With the designs for a slender eight-story residential building to rise on the western quarter of the Shell Station site at 300 Fifth Street having been drafted, the preliminary plans for an eight-story building to rise on the eastern three-quarters of the Central SoMa site have just been submitted to Planning as well.
As designed by Stanton Architecture, the proposed 300 5th Street project includes a new 120-room hotel with 1,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space across the first seven stories of the building and five (5) residential units, with a private lobby and elevator, across the development’s eighth floor:
The Shell station’s lease expires early next year.
Will we miss gas stations when they are all gone?
Seriously. We’ll have to leave town to find a gas station . . . and then run out of gas on the way there. :/
Germany wants to stop selling cars with internal combustion engines in 2030. We aren’t so far from the end.
No.
Said this many times before, but when (if?) selling gas becomes lucrative again, the market will provide. 😉
And likely in the same way that the market has provided residential units.
Get ready for the onslaught of luxury gas stations! $$$
Also, would this be upzoned under the Central SoMa plan? Or is 80 feet the upzoning?
Folsom and 5th is zoned to 85 ft in the revised Central SoMa. The upzoned areas are primarily around the caltrain station.
I think there are a bunch of rezoned lots between 6th and 2nd that aren’t super close to caltrain; the proposed hotel on 2nd comes to mind.
Yes which is why I said primarily around caltrain and not exclusively around caltrain…
What’s going to happen to all the collector cars (gas cars) that exist on the road when all the gas stations are closed?
It is interesting to observe.
At some point, it’ll be part of the classic car owner experience to order your gas from Amazon. Maybe you’ll even have an old-school pump in your garage.
As a long-time owner of a 40+ year old car, I’ve actually been thinking about this a bit. This is the only solution that makes sense to me. Old collectable cars are often not driven much, so ordering gas for delivery may not be a big deal.
gas stations will be around for at least 20 more years. the switch wont happen that fast. too many good gar cars will still be sold in 5 years and will certainly last 15+
There’s already a similar situation with additives to simulate leaded gasoline for those driving cars that require leaded gas.
As for collector cars, I would not be surprised that many collectors simply convert to electrical. I’ve had my eyes on a certain classic car and if I ever have the time to acquire one I’ll probably remove the troublesome engine and replace with batteries and motor. That car’s merit lies in its interior and body styling and not its propulsion.
It worked out well for Neil Young… until the vehicle went Note 7. Actually, it looks like the vehicle survived to live another day. The insurance company wasn’t happy, though.
Oil will still be pumped out of the ground in massive quantities long after we are all gone. Does anyone really think an Exxon Mobil is going away in our lifetimes? No chance.
Correct – plastic are made from oil, jets won’t be flying around on batteries and likely the same for ships. So this idea that oil will go the way of the dinosaur are from people that don’t see the big picture.
UPDATE: Bigger Plans for this Central SoMa Gas Station Site