As we reported via a plugged-in tipster in May: “The other half had a storewide meeting at Whole Foods last night. It was told to them that the has been scaled back to be just like the Noe Valley project. No external construction – no condos,... Read More »

Augmenting the designs we brought you a year ago, the Draft Environmental Impact Report for 935-965 Market Street (a.k.a. “CityPlace“) is now online with all its gory details. The building would be on the south side of Market Street, mid-block between Fifth and Sixth Streets. Stevenson Street forms the... Read More »

The draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a 14-story mixed-use development at 1415 Mission Street is online. As proposed, the one-story commercial building and surface parking lot on the southwest corner of Mission and Tenth (currently serving as nothing more than an indoor/outdoor parking facility) would be replaced with... Read More »

A plugged-in reader returns from Madrid armed with a few photos of a Patrick Blanc “Living Wall” in action. From our reader with respect to the wall designed in conjunction with Herzog and de Meuron’s new CaixaForum near the Prado Museum: It covers the end of a very mundane... Read More »

A plugged-in tipster delivers the rendering scoop for 3135 24th Street. Design by Y.A. studio. Cheers. ∙ Read More »

Last week the San Francisco Planning Commission approved the redevelopment of 3135 24th Street. The façade of the former Tech Auto Collision Center will be preserved (it’s already been repainted versus what’s above), two set-back stories and nine residential units will be added, and the ground floor will be... Read More »

Approved by Planning with a 6-1 vote in May, according to a plugged-in reader the Board of Supervisors voted 10-2 10-0 in favor of an appeal of the 430 Main/429 Beale project. As such, the proposed six-story and 113-unit building will now require an Environment Impact Report (EIR) to... Read More »

“Last week, the California Senate passed a bill 35-1 that would provide $30 million in tax credits to about 4,000 additional new-home purchases . The bill now moves to the Assembly floor, which could take it up as early as Monday.” ∙ New-home buyers’ tax... Read More »

While a legislative bill that would have allowed the Port of San Francisco to raise funds for the cleanup of Pier 70 and its preparation for development passed in both houses, Governor Schwarzenegger has vetoed the bill. ∙ JustQuotes: Bad Market, Then Back To Big Projects Like Pier 70... Read More »

According to Curbed, City-Core Development has been granted an entitlement extension through June 2010 to start development on the eight-story and eighty-eight unit 333 Fremont as proposed (click away on the image to enlarge). No update on the proposed development of 325 Fremont next door. Tipsters? ∙ Rincon Hill’s... Read More »