A plugged-in tipster reports with respect to the proposed development at 1960-1998 Market Street which was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission last night: The following describes the design changes that were have made to the project over the last several weeks in response to the comments that were... Read More »

In February a reader wondered and another provided the project scoop. And yesterday the Planning Department uploaded the 942 Mission Street Hotel Project EIR for review. The proposed project would demolish a two‐plus‐story‐over‐basement, 30‐foot‐tall building that contains about 8,000 square feet of office space and 17,000 square feet of... Read More »

From the Examiner with respect to the Port’s plan for a new San Francisco cruise terminal: now plans to take advantage of an upcoming bond sale to help fund the $40 million-plus conversion of Pier 27 from a cavernous limousine storage lot into a... Read More »

Santa Clara City Council members approved a financial plan to move the 49ers south last night (or rather early this morning). Up next, a vote by the residents next spring. ∙ Santa Clara approves 49ers stadium plan ∙ JustQuotes: Five Years From A 49ers Free San... Read More »

The proposed Hotel SoMa would replace a two-story, 23-foot-tall office building (and 14 off-street surface parking spaces) on the northwest corner of Townsend and Fifth (690 Fifth Street to be exact) with a David Baker designed six-story, 75-room hotel. The project would include approximately 41,000 square feet of hotel... Read More »

“Today marks the end of the public comment period on land use changes proposed for the Main Post of San Francisco’s Presidio – a deadline that may sound bureaucratic but in fact signals the next round in an acrimonious battle unlikely to end anytime soon.” ∙ Deadline is today... Read More »

Driven by neighbors’ complaints and a Planning Commission “request,” revised designs for the Arquitectonica design of 1960-1998 Market at Buchanan will be presented to the Commission on Thursday. No word on whether or not the revised design will include Planning Commissioner approved bay windows or peach accents. Regardless, even... Read More »

BayRock Residential secured approvals for 113 “fabulous” rental (but condo mapped) units, 90 underground parking spaces, and 5,000 square feet of retail to be built at 1840-1844 Market in 2006, but sold the project in 2007. And while the site has long been cleared, it’s also been dormant for... Read More »

A plugged-in reader reports on the proposed 690 Stanyan Project: “The other half had a storewide meeting at Whole Foods last night. It was told to them that the Stanyan Project has been scaled back to be just like the Noe Valley project. No external construction – no condos,... Read More »

Additional details with respect to California Pacific Medical Center’s (CPMC) Long Range Development Plan for five campuses have been published in the form of an EIR and Public Scoping Meeting notice (pdf). At the heart of the plan, the Cathedral Hill Campus. The proposed 3.85 acre medical campus…is comprised... Read More »