Bayview Opening Up To Microbreweries
Citing “an unusually large number of establishments dispensing alcoholic beverages, including beer and wine, for both on-site and off-site consumption in the Bayview area,” the existence of which “appears to…
Designs For New Mission Bay Development Fronting Fourth
A plugged-in reader delivers the early designs for the mixed-use development to rise on Mission Bay Block 6 (a.k.a. 1300 Fourth Street) with 135 affordable apartments over eight distinct ground-floor…
Chains Recommended For Three Castro Street Sites
As proposed, SoulCycle will take over the iconic Bank of America building formerly occupied by Diesel at 400 Castro Street, Philz Coffee will move into David Chiu’s former campaign office…
City’s Plan For $327M Mid-Market Building Approved
San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has approved the City’s plan to spend an anticipated $326,690,953 to buy the land and build a 463,000 square-foot Mid-Market office building rising up to…
Warriors Arena Redesigned, Enough To Quell Toilet Snark?
It hasn’t yet been officially released nor distributed, but the conceptual design for the Golden State Warriors proposed arena to rise in Mission Bay has been revised, perhaps in part…
550-Foot Block 5 Tower And Terraces In Context
As we first revealed last week, the designs for the proposed 550-foot office tower to rise on the northeast corner of Howard and Beale, also known as Transbay Block 5,…
Underbuilding Along San Francisco’s New Transit Spine
Speaking of development along San Francisco’s emergent Fourth Street Transit spine, while the City’s Central SoMa Plan envisions up-zoning the southwest corner of Brannan and Fourth to allow a tower…
Union Square Rents Rocket, Strongest Growth Worldwide
Rents for retail spaces around San Francisco’s Union Square have increased at the fastest pace of all prime retail areas across the globe over the past year, up 30 percent…
Swedish American Hall Should Be A Landmark, Ja?
Designed by Swedish-born master architect August Nordin and built in 1907, the Swedish American Hall at 2168 Market Street is on its way to becoming an official San Francisco landmark.…
“Urban Outlet” Retail Center To Rise On Candlestick Point
An agreement to develop a 500,000-square-foot “urban outlet” retail center on the site of the soon-to-be-former Candlestick Park has been signed and the shopping center is slated to open in…