Formerly owned by the Garibaldi family, the 2.2 acre Portola District block bounded by Woolsey, Hamilton, Wayland and Bowdoin streets, which is known as 770 Woolsey and is currently home to the decaying greenhouse remains of the family’s old University Mound Nursery (a.k.a The Rose Factory), was acquired by... Read More »
As we first reported last year: The Action Rentals building at 1526-1530 Folsom Street is on the market in Western SoMa, along with its parking lot at 1560 Folsom and two adjacent parcels which extend to (135) Kissling and (276) 11th Streets. Zoned for building up to 55 feet... Read More »
While originally only zoned for development up to 120 feet in height, an amendment to allow a 21-story building to rise up to 200 feet on the SoMa parcel at 1270 Mission Street, which is currently occupied by the 1,200 square foot SF Pizza Café and surface parking lot... Read More »
Speaking of significant projects in San Francisco with forward momentum, the City has just issued a Preliminary Mitigated Negative Declaration (which is a good thing if you’re the developer) for the proposed 13-story apartment building to rise on the 1270 Mission Street parcel, a parcel which is currently occupied... Read More »
The buildings on the southern portion of the Dogpatch block bounded by Third, 23rd and Tennessee Streets – and adjacent to the Hells Angels – have started to be razed in order to make way for 259 new apartments to rise. The grand opening for the the project known as 1201 Tennessee... Read More »
The designs for the 400-foot tower and 85-foot podium to rise on Transbay Block 9, at the corner of Folsom and First, have been refined by SOM (tower) and Fougeron Architecture (podium), and the total number of residences and ratio of Below Market Rate (BMR) units within the development... Read More »
Currently zoned for development up to 120 feet in height, plans to raze the 1,200 square foot SF Pizza Café and parking lot at 1270 Mission Street and construct a 13-story apartment building with 199 residential units over 3,300 square feet of ground floor retail and 101 parking spaces... Read More »
As we first reported last June, AGI Capital was quietly testing the waters of Dogpatch with plans to raze the existing structures and surface area parking lot stretching from Third to Tennessee along 23rd Street and construct a six-story mixed-use building with 300 dwelling units over 255 parking spaces... Read More »
Hidden behind the 282 rendered units of 900 Folsom, the ground for which is set to be ceremonially broken this afternoon, Avant Housing’s sister project at 260 5th Street is currently scheduled to start construction late summer 2012 and will yield 181 residential units over 5,000 square feet of... Read More »
Speaking of San Francisco’s housing pipeline and new construction slated to rise, while site work has already commenced at the corner of 5th and Folsom, Avant Housing will officially break ground on 900 Folsom this coming Monday, May 21. The build is slated to take 19 months with 282... Read More »
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