Fore-Shadowed Problems for Proposed North Beach Project
As we first reported last year, big plans to demolish the façade of the burned-out Verdi Building at 659 Union Street, between Columbus and Powell, and redevelop the site in…
Proposed Church Street Project Closer to Reality
To answer a reader’s question, while plans to raze the former Sparky’s and current Thorough Bread and Pastry building and build up to six stories in height upon the 240-250…
Setting the Stage for Caltrain’s Realignment and SNACS in SF
With the City having selected the Pennsylvania Avenue Alignment as the path by which trains should eventually reach San Francisco’s new Salesforce Transit Center, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority…
Historic Auto Row Resource in Play, Zoned for 130 Feet in Height
Designed by the O’Brien Brothers and built to serve as a public garage back in 1925, the three-level building on the northwest corner of Franklin and Pine was recently identified…
Ballot Measure to Limit Navigation Centers Drafted
With the hotly contested Embarcadero Navigation Center having recently opened its doors and at least five Supervisors now pushing for new Navigation Centers to be built in every Supervisorial District,…
Holdout’s Days Appear to Be Numbered
While the refined plans for the nearly blocked-sized Central SoMa development to rise up to 14-stories in height along Harrison Street, between 3rd and 4th Streets, were approved at the…
Bonus-Sized Polk Street Project Slated for Approval
As we first reported back in 2018: Plans to level the Out of The Closet thrift store complex on the southeast corner of Polk and California and develop a 7-story…
Price Cut for Permitted Development Site on Valencia
As we outlined back in the fourth quarter of 2017: While forced to be redesigned in order to minimize its projected future shadow following a semi-successful challenge initiated by the…
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Big Central SoMa Project Positioning to Break Ground Next Year
The proposed mass redevelopment of 12 contiguous Central SoMa parcels stretching from 400 Second Street to 665 Harrison, a.k.a. the One Vassar project, has just qualified for a streamlined environmental…
Plans for Pyramid Adjacent Redevelopment Closer to Reality
While likely drafted to sweeten the pot for Aegon’s $700 million sale of the iconic Transamerica Pyramid, Redwood Park and the two other office buildings on the block, the plans…