The SocketSite Scoop On The 52 Condos Rising At 818 Van Ness Ave
818 Van Ness Avenue is an eight (8) story mixed-use condominium project of 52 residential units above two new retail spaces (810 and 826 Van Ness). The design is by…
The Things You Can See From Those Virtual Views (222 2nd Street)
An eagle eyed reader checks out the virtual views from 555 Mission and notices a plain white box rendered at the corner of 2nd and Howard. And while that corner…
A Virtual Tour Of 555 Mission Street (And Downtown San Francisco)
555 Mission Street (downtown San Francisco between first and second) is a thirty-three story office tower that’s being developed by Tishman Speyer, is “registered for LEED certification,” and should be…
Party Live Like A Rock Star (Once Again, Quite Literally)
It’s a boutique mixed use building at 544 Natoma Street that was designed by Sternberg Benjamin Architects in 2002 (and commissioned by Tony Espinoza/Sally Haskovec) to house a digital recording…
Mo’ Money Coming To Mission Bay While Mid-Market’s On A Mission
While the developers of the 2.7 million-square-foot campus in south Mission Bay have officially expanded their horizons beyond life sciences and will now actively court the darlings of the valley…
Frederick Knows His Piers (A.K.A. Cruise Ships Closer To Pier 27)
According to the San Francisco Business Times, a “blue-ribbon panel on the future of San Francisco’s cruise ship industry” (“led by former Port Commissioner Frankie Lee and Chamber of Commerce…
It’s Official: Pelli Clarke Pelli/Hines Win The Transbay Competition
It’s Official, the Pelli Clarke Pelli/Hines team have won the Transbay Terminal and Tower design competition. But even as they selected the Hines-Pelli team over two rivals, leaders of the…
Hines And Pelli Clarke Pelli Bid The Most (And Get The Transbay Nod)
It’s true, the Hines/Pelli Clarke Pelli proposal for “City Park” has won (save an uprising by the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, or the Planning…
Add Another (Proposed) Tower To The Transbay Mix (181 Fremont)
Another tower, this one a mere 900 feet, has been proposed for the area surrounding San Francisco’s new Transbay Terminal and Tower. And according to J.K. Dineen, the “razor-thin skyscraper”…
A Greener View In The Works For Some At BLŪ (And Others)
TMG Partners has engaged Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) to bring a completely new skin (likely glass and stone), public plaza (at third and Folsom), and green overhaul (targeting LEED…