Déjà Vu for a Waylaid Rincon Hill Development
As we first reported a couple weeks ago, the revived plans for a modern 144-unit building to rise up to 84 feet in height at 430 Main/429 Beale Street could…
Record Pipeline of Projects in SF but Actual Building Slows Down
With the number of newly proposed units of housing to be built in San Francisco having outpaced the number of units that finished up construction in the fourth quarter of…
Ambitious Conservatory of Music Project Approved
The upzoning, development agreement and authorization needed for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s proposed twelve-story building to rise up to 120 feet in height at 200 Van Ness Avenue,…
Timing for San Francisco’s Transit Center Pushed Back
While the 5.4-acre rooftop park atop San Francisco’s future Transbay/Salesforce Transit Center is on track to be fully planted, landscaped and construction complete in June, the timing to complete the…
The Hotelless Plans for the San Francisco Armory
While the developer who recently paid $65 million for the landmark San Francisco Armory in the Mission has ties to the Soho House chain of private clubs and hotels, the…
State Drops Legal Challenge of SF’s Waterfront Height Limit Measure
The State of California has agreed to drop its legal challenge of San Francisco’s Proposition B, the voter-approved “No Wall on the Waterfront” measure which maintains existing height limits for…
Plans to Underground the San Francisco Tennis Club Revealed
The plans for a massive redevelopment of the San Francisco Tennis Club site at 645 5th Street are moving forward and have been redesigned and newly rendered below by IwamotoScott…
Proposed SoMa Tower Sheds 100 Feet of Height
With Planning having balked at the proposed height of a 350-foot-tall tower to rise at 636 4th Street, upon the former K&L Wine Merchants building parcel which is currently only…
Developer Pays $65 Million for the Armory in SF
A developer with ties to the Soho House chain of private clubs and hotels has paid a reported $65 million for the landmark San Francisco Armory at 1800 Mission Street…
Plan to Fix Sinking SF Tower About to Be Tested
Plans to permanently right the sinking Millennium Tower by retrofitting the building’s foundation with a series of new compression micropiles which would be drilled down to the bedrock below are…