Density Bonus Battle Lines Are Being Drawn
As we first reported earlier this year: While plans for an eight-story hotel to rise up to 85 feet in height upon the eastern three-quarters of the Central SoMa Shell…
The Grand Plan for Oakland’s Downtown
Having released a “preliminary draft” of its comprehensive plan to transform Downtown Oakland earlier this year, Oakland’s Planning Department will present its official Draft of the Downtown Oakland Specific Plan…
Calling All Billionaires, or Deep-Pocketed Developers, Take Two
Having sat vacant since the former house which had occupied the prime Russian Hill parcel on the northwest corner of Broadway and Taylor was demolished back in 1910, big plans…
Supersized Plans for North Beach Factory Site Rendered Anew
As we first reported earlier this month, bigger plans to redevelop the iconic Buon Gusto Sausage Factory building at 535 Green Street – which was once the largest sausage and…
Height of Proposed Tower(s) Likely to Be Reduced
As we first revealed last month, bonus plans for a 245-unit residential building to rise up to 294 feet in height on the northwest corner of Harrison and Hawthorne have…
Plans to Convert Podium Parking into Dwelling Units
There are currently 228 parking spaces in the podium of the 227-unit Bay Towers building at 388 Beale Street, the majority of which are tucked away behind the vented semi-circles…
Supersized West Oakland Project Redesigned, Slated for Approval
Facing continued pushback from Oakland’s Planning Department with respect to the “monotonous and bulky massing,” the lack of a “rich public-private interface” and a lackluster tower design for the proposed…
Planning Pushing for a Higher-Rise in the Excelsior
Speaking of the processing of Preliminary Project Assessments (PPAs) for newly proposed developments in San Francisco, Planning has completed its preliminary review of the proposed seven-story building to rise upon…
San Francisco’s Streamlined Approval Process
In general, it now takes between a year and three for a newly proposed multi-unit development in San Francisco to be preliminarily assessed, processed, analyzed, reviewed and readied for a…
Big Plans for Odd Shaped Lower Potrero Hill Site
Plans to level the odd shaped, low slung commercial complex at 300 De Haro Street (which is currently home to Sally’s Deli, Torraku Ramen, Bunn Mike, El Sur, Unspuntech, Tip…