Opposed Development Redesigned, Slated for Approval (Again)
As we outlined back in April: While opposed by a number of neighborhood factions, two new buildings could rise up to 78 feet in height upon the Mission District parking…
Reports of Illegal Airbnb-ing Continue to Drop in San Francisco
The number of formal complaints related to illegal short-term rental activity in San Francisco has continued to drop, with around 130 complaints lodged in the first half of 2019, which…
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Deal(s) for Massive Flower Mart Redevelopment Inked
Tentative development deals between the San Francisco Flower Mart Tenants Association, Kilroy Realty and the City of San Francisco have been inked, clearing the way for the massive redevelopment of…
Rejected Oakland Tower Take Two
As we first reported earlier this year, with Oakland’s Planning Commission having formally rejected the plans for a proposed 460-foot-tall, and seemingly split, tower to rise on the historic King…
Plans to Redevelop the Historic El Rey Theater Site Progress
Purchased out of foreclosure for $1.06 million in 2015 and since forcibly designated as an official San Francisco Landmark (No. 274), plans to redevelop the former El Rey Theater at…
Developer Seeks Concessions to Build Shorter Than Allowed
Plans to level the two-story industrial building at 560 Brannan Street, adjacent to an already approved major development and across the street from the San Francisco Tennis Club site, are…
The Next Major Development Slated for Approval in SF
Plans to level the 41-foot-tall San Francisco Tennis Club at 645 5th Street and build up to 243 feet in height upon its 2.6-acre Central SoMa site could be approved…
Port Will Solicit Proposals for Contested Waterfront Lot and Piers
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected an appeal of the approved, but hotly contested, plans for a temporary Navigation Center to be constructed on the Port’s current parking lot…
Big Plans for Shuttered Nightclub Site
Having been shuttered back in 2016, the sale of the Club Tapatio building at 4742 Mission Street, which once housed the Rock Garden and Club New Yorker as well, and…
Taller Transbay District Tower Seeking Approval
As originally proposed, the five-story building at 95 Hawthorne Street, which formerly housed the San Francisco Passport Agency, was to be razed in order to make way for a 32-story…