"Millennium . . . has one last parcel in the area (Yerba Buena), 706 Mission St., that it and JMA hope to recreate . . . . the final result will include the Mexican Museum . . . . Neches of the (Redevelopment) agency said officials hope a Mexican Museum project is underway by Jan 1, 2010 . . . . Victor Marquez, chairman of the Mexican Museum, said it will go before the agency with a new plan on July 1 that will allow the museum to enter into an exclusive negotiating agreement with Millennium and JMA."
Recall that 706 Mission is the building on the northwest corner of 3rd and Mission where Rochester Big & Tall occupies the ground floor. Millennium has previously indicated a desire to add a tower, not unlike the St. Regis on the opposite corner.
I didn't realize it could happen this quickly--be under construction in 18 months.
What additional hoops does the Millennium proposal need to jump through? Depending how far along they are, starting in 18 months might be realistic.
It's very realistic if they've got the financing and the desire. As a Redevelopment Agency project, I believe it's exempt from most of the planning hurdles.
Here's the "full reveal" of an infill "affordable housing" project for seniors I really like on the southeast corner of Polk & Geary. I not only like it for what it is but also for what it replaced--a decaying gutted laundromat that was a haven for junkies and street people:
By the way, while my camera's resolution isn't good enough to make it clear, the reddish brown surface is faux brick, not stucco.
Here's the "full reveal" of an infill "affordable housing" project for seniors I really like on the southeast corner of Polk & Geary. By the way, while my camera's resolution isn't good enough to make it clear, the reddish brown surface is faux brick, not stucco.
Very nice! As you have pointed out before, there are numerous good small projects in the Tenderloin that have or are being built. I saw a number of them last weekend and some are actually quite impressive.
This project is adjacent to the Mercy Housing project at 10th & Mission. It may even be some kind of extension or "phase 2" of that project--I'm not sure. Anyway, it takes up the rest of the Jessie St. alley frontage between 9th and 10th Sts. with frontage also on 9th St (and, I assume, a 9th St. address). If anyone can come up with renderings, it would be appreciated:
This project is at Larkin & Golden Gate and will be mostly a parking structure for UC's Hastings Law School, but it will have ground floor retail:
I found out a little more about the project at 9th & Jessie I photographed above:
Quote:
Mercy Housing Receives Grants for SF Homes
Mercy Housing California (MHC) has received two grants to help finance a family housing project on 10th Street and Mission Street and a senior housing project on Ninth Street and Jessie Street, in San Francisco.
The 10th Street and Mission Street development will consist of 136 one-, two- and three-bedroom homes for families earning 15 percent to 45 percent of the area’s median income. The Ninth Street and Jessie Street project is for seniors and will comprise 107 units.
9th & Jessie Senior Housing
107 apartments for very low income elderly (ages 62 or better). New 11-story building fronting 9th & Jessie. 20% for occupancy by homeless seniors. Affordable to seniors at incomes of 50% of City areamedian income or below. HUD 202 funding will subsidize 95 units so that residents pay only 30% of their income. 20 studio apartments and 86 one-bedroom apartments and a manager’s unit. Construction estimated tostart in Spring 2008, occupancy Winter 2010.
After phase two of One Rincon and the Infinity are closed out, (Mark Co. President Alan) Mark expects "a long lag time" before San Francisco sees another wave of luxury towers. Besides Jackson Pacific's 180-unit One Hawthorne, which is under construction, few developers are bullish enough to put a shovel in the ground. While Turnberry has leased a sales office for its 227-unit tower at 45 Lansing, it shows no sign of actually building out the sales office, which is likely to take nine months. The only other significant sales office likely to open this year is Argenta, Anka Development's project at 1 Polk Street.
I think 818 will look very nice. The design is solid and what's been revealed so far looks nice. Are they 'unwrapping' 77 van ness yet? That project is still a total mystery. I hope it's not TOO ugly!
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