Hearing for Bigger Mission District BMR Development Set
In order to avoid having to include any below market rate units of housing onsite, the project team behind “Vida” at 2558 Mission Street deeded the industrial building site at…
The Nearly 64,000 Apartments and Condos in SF’s Housing Pipeline
With new proposals for slightly more units of housing than finished construction in the third quarter of 2016, the overall pipeline of apartments and condos under development in San Francisco…
Development is Trending Down in San Francisco
The preliminary plans for over 450 major developments have been submitted to San Francisco’s Planning Department over the past six years. The peak year was 2014, during which 116 major…
Developers Sought for 17-Acre Balboa Reservoir Site
The City of San Francisco has just issued an official Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and concepts from development teams interested in buying, designing, entitling and developing the western 17 acres…
Redevelopment of Prominent SoMa Corner Closer to Reality
It was nearly twenty years ago that San Francisco’s Planning Department first authorized the theoretical conversion of the gas station parcel on northeast corner of Howard and 9th Street which…
Potential Historic Resource Sells for $1.57 Million in the Sunset
Listed for $1.795 million in March, the sale of the corner property at 1455 Irving and 16th Avenue, upon which the remnants of an historic neighborhood service station sit, has…
False Hopes for Blighted McDonald’s Site Driven by BRT
The emergence of construction trailers, equipment and a crew on the parking lot portion of the shuttered McDonald’s at 600 Van Ness Avenue, which has been newly festooned with a…
No Train Service to San Francisco’s New Transit Center before 2026
While bus service to and from San Francisco’s new Transbay Transit Center is scheduled to start in November or December of 2017, and rail service to the center was originally…
Challenged Market Street Project Slated for Approval
The Duboce Triangle Neighborhood Association (DTNA) has challenged the plans for the proposed six-story building to rise at 2201 Market Street, at the intersection of Sanchez, a development which would…
184 Murphy Beds and Toilet Sinks in the Mission as Proposed
Plans to redevelop the used car lot on the northwest corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 15th Street have been drafted. And as proposed, a “group housing” project with…