A New Formula For Keeping Out Foreign Threats
Hayes Valley was the first neighborhood in San Francisco to ban formula retail (i.e., “chain stores”), having adopted the ban nearly a decade ago in order to block Starbucks from…
535 Mission Street Tower Rendered, Rising, And Ready In 2014
Having acquired the 535 Mission Street site for $71 million just a few months ago, Boston Properties quickly restarted construction on the HOK-designed office tower, the construction of which was…
Mayor On Proposed Union Square Apple Store Plan: iSpoke Too Soon?
Having admitted “we weren’t necessarily focused on that side” with respect to how the proposed Union Square Apple store would affect the existing Grand Hyatt Plaza and Ruth Asawa fountain…
Apple’s Union Square Store Design: Simply Incredible, Indeed
As a number of readers quickly noted a couple of weeks ago, the preliminary designs for Apple’s proposed store on Union Square would kill the Grand Hyatt Plaza behind the…
Planning For A Permanent Mercado Plaza In The Mission
Building on the success of the weekly Mission Community Market, plans for a permanent Mercado Plaza on Bartlett between 21st and 22nd streets are starting to take shape. The conceptual…
Plans For Landmark Tower(s) At First And Mission Are Powering Up
Having been on hold for a few years, the plans for a few big towers to rise at First and Mission, a.k.a. the 50 First Street site, have been reworked…
Planning For The Upzoning Of SF’s Central Corridor, And Then Some
First proposed in 2005, the plan to demolish all the buildings along the south side of Harrison Street between the surface parking lot at 725 Harrison and west to the…
Apple’s Plan For A Flagship Store On Union Square
With Levi’s moving its flagship store to Market Street this summer, Apple has submitted plans to San Francisco’s Planning Department with designs to takeover Levi’s Union Square location at 300…
Castro Street Makeover Plan Revealed And Rendered
As plugged-in people knew to expect, the Planning Department’s Castro Street Makeover plan does indeed include a reconfiguring of the crosswalk at Castro and Market Streets to align it with…
Planning For A CVS: The Designs For 2280 Market Street
While San Francisco’s Planning Commission shot down Starbucks proposal to renovate and occupy the retail space at 2201 Market Street, in part based on the Planning Department’s concerns with respect…