A plugged-in tipster reports with respect to 2900 Fulton at the corner of 5th Ave:
Building is finally taking shape. The original developer (The Brown Companies) and a partner defaulted on the loan. After sitting on the market for almost a year, it sold for a bit over $1.1M. The original permits and entitlements are being used to construct a mixed-use building with three residential and one street retail unit.
The design by way of PLUM Architects:
UPDATE (8/26): And the work in progress by way of a plugged-in tipster:
∙ PLUM Architects: 2900 Fulton [plumarchitects.com]
that’s not Tim Brown
Another architectural treasure.
How long before someone tries to get that building designated historic?
I hope they are planning double-pane windows. This section of Fulton is noisy.
Traffic gathers speed from Arguello on one side, and is switching into 3rd gear from the 6th Ave traffic light.
And you’ve got the usual things coming with Fulton: cars trying to turn into the Aves. Pedestrian stranded for lengthy minutes on high traffic time (also true for cyclists). Occasional honking that you find in high-flow thoroughfares.
Park view is the big selling point. Otherwise, it’s pretty blah.
Yes residential units with views of one of our amazing natural amenities gets my vote. Buy out that building to the left, enlarge, and build 8 stories. I know, of course not here in SF, but that’s what should be happening around the park. IMO
@Invented
agreed, I love the juxtaposition of tall buildings surrounding Central Park in Manhattan, and when you are in the park, you hardly notice the buildings.
I wonder why the squat garage thing on the right? Why not extend the building the whole way, or make a nicer street-face?
Agree on the tall buildings around central park. Would be really neat. There and on Geary would be cool.
Construction has already started, the building pictures has been torn out and the first floor framing is up. Those are going to be big residential units.
anon$random: You are thinking “Brown & Co” of which Tim Brown is founder. “The Brown Companies” is a developer in San Francisco lead by Terry Brown. Over the course of the past year they have lost most of their buildings. Their website is no longer up and when I called their main # today, it was disconnected. I think they went under.
rose: Socketsite used an image from the Mapjack street view (taken in 2008). The original structure was demoed a few months ago and the metal frame is already up. They went for 3 larger units instead of 4 smaller units to avoid the BMR requirement. I do agree, however, those three big ass units are going to be a difficult sell.
Alexei: Setback requirements. The upper floors cannot extend past a certain percentage.
UPDATE: By way of a plugged-in tipster, a current shot of the work in progess has been added above. Cheers.
“I hope they are planning double-pane windows. This section of Fulton is noisy.”
Have you seen a new development that didn’t have dual-pane?
From hence forth, all person who comment on noisy SF streets shall sayeth the following:
“I hope they are planning triple-pane windows like they have in Germany for energy efficiency. This section of [street name] is noisy.”
Double Good makes a pretty nice one that’s up to Passivehaus standards.
devbertino wrote:
Just to expand on this a bit…even if they weren’t preferable for sound insulation purposes, pretty much all new residential development is going to have dual-pane at a minimum. This is due to the 2008 Title-24 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (which kicked in this year).