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…
Key Central SoMa Development Refined, Slated for Approval
The refined plans for the newly dubbed “Harrison Gardens” development to rise on the Key Central SoMa Development Site at 725 Harrison Street, between 3rd and 4th, could be approved…
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Supersized North Oakland Development Recommended for Approval
The refined designs for a 25-story tower to rise up to 260 feet in height at 532 Turquoise Street, across from the MacArthur BART Station in North Oakland, were presented…
Supersized North Oakland Development Closer to Reality
The refined designs for a 25-story tower to rise up to 260 feet in height at 532 Turquoise Street, across from the MacArthur BART Station in North Oakland, will be…
Planning Raises Proposed Height Limit for Central SoMa Tower Site
When the City’s revised Central SoMa Plan was unveiled in August, it raised the proposed height limits for numerous neighborhood parcels, including an up-zoning of the Flower Mart site to…
Praise for a Playful Tower Proposal but Notes as Well
San Francisco’s Planning Department has just finished its preliminary review of the proposed plans for a modern 240-foot tower to rise at corner of Harrison and Fourth, with a 130-foot-tall…
Planning for Central SoMa’s Upzoning (and Then Some)
As we first reported back in 2013, the plans for building nearly 600 residential units over retail along the south side of Harrison Street, stretching west from the parking lot…
Developers Fighting Tax To Fund SF’s Transbay Transit Center
Not satisfied with the $160 million discount they were given on their purchase of the 101 First Street site, the site upon which the 1,070-foot Salesforce Tower is being constructed,…
Hines And Boston Balk At Having To Pay For Transbay Park Upkeep
Having paid the City $160 million less than they originally bid for the land upon which they are building the 1,050-foot Transbay Tower, Hines and Boston Properties are now balking…
The Big Dollars Behind The 8 Washington Street Battle To Date
As of last month, No Wall on The Waterfront had raised $234,000 and spent $104,000 in their campaign to block the approved development of 8 Washington Street at the ballot…