A 1980’s Era Law Could Limit San Francisco’s Tech Boom (Or Bust)
With office rents in San Francisco up 81 percent since 2010 and approaching an average of $60 per square foot, a mark only once before observed in San Francisco –…
City Plans To Pay $253M For New Mid-Market Office Development
As we first revealed last week, Related California’s proposed development of 565 apartments and 460,000 square feet of office space along Mission, between 11th and South Van Ness, will likely…
S.F. Railyard And I-280 Redevelopment Study Moves Ahead
The second phase of the Planning Department’s study to explore the potential for redeveloping San Francisco’s 20-acre Caltrain Depot at 4th and King Streets, connecting rail to the Transbay Center…
San Francisco Will Miss Its Affordable Housing Allocation By A Mile
As was long ago determined by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the regional Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), in order to meet the growing…
The State Of San Francisco’s Downtown
Having emerged from “growing public awareness during the 1970’s that development threatened the essential character of downtown San Francisco,” San Francisco’s adopted Downtown Plan states that, “without sufficient and appropriate…
Big Plans For Dedicated Bikeway Along The Embarcadero
The Embarcadero is now the fourth most traveled cycling corridor in San Francisco. And with the corridor’s rise in popularity has come a rapid increase in conflicts between pedestrians, bikes…
Legislation To Block Pinterest’s Move And Design Center Conversion
Supervisor Cohen has formally introduced legislation which could effectively block the conversion of the San Francisco Design Center at 2 Henry Adams Street from showrooms into tech space for at…
Preview Of Proposed 12-Story Shattuck Avenue Project
A preview of the plans for a 12-story residential building to rise on the southeast corner of Shattuck Avenue and Berkeley Way will be presented to Berkeley’s Zoning Adjustments Board…
The Plan For Eight New SoMa Towers (a.k.a. Why That Club Will Be Razed)
While currently only zoned for building up to 65-feet in height, the parcels upon which the San Francisco Tennis Club sits could be up-zoned for development up to 200-feet in…
Housing Balance Versus Housing Now
Supervisor Jane Kim is moving forward with a ballot measure which would require developers to obtain special authorization from the Planning Commission in order to build any market rate housing…