer Crescent Heights’ revised plan with 1,019 apartments on Dec. 17. The project benefitted from SB423, which fast-tracks approval for projects near transit and with affordable housing, plus the California’s density bonus law.

If built, the 10 South Van Ness project would be the third-tallest building in the city today, behind only Salesforce Tower and Transamerica Pyramid. Other projects such as Hines’ 77 Beale Street and the stalled Oceanwide Center site could potentially be taller.

http://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/articl...s-21268624.php

That is a big IF.

[homebucket]

The updated specs for 10 South Van Ness Ave:
- 67 floors, 820 ft
- 1,019 units (143 junior 1BR, 465 1BR, 305 2BR, 106 3BR)
- 11,820 sq ft of retail
- Parking for 255 cars and 388 bicycles

The site:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/qVGdkpjqWEWAqS5P8

67-Story Skyscraper Approved for 10 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco



By: Andrew Nelson 5:30 am on December 30, 2025

The San Francisco Planning Department has approved plans for a 67-story mixed-use skyscraper at 10 South Van Ness Avenue. The proposal seeks to replace a two-story commercial building with 1,019 apartments, ground-floor retail, and basement parking in what would become the third-tallest building in the city. This approval comes soon after reports that the developer, Crescent Heights, hopes to start construction as early as 2027.

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Reporting by Douglas Sams for the San Francisco Business Times estimates that construction on the tower could start in 2027. Sams noted that the developer’s decision to push forward plans at 10 South Van Ness Avenue is yet another indication that developers are seeing housing demand increase in the city.

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Los Angeles-based architecture firm Arcadis is listed as responsible for the design. The architect has not included much information about the overall design, with just one rendering showing a curtain-walled glass-wrapped tower rising from a single-story triangular base and an 11-story podium. The tower element will feature a series of narrow setbacks to create outdoor amenity space across the tower.

https://sfyimby.com/2025/12/67-story...francisco.html

[homebucket]

And the renderings:









https://sfyimby.com/2025/12/67-story...francisco.html

[OneRinconHill]

Going to be so weird having the third tallest building in the city be way away from the other two.

[deanstirrat]

It seems like over the past few years, every stalled proposal just keeps getting taller. I like this trend, lets hope something actually gets built!

[Urbannizer]

Originally Posted by OneRinconHill

Going to be so weird having the third tallest building in the city be way away from the other two.

This height standing out from the core will give the skyline a more unique look to it.

[whitty]

Originally Posted by deanstirrat

It seems like over the past few years, every stalled proposal just keeps getting taller. I like this trend, lets hope something actually gets built!

That is explicitly from the pro-housing legislation being added year after year by folks like Scott Weiner, et al. I personally am a huge proponent of legislation which gives developers the additional business they need in exchange for affordable housing mix. These projects were not going to get off the ground without it, and sorry to say that subsidization just does have the government money behind it to make it happen either. So we get an incentives-based structure where we get more market rate with affordable at the same time.

[tall/awkward]

I feel like 10 SVN is our one big hope for the future. It's the furthest along, but I'd still like to see more renderings. What does it look like from the other sides?