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

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by viewguysf

I read this earlier today.

http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci...169&j=75853992

Well, I guess that article answers the question. Looks like buyers of Millennium condos might be able to get their money back if they weren't told. Still to be determined by the lawyers. Lots of back & forth litigation coming, probably.

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Wayback Wednesday - taking it back nearly 10 years to revisit the time when construction of One Rincon Hill and Infinity had us all aflutter.

San Francisco Skyline - January 2007 vs. September 2016


And random Flickr shot (from Corona Heights?)

City by the bay 3 by G MacFly, on Flickr

[fflint]

The towers currently under construction (and the recently finished towers on Rincon Hill) represent an epic change in our skyline. The city will never look the same!

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by CaliNative

Well, I guess that article answers the question. Looks like buyers of Millennium condos might be able to get their money back if they weren't told. Still to be determined by the lawyers. Lots of back & forth litigation coming, probably.

Another concern that I just posted (and reposted):

forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7571310#post7571310

[viewguysf]

Originally Posted by fflint

The towers currently under construction (and the recently finished towers on Rincon Hill) represent an epic change in our skyline. The city will never look the same!

100 Van Ness also stands out as a notable improvement.

[SFView]

Possible Site for another Rincon Hill Tower in Play
Source: http://www.socketsite.com/archives/2...r-in-play.html

Built in 1930, prior to which a number of residential buildings had resided on the Rincon Hill site, the two-story industrial building at 511 Harrison Street has served a number of commercial tenants over the past 85 years, was the site of One Rincon Hill’s original sales office, and is currently leased to the Terra Gallery & Event Venue through the third quarter of 2020.

And the site, which has been zoned for development up to 400 feet in height, is now on the market without a set price.

Keep in mind that San Francisco’s Rincon Hill Plan requires a minimum separation of 115 feet between all structures that rise above 110 feet in height in order to maintain adequate sunlight and air to the streets and open spaces below, a special exception to which was effectively granted to Hines for their adjacent tower to rise at 525 Harrison Street and which could now affect the potential for the 511 Harrison Street parcel, as will the existing (and planned) towers across the streets.

[timbad]

Originally Posted by timbad

yesterday morning there was a concrete pour happening at the Schlage Lock site adjacent to Bayshore Caltrain along the southeastern border of the city. Altho this was supposed to get going last year, it doesn't look like this is the start of that. they seem to be getting there, however....

I just came across this article from June:

Developer Bayside Development LLC has started infrastructure work at the former Schlage Lock factory at 2201 Bayshore Boulevard 17 years after the factory shut down. Horizontal construction work will be completed by the third quarter of 2017, the developer said. The first phase of 200 housing units is expected to start construction by 2018, said Jonathan Scharfman, development director at Universal Paragon, which was previously listed as the developer.

this is from last weekend, where you can see the wall that is the product of the activity in the earlier photos:

[timbad]

Originally Posted by cwilly

I read somewhere that Kilroy wasn't going to start work on 100 Hooper until they had at least some leasing complete at The Exchange on 16th. Maybe this means they have progress with a tenant at The Exchange?

here's a shot of the site from this week

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by viewguysf

Another concern that I just posted (and reposted):

forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=7571310#post7571310

Did the hearings Thursday on Millennium problems solve anything besides finger pointing? A real morass & lawyer gravy train.

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[cwilly]

181 showing prominently and Salesforce starting to peak up

[mt_climber13]

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

[viewguysf]

⬆️⬆️⬆️ That is a heavy duty article!

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

That was a good article in that it did a good job summing the situation for those of not living in the area.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

This kerfuffle will keep the lawyers busy & in lobster and steak dinners for years.

[mt_climber13]

The Sacramento Bee is a good paper. They were the first to uncover the CalTrans New Bay Bridge design & construction flaws.

[CaliNative]

Originally Posted by wakamesalad

"one of the possible solutions proposed by an engineer whom homeowners have consulted is to lessen the weight of the building by lopping off the top 20 floors."

http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/article103844861.html

Why not just use heavy lead weights to rebalance the tower, like they did at the leaning Tower of Pisa? It worked and reversed some of the leaning. Lopping off 20 floors like the SacBee article suggested seems extreme, impractical and costly.

[timbad]

random things...

more glass on the Moscone hotel on Fourth



in Hayes Valley, work appears to have resumed on the project at Fulton and Laguna:



in Dogpatch, the southern project on Indiana is rising more quickly now



the same one, with the project on 23rd in the distance:



'the one on 23rd' has a name now, apparently:



in the Mission, the little park on 17th and Folsom:



skyline coming up from the south on the freeway on the east side of Potrero Hill

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Very much appreciate all the photos timbad -- really enhances the threads.

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