Big Plans for Shuttered Lucky Penny Site Have Been Supersized
As we first reported a few months ago, while the shuttered Lucky Penny site at 2670 Geary Boulevard is only zoned for moderate density and building up to 80 feet…
Development to Rise on Navigation Center Site Even Closer to Reality
The proposed development of 157 below market rate apartments to rise up to nine stories in height at 1950 Mission Street, upon the former Phoenix Continuation High School site turned…
Plans for 520-Foot Tower at Van Ness and Market Have Been Drawn
Lendlease Development has drafted their preliminary plans for a 520-foot-tall tower to rise at 30 Van Ness Avenue. And while previous plans for the Hub District parcel had envisioned razing…
Dogpatch Development Positioning to Break Ground sans BMRs
Entitled for development early last year, the building permits for the 109-unit project to rise up to seven stories in height at 2177 3rd Street have now been issued and…
San Francisco Files Suit Against Affordable Housing Scofflaws
Catherine Bailey bought a below market rate (BMR) condominium at 888 7th Street for $270,500 back in 2008. And at the time of her purchase, Bailey signed an affidavit acknowledging…
Opposition to 117-Unit Development in the Mission Paid Off
While approved for the development of 117 apartments last year, including 23 units which are to be provided at below market rates (BMRs), the 2675 Folsom Street project has been…
Positioning to Break Ground on Former Freeway Parcel T
The building permit for the the modern building and beer hall to rise on the slender Central Freeway Parcel T, fronting Octavia Boulevard between Page and Rose in Hayes Valley,…
Recommendation for Affordable Housing Requirements Revealed
With San Francisco Supervisors having drafted two competing proposals for overhauling the percentage and mix of below market rate (BMR or “affordable”) units that developers of market rate projects are…
A Below Market Rate Reduction to under $500 per Square Foot
Purchased as new for $330,000 in 2007, or roughly $409 per square foot, as part of San Francisco’s inclusionary (a.k.a. Below Market Rate or Affordable) housing program, the 807-square-foot, one-bedroom…
Big Plans for San Francisco’s Temporary Transbay Terminal Site
The Transbay District block bounded by Howard, Beale, Folsom and Main – which is currently the site of San Francisco’s Temporary Transbay Terminal – will be divided into three upon…