Supervisor Fanning North Beach Subway Site Flames
The City isn’t about to lose a key Central Subway site to condos as the Examiner recently reported, for those plans were proposed and approved years ago. Or as we…
Developers Picked For Mission Parcel, Plan To Build Higher Than Zoned
While currently only zoned for building up to 55-feet high and with a parcel size that would support up to 60 units of housing at that height, the two players…
400-Square-Foot Two-Bedrooms Proposed, Planning Has Concerns
Panoramic Interests plans to raze the single-story industrial building at 333 12th Street and build up to seven stories and 274 apartments on the parcel and adjacent parking lot between…
55,000 Units Of Housing In San Francisco’s Development Pipeline
According to our survey of the Planning Department’s data, there are roughly 8,100 net-new units of housing currently under construction in San Francisco and 5,600 units for which the building…
SoMa Mega-Project Preview, Key Votes In Two Weeks Time
With the key Planning Commission votes and public hearing for the massive 5M Project scheduled for September 17, the project sponsors are slated to prep the Commission tomorrow with a…
New Law Could Radically Alter Who Gets Affordable Housing In S.F.
As it currently stands, affordable or ‘Below Market Rate’ housing units in San Francisco are allocated by lottery with preferences given to households that hold a rare Certificate of Preference…
Proposed NoPa Development Redesigned and Supersized
The original plan for redeveloping the old Alouis Radiator shop on the southeast corner of Divisadero and Grove called for retaining the existing building’s façade along Divisadero and constructing sixteen…
Planning Has A Problem With A Major Market Street Project
As proposed, the five-story Civic Center Hotel with 71 SRO and 81 Tourist rooms at 1601 Market Street, the Local 38 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union hall at 1621 Market, and…
Plot To Add Booze To Theater Menus Takes A Formulaic Turn
While San Francisco’s Zoning Administrator has given AMC a thumbs up with respect to plans for adding a bar within the AMC Metreon 16 at Mission and Fourth (from which…
Rincon Hill Tower Redesigned With Five More Floors
Adopted back in 2005, the Rincon Hill Plan requires a minimum distance of 115 feet between new residential towers at their closest point. And the plan specifies that no exemptions…