SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed - Page 377

minesweeper · #**7521** Posted **Dec 18, 2015, 5:32 PM**

The CA Department of Finance has released its July 2015 population estimates.

San Francisco is estimated to have grown by 10,400 people (1.2%) to 862,470 people. The US Census Bureau's estimates for 2015 will be released in March 2016.

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The calculation for 2014-15 brought California’s population growth since the 2010 census to 1.8 million, which indicates that the 2020 census should count about 41 million Californians.

San Joaquin County was the state’s fastest growing in 2014-15, seeing its population rise by 1.58 percent, followed by Monterey and Santa Clara counties. Fifteen rural counties saw population decreases during the year, topped by a 2.56 percent loss in Lassen County in the state’s northeastern corner.

http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-...e50064945.html

Jerry of San Fran · #**7522** Posted **Dec 18, 2015, 9:51 PM**

timpdx - thanks for the link to the wall art. I am not sure if it is a video of what is coming or if it is active yet. I will have to get down there at night to see it.

Jerry of San Fran · #**7523** Posted **Dec 18, 2015, 10:22 PM**

I had lunch today at Lulu next door to these two construction sites. Not much to see yet. I thought the subway station pictured on the left would have been more advanced by now.

You can refresh your memory of the hotel by visiting the link for a fantasy view of the hotel designed by Axis: http://axisonline.net/portfolios/hos...san-francisco/

slock · #**7524** Posted **Dec 21, 2015, 7:56 PM**

I kept meaning to send this link to everyone a while ago, but something reminded me of it today. It's a great report by JLL that shows all of the city's CBD development since 1980. I thought you all would find it very interesting.

You might have to provide your email address, but the report is free:

http://www.us.jll.com/united-states/...e-eaf7c6e6b8fb

fimiak · #**7525** Posted **Dec 22, 2015, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jerry of San Fran

I had lunch today at Lulu next door to these two construction sites. Not much to see yet. I thought the subway station pictured on the left would have been more advanced by now.

Subway stations are like icebergs...90% of it is below you. Besides, they have until 2019, that is at least three full years and maybe a few months more.

boyinthecity · #**7526** Posted **Dec 22, 2015, 4:42 AM**

the towers of rincon hill - december 2015.
i notice the color of the glass and masonry is very similar. --ie., rincon towers, jasper, 340 and 399 fremont.

source: me

AndrewK · #**7527** Posted **Dec 23, 2015, 8:17 PM**

Demo for 150 Van Ness is almost complete:

350Bush · #**7528** Posted **Dec 23, 2015, 9:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by AndrewK

Demo for 150 Van Ness is almost complete:

Great photos + thanks,

timbad · #**7529** Posted **Dec 24, 2015, 8:05 AM**

dusk view of Rincon Row

vaux · #**7530** Posted **Dec 25, 2015, 4:45 AM**

Long-time reader, first time to post.

The weather held up long enough today for a quick tour of the Transbay district. Eery sky made for a nice backdrop . . .

350 Mission Street

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3 in 1: Salesforce Tower, Transbay Terminal, 181 Fremont

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181 Fremont

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Block 6 / Solaire

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Along with a new Philz coffee on the corner of Folsom/Beale . . .

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Lumina

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340 Fremont

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399 Fremont

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Rincon Hill

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Jerry of San Fran · #**7531** Posted **Dec 25, 2015, 5:55 AM**

Vaux - nice photos - thanks for the updates. I have not been by 181 Fremont since I had lunch next door at Town Hall. It is amazingly high now since I was last there!

SLO · #**7532** Posted **Dec 25, 2015, 11:47 PM**

Nice update Vaux, great first post.

vaux · #**7533** Posted **Dec 27, 2015, 6:10 AM**

Beautiful day in the Mission today, with progress on a number of fronts:

1050 Valencia
Construction back in full-swing, after being previously halted. To the untrained eye, the building looks rather different than the approved rendering (no rounded bay, distinct triangular middle window). Have the designs been revised recently, apart from the top floor set back?

Slow but steady progress on the new Annunciation Cathedral on Valencia Street

And a new facade and retail storefronts at the Fog Building just up the road:

The new St. Lukes is also rising fast, and must be nearly at full height

Over on Mission Street, the Grand Theater is looking very spiffy, having been fixed up as the new home for Gray Area.

But the re-opening of the New Mission Theater definitely steals the show (and even makes Vida look great):

Including a beautifully-restored interior . . .

Construction is also underway across the street at the former Cine Latino, which last I heard was being converted into a restaurant and gym (hopefully some of the historic details will be returned).

It looks like the old Tower Theater may also have a future (this is the first time I've noticed the sign announcing the Mission Cinema School). While there's something very artistic about it in its current state, it will be great to see this building restored, along with other theaters on this strip of Mission (and no, not as another parking lot!).

Finally, on nearby 18th Street, there is also a nice in-fill building, which replaced a former auto garage. I don't think it's been covered here previously. At the rate it's gone up, it will be complete in no time:

chris08876 · #**7534** Posted **Dec 27, 2015, 6:40 PM**

Numerous under construction tower pics:

SF is starting to look like NYC with all of the cranes.

Aerials of San Francisco by Louis Raphael, on Flickr

mt_climber13 · #**7535** Posted **Dec 27, 2015, 11:57 PM**

I was in SF yesterday and the south end of the skyline is looking incredibly dense with all these new towers.

Jerry of San Fran · #**7536** Posted **Dec 27, 2015, 11:58 PM**

vaux - a lot of updates! Thanks. The Greek cathedral was a skeleton when I last saw it. The complex keeps growing.

chris088076 - Beautiful photos from the air. I must go to Flickr & see more of Louis Raphael's photos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/louisraphael/

Jerry of San Fran · #**7537** Posted **Dec 28, 2015, 12:05 AM**

The Civic is almost competed & this will probably be my last post for this one. I was very surprised to see that the ground level are apartments. I had expected to see some retail, maybe a restaurant. Being on the ground level the tenants will have no privacy. I had hoped to see more street activity after this one was built. Currently the first 2 blocks of Polk St. had one massage parlor, a beer hall and lost of bums.

I am very happy with this one. A very handsome building indeed. Being it is across the street from my apartment building I am happy with the good architecture!

The Civic - 101 P0lk Street

pseudolus · #**7538** Posted **Dec 28, 2015, 8:57 PM**

There were 28 highrises with their own threads that had comments during 2015. I broke them into three categories: completed (or nearly so), under construction and the rest

completed (or nearly so):
222 Second
Lumina (201 Folsom)
350 Mission
Jasper
Transbay blocks 6/7
375 Fremont
340-350 Fremont

under construction:
Park Tower (excavation and shoring only, no foundation yet)
CA Pacific Medical Center
Trinity Place
350 Bush
Salesforce Tower
181 Fremont

the rest:
636 4th St
10 S van Ness
Treasure Island/Sun Tower
41 Tehama
One Oak
Post Street Tower
1500-1580 Mission St
5M Development
75 Howard St.
50 First St
500 Folsom St
Transbay Block 8 (400 Folsom)
Parcel F
706 Mission
100 Folsom

Of the rest, which if any do you think will begin work in 2016?

slock · #**7539** Posted **Dec 28, 2015, 10:31 PM**

41 Tehama should be in the "under construction" list.

Based on what I've read regarding permits and financing, my guess (hope) is that the following break ground in 2016:

500 Folsom
400 Folsom
706 Mission
100 Folsom (they have financing, just waiting for height change)
50 First (both towers)

The rest probably won't start until the next cycle -- I think construction costs have gotten too high.

pseudolus · #**7540** Posted **Dec 29, 2015, 6:10 AM**

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Originally Posted by slock

41 Tehama should be in the "under construction" list.

Based on what I've read regarding permits and financing, my guess (hope) is that the following break ground in 2016:

500 Folsom
400 Folsom
706 Mission
100 Folsom (they have financing, just waiting for height change)
50 First (both towers)

The rest probably won't start until the next cycle -- I think construction costs have gotten too high.

Thanks for the correction on 41 Tehama. Not sure why this one is flying under the radar. Agree on 500 and 400 Folsom and 706 Mission. 100 Folsom and 50 First seem like they're not as far along.

Some of "the rest" seem like pipedreams at this point. But it'd be encouraging to see One Oak or 1500-1580 Mission get going.

Everyone seems to think this cycle is getting long in the tooth and is about to end. That seems to me to be a very SF-centric view. On a countrywide basis it seems like things have a ways to go, as we're only now out of the depths of the last crash. The SF market is driven by venture capital. Any signs that's over?