A Move to Landmark The Upper Haight Is Underway
While ground zero for the nation’s “hippie” and counter-culture movement in the 1960s, and one of the neighborhoods most commonly associated with the ethos of San Francisco, Haight-Ashbury, or The…
Planning Seeks More Variety for Massive Flower Mart Redevelopment
Planning has just finished its preliminary review of the draft plans for the massive redevelopment of the San Francisco Flower Mart site, a project which could yield over two million…
Plans for High-End SRO Units on Howard Will Need to Be Revised
In the works since 2006, plans to raze the single-story appliance parts store at 1450 Howard Street, across the street from the Saint Joseph’s Church which is undergoing a high-tech…
The Likely Fate of San Francisco’s Prominent Piers 30-32
While the Port of San Francisco is in the process of updating its Waterfront Land Use Plan and examining potential uses for the City’s prominent Piers 30-32, the 13-acre site…
Growing Pains in Western SoMa
An application to legally change the use of the Western SoMa building at 1040 Bryant Street from an 18,000-square-foot distribution plant for meat to a “non-retail plant nursery” was approved…
An Inventory of Development along Oakland’s Burgeoning Auto Row
Oakland’s Planning Department has updated their map of every project completed, under construction, in the works or anticipated to rise within the city’s Broadway Valdez District and along Oakland’s burgeoning…
New Timing for San Francisco’s Crane Cove Park and Shoreline
While originally slated to be bid for construction back in 2015, the contract to start clearing the nearly ten-acre waterfront site for San Francisco’s future Crane Cove park will soon…
Planning for a Prime Waterfront Parking Lot Is Underway
Across the street from the future Crane Cove Park which will cover nearly ten acres of San Francisco’s waterfront between Mariposa and 19th Streets, with a new sandy shoreline, waterfront…
One Step Forward for Mid-Mission Development Seeking More Height
Speaking of significant projects in San Francisco with forward momentum, the City has just issued a Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration (which is a good thing if you’re the developer) for…
Ciao Giannini’s (and 35 New Condos in Dogpatch as Proposed)
While in the very early stages of development, plans to raze the Giannini’s Auto Body shop building at 625 Mariposa Street, across the street the new Benioff Children’s Hospital and…