Plans to Build Even Higher on an Up-Zoned SoMa Site
As we first reported back in 2017, plans to raze the two-story Fast Signs Building on the northwest corner of Harrison and Hawthorne Streets and develop a 130-foot-tall residential building…
Record Pipeline of Development in SF (And Building Is Up)
With the number of newly proposed units of housing to be built in San Francisco having outpaced the number of units that recently finished up construction for the sixth quarter…
Challenged Central SoMa Development Closer to Reality
As we first revealed last month, the application to proceed with the mass redevelopment of 12 contiguous Central SoMa parcels stretching from 400 Second Street to 665 Harrison has formally…
Pair of Swoopy Central SoMa Towers Slated for Approval
With the plans for Tishman Speyer’s blocky office development to rise on the northeast corner of Brannan and Fifth Streets having been approved, marking the first approval of a key…
Planning Questions “Open Space” for Key Central SoMa Site
As we revealed earlier this year, the proposed building to rise up to 160 feet in height upon the nearly one acre parcel at 490 Brannan Street, at the corner…
Neighborhood Changing Development Closer to Reality
Banking on the survival of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, Tishman Speyer is pushing forward with plans to completely redevelop the northeast corner of Brannan and Fifth Streets, across from…
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Planning for Contentious Central SoMa Development Proceeds
In the works since 2012 and dependent upon the survival of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, at least with respect to its new height limits, the application to proceed with…
Much Bigger Plans for this Central SoMa Gas Station Site
While plans for an eight-story hotel to rise up to 85 feet in height upon the eastern three-quarters of the Central SoMa Shell Station site on the southwest corner of…
Record Office Rents in San Francisco Climb with a Jump in Demand
Having ended 2018 at a record high, driven in part by the delivery of a record 3.7 million square feet of shiny new space over the past year, all of…
Detailed Plans for a Key Central SoMa Site and a Non-Tower Design
Up-zoned for development up to 200 feet in height, assuming the adoption of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan is upheld, detailed plans for redeveloping the nearly one acre parcel at…