Revised Designs for Bonus-Sized Development in the Mission
As we outlined last year, the proposed redevelopment of the shuttered Mission District garage site at 1721 15th Street had been put on hold pending a Density Bonus-based supersizing of…
Bigger Plans for Previously Torpedoed Infill Site
Having never recovered from stated concerns that a proposed four-story hotel to rise on the former Tower Records Annex turned bike rental parcel at 1196 Columbus Avenue, a development which…
Bigger Plans for Building Up the Excelsior (And Déjà Vu)
Plans to redevelop the Excelsior District gas station site at 4199 Mission Street, which was purchased for $500,000 in 1998, have been in the works since 2007, at which point…
Big Development Overlooking Candlestick Slated for Approval
As we first outlined early last year: Plans for 20 new residential buildings to rise on a vacant 7-acre slice of land fronting Jamestown Avenue, a former Candlestick Park parking…
Redevelopment of Decade-Old Pit (Somewhat) Closer to Reality
Plans for a 25-unit development to rise up to 65 feet in height on the 14-year-old pit in the ground at 1145 Mission Street could be approved this week with…
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Plans for Condos Atop Iconic Union Square Building Progress
As we first revealed earlier this year, plans to redevelop the iconic I. Magnin/Macy’s Building on the southwest corner of Geary and Stockton, across from Union Square, were in the…
Squatter/Denser Plans for Lower Potrero Hill Site
Plans to level the low slung commercial complex at 300 De Haro and develop a 13-story building at the corner of 16th Street appear to have been abandoned. But a…
Plans to Raze $16 Million Sea Cliff Home and Build Anew
Quietly acquired for $16 million in August of last year, plans to raze the 11,351-square-foot, three-story Mid-Century home at 4 Sea Cliff Avenue – which was built in 1956, expanded…
Waylaid RFP for Temporary Terminal Site About to Be Released
Waylaid by the emergency closure and required fix of San Francisco’s new Salesforce/Transbay Transit Center, a refined request for proposals (RFP) to build around 250 units of below market rate…
Modified Plans for Condoless Hotel Tower Closer to Reality
While plans for a luxury hotel and condo tower designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Mark Cavagnero Associates were previously approved and permitted to rise up to 405-feet in…