Downsized Plans for that Prominent North Beach Development
As we revealed back in 2019, plans to demolish the façade of the burned-out Verdi Building at 659 Union Street, between Columbus and Powell, and redevelop the site in the…
Impact of Proposed Tower Appealed, Rather Ironically
Having been granted a Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration (PMND) by Planning last month, which establishes that that its development “would not have a significant effect on the environment as proposed”…
Seeking Forgiveness for an Illegal Grow House Conversion
Illegally converted into a cannabis grow house early last year, with unpermitted electrical work and construction, a formal request “to convert” the former Bay Area Ironworks Suppliers building at 1440…
Mid-Market Parking Lot Tower Slated for Approval, But…
As we outlined early last year: The Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed 27-story infill tower to rise on Nordstrom’s underdeveloped parking lot parcel at 469 Stevenson Street…
Modern Van Ness Corridor Development Closer to Reality
Having just cleared a key environmental hurdle which obviates the need for a detailed Environmental Impact Report to be prepared for the project, the further refined plans for a bold…
The City’s Proposed “Downtown Recovery Plan”
A week after announcing plans for an immediate “increase in police presence to deter criminal activity and a community ambassador program to connect people in need with services, and provide…
Western SoMa Infill Back on the Boards
Purchased for $1.25 million in March of 2006, plans to raze the two-story industrial building at 244 9th Street and construct an 8-story residential building on the Western SoMa site…
Prominent Market and Castro Corner Back in Play, Again
As we outlined back in 2017: While approved for the construction of a six-story building, with 24 residential units over 3,000 square feet of ground floor retail space and a…
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Pace of Construction in San Francisco Drops, but…
With the number of units of housing that finished up construction across San Francisco at the end of last year having outpaced the number of units for which the ground…
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Conversion of Iconic Union Square Building Closer to Reality
The plans for redeveloping the iconic I. Magnin/Macy’s Building on the southwest corner of Geary and Stockton, across from Union Square, have been refined and newly rendered by Handel Architects.…