SAN FRANCISCO | Projects: Under Construction, Approved, and Proposed - Page 287

rocksteady · #**5721** Posted **Mar 17, 2014, 5:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by a very long weekend

not the right place to post a question like that - this is a development thread.

Obviously, I figured that maybe someone familiar with all the new developments in town could be able to point to one recently opened and worth checking out.

i'll go elsewhere to find people familiar with the city as everyone here, but more willing to help a new resident. Thanks

theskythelimit · #**5722** Posted **Mar 17, 2014, 4:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by rocksteady

Obviously, I figured that maybe someone familiar with all the new developments in town could be able to point to one recently opened and worth checking out.

i'll go elsewhere to find people familiar with the city as everyone here, but more willing to help a new resident. Thanks

Try craigslist SF.

1977 · #**5723** Posted **Mar 18, 2014, 2:11 AM**

This sounds interesting. Thoughts?

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Curators selected for Transbay Tower's $3.3M in public art

The Transbay Tower will be the tallest building west of the Mississippi when it’s completed. Wendi Norris and Dorka Keehn will have a few million dollars to help make the tower even more distinctive.
Both women have been selected to curate the public art for the Transbay Tower, concluding a months-long process in which the property developers met with a number of people with different proposals for the space.

“That’s something in our mind that’s a very dynamic installation that celebrates the structure itself,” he said. “We’re looking for something to accent the building rather than just add to the building, if that makes sense.”
Norris said the art installation will likely be near the top of the structure, if not on top of the structure. She and Keehn have winnowed down an initial list of 43 artists to a shortlist of five and will send out a request for proposals soon. They should have an artist selected by mid-summer, she said.

Article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfranci....html?page=all

1977 · #**5724** Posted **Mar 18, 2014, 2:18 AM**

And Rem Koolhaas has been chosen for Block 8:

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Starchitect Rem Koolhaas selected to build tower at Transbay site

Dutch superstar architect Rem Koolhaas is getting another crack at San Francisco.

The city’s Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure has selected Koolhaas’ team – led by developer Related California – to design a 550-foot residential tower for a city-owned parcel on Folsom Street, between First and Fremont streets.

Source and article: http://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2014/03/17/18829/

ozone · #**5725** Posted **Mar 18, 2014, 4:24 AM**

^^^^ Very cool!

simms3_redux · #**5726** Posted **Mar 18, 2014, 4:48 AM**

Thoughts: Who's going to break ground first?

1) Avant/Essex on Block 9? (architect: SOM)

400 ft before crown
563 units (420 market rate, 143 bmr)
$43.32M paid for land ($100K per market rate)

2) Related on Block 8? (architect: Rem Koolhaas)

550 ft before crown
740 units (500 market rate, 240 bmr)
$72M paid for land ($144K per market rate)

I guess the battle is on with articles mentioning "both could break ground this year" (yeah right, one at best).

1977 · #**5727** Posted **Mar 20, 2014, 3:00 AM**

Transbay Tower tester facade:

Source and more pictures: http://www.sfhog.com/transbay-tower-teaser-spotted/

timbad · #**5728** Posted **Mar 20, 2014, 7:42 AM**

259 units for Dogpatch (Third and 23rd St)

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...“We are planning to file our approvals for the development in May. Our expectation is that the project will likely be started sometime in the late third quarter of this year”, says Eric Tao, development principal with Avant Housing. ...

The site for the development covers half of a city block. It is located between 3rd Street, 23rd Street and Tennessee Street. The site’s official address is listed as 1201 Tennessee Street. The location of the project now includes an old warehouse and a gas station. These facilities will be torn down for the project.

this would sort of anchor Dogpatch's southern end

fimiak · #**5729** Posted **Mar 20, 2014, 11:03 PM**

Photo dump of a few projects around Mid-Market. All 3/20

Dublin-San Francisco · #**5730** Posted **Mar 21, 2014, 8:45 PM**

What is the update/status of the Golden State Warriors arena?

theskythelimit · #**5731** Posted **Mar 21, 2014, 9:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dublin-San Francisco

What is the update/status of the Golden State Warriors arena?

A judge just ruled the other day that a vote to ban high rise buildings on Port Property can move forward. This basically means all projects, including the warriors arena, will need to be voted on by the electorate.

The Chronicle had a story that the warriors and Giants are talking about putting the arena near AT&T park and within the Giants development. Nothing confirmed though.

IMO, the Arena on the Pier is dead on arrival. Either the Warriors talks with the Giants, including a vote by the electorate, gets approved or the Warriors are staying in Oakland.

a very long weekend · #**5732** Posted **Mar 21, 2014, 11:53 PM**

uh, the ballot measure will kill the giants' plans too, so it doesn't really matter if the warriors move down there. this town, like, wtf.

theskythelimit · #**5733** Posted **Mar 22, 2014, 1:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by a very long weekend

uh, the ballot measure will kill the giants' plans too, so it doesn't really matter if the warriors move down there. this town, like, wtf.

All this ballot measure will do is to make sure any and all projects on Port property will be voted on. I think the Giants proposal will get the nod as it is far enough back from the Bay.

Agnos and Peskin have said they would support an Arena at the Giants site. But, words are words.

timbad · #**5734** Posted **Mar 22, 2014, 4:05 AM**

happy about this one, which socketsite says will get going in a few weeks. like the look, and about a block radius around its location just has always seemed like a void to me, so it will be nice to fill it. more new neighbors for Jerry!

a very long weekend · #**5735** Posted **Mar 22, 2014, 5:30 AM**

from today's bloomberg interview with dykers, a/the principle at snoehetta:

And what have you done to the SFMOMA?
Generosity is a key to the design, and in the same way that the opera and Times Square provide more for people to enjoy than the planned interior uses, our idea at SFMOMA is to create an open and comfortable doorway beyond which the collection may be discovered. The ground floor will seem at once familiar and unique. The new staircase is open and light-filled, and there are views to the exterior on each floor and new terraces on many of the gallery levels. Access to fresh air and daylight will invite people to engage with San Francisco as well as with the art on display.