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Build Inc. Aims To Rebuild DMV And Add Housing/Retail

Build Inc. Aims To Rebuild DMV And Add Housing/Retail

“A state agency has selected San Francisco’s Build Inc. to redevelop the Department of Motor Vehicles field office in the Panhandle, a 2.5-acre parcel that could include a mixed-use project with housing and retail, as well as a new DMV regional office. Under the scenario being hammered out, Build... Read More »

Landmark Sarcasm Update: Hope For North Beach Pagoda Theater?

Landmark Sarcasm Update: Hope For North Beach Pagoda Theater?

It was a little over a year ago that a plugged-in reader dished the scoop on the history of the boarded up Pagoda theater in North Beach and the new owners’ plans to tear it down and build something new. Our reader’s prescient summary: “Uh. Oh. Stalemate.” And while... Read More »

Some Hints At What’s In The Design Works For 555 Washington

Some Hints At What’s In The Design Works For 555 Washington

We still in need of a rendering miracle (tipsters?), but some hints at what’s in the works for the proposed 38-story residential tower at 555 Washington adjacent to the Transamerica Pyramid and by way of a tipster (and neighborhood circular): A slender and distinctive cylindrical structure that respects the... Read More »

Four Teams Submit Development Proposals For Seawall Lot 337

In addition to the Giants/Cordish/Farallon proposal for the development of Seawall Lot 337, three other proposals were received by the Port. The four suitors: 1. San Francisco Giants; The Cordish Company; Farallon Capital Management 2. Build Inc.; Cherokee Investment Partners; UrbanGreen Devco 3. Kenwood Investments; Boston Properties Inc.; Wilson... Read More »

The (Re)Development And Design Of 1198 Fillmore And 1345 Turk

The (Re)Development And Design Of 1198 Fillmore And 1345 Turk

While the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency is seeking RFP’s from developers interested in restoring and re-purposing the long vacant two-story brick Muni Substation at the southeast corner of Turk and Fillmore (1198 Fillmore to be exact and the big pink rectangle above), it’s actually the new David Baker +... Read More »

The SocketSite Scoop On The 8 Washington Street Project

The SocketSite Scoop On The 8 Washington Street Project

Pacific Waterfront Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System have been working on plans to redevelop the area “bounded by The Embarcadero, Washington and Drumm Streets.” And as proposed, the 8 Washington Street Project would replace a surface parking lot (which could be a problem considering it’s Seawall... Read More »

248 Condos (and 38 Stories) In The Shadow Of The Pyramid

248 Condos (and 38 Stories) In The Shadow Of The Pyramid

According to J.K. Dineen at the San Francisco Business Times, “Transamerica Pyramid owner Aegon Group has tapped Lowe Enterprises to develop a 38-story condo tower on a vacant lot adjacent to the financial district landmark.” Lowe is proposing a 248-unit building that would trigger a redesign of... Read More »

Another Contender for Tallest Residential Building in San Francisco

Another Contender for Tallest Residential Building in San Francisco

Last week, J.K. Dineen broke the news of a proposed 60-story condominium tower to be built atop the southwest corner of San Francisco’s landmark Sheraton Palace Hotel: “The proposed 269-unit skyscraper would emerge out of the back left corner of the Palace’s 92,000-square-foot lot, at Jessie and Annie alleys,... Read More »