Height Increase for Twisty 400-Foot ‘Bay Tower’ Under Review
A proposed amendment to San Francisco’s Transbay Redevelopment Plan which would raise the height limit for Tishman Speyer’s proposed twisty tower to rise at Folsom and Spear – from 300…
The Potential Impact Of SF’s Bonus Height Program
San Francisco’s proposed Affordable Housing Bonus Program would allow developers in the city to build up to three stories higher than currently zoned, depending upon the percentage of ‘affordable’ units…
Warriors Arena Taller Than Mission Bay Plan Allowed
According to San Francisco’s master plan for the redevelopment of South Mission Bay, which was adopted back in 1998, buildings on Mission Bay Blocks 30 and 32, two of the…
Illicit Parking Pad Project: Phase Two
Having been informed that securing approvals and a valid permit to legally add an off-street parking pad to his home could be challenging and time consuming, a Sunnyside homeowner engaged…
West Oakland’s Burgeoning Wood Street District
With the development of 171 townhomes on the parcel to the west of West Oakland’s dilapidated 16th Street Train Station now underway, plans for another 44 condos to rise on…
Plans To Boot Local Maker To Make Room For Another Gym
Built in 1928, the two-story building at 200 Potrero Avenue which now abuts the Potrero Center was originally a sales and administrative office for the International Harvester Company. The building…
Comments, Responses And Key Vote For The Warriors Arena
Over twenty-five hundred pages of public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Golden State Warriors’ proposed Mission Bay Arena Project, and the City’s responses, have just been…
Ten More Years For Twin Peaks Gas Station
While San Francisco’s Budget and Legislative Analyst’s Office was recommending that the City actively explore “the highest and best use” for the city-owned gas station site at 598 Portola Drive,…
Designs For More Parking In Berkeley, Not Less
If approved this week, the five-story, 440-space Center Street Parking Garage at 2025 Center Street in Downtown Berkeley, which is owned by the City, will be razed and an eight-story,…
Will This Be The Last Gas Station Left Standing In San Francisco?
The land upon which the Twin Peaks Auto Care Station sits at 598 Portola Drive was acquired by the City of San Francisco in the 1800’s as part of its…