Corner Church on the Market, Primed for Redevelopment
Built in 1948, the 10,732-square-foot Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church and Gracie Infant Care Center on the southwest corner of Ulloa Street and 33rd Avenue is now on the market with…
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Conversion of Iconic Building Even Closer to Reality
As we outlined earlier this year: The plans for redeveloping the iconic I. Magnin/Macy’s Building on the southwest corner of Geary and Stockton, across from Union Square, have been refined…
Approved But Not Permitted and a Couple of Familiar Names
Plans to add a new Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) to the four-unit Noe Valley building at 1475 Church Street were drawn and approved back in mid-2018. And the completed work…
Plans for Development of Key SoMa Site Closer to Reality
In exchange for the additional height and density afforded by San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, new office developments in the area are required to incorporate ground floor Privately‐Owned Public Open…
Approved Grubstake Redevelopment Challenged Anew
In the works since mid-2015, as we first reported at the time, San Francisco’s Planning Commission approved the bonus-sized plans for a modern 8-story building to rise up to 83…
Problems for Skinny 13-Story Polk Gulch Building as Proposed
As we revealed back in June, plans for a skinny 13-story building to rise up to 130 feet in height on the northwest corner of Polk and Olive, across from…
Plans to Redevelop Landmarked Theater Back in Play
Plans for redeveloping the former El Rey Theater at 1970 Ocean Avenue, which was purchased out of foreclosure for $1.06 million in 2015 and subsequently designated an official San Francisco…
Redevelopment of Historic Central SoMa Site Closer to Reality
While Planning had balked at the original plans for the redevelopment of the historic Central SoMa Tres (now Merhado) building at 130 Townsend Street and the parking lot at 100…
Historic Neighborhood Substation at Risk of a Collapse
Funds that were earmarked for the redevelopment of the long abandoned Market Street Railway substation on the southwest corner of Fillmore and Turk were diverted to a (failed) bailout of…
Option to Extend Contested Navigation Center Will Be Exercised
Having reduced the number of unsheltered individuals in the Outreach Zone around the hotly contested Embarcadeo Navigation Center site, adjacent to the Watermark and across from Piers 30-32 on a…