Plans for a 21-Story Central SoMa Infill Hotel Revealed
As we first reported last year, “have no fear, unless you happen to rely on the parking lot at 350 Second Street or own a condo at 77 Dow Place…
Planning Seeks More Variety for Massive Flower Mart Redevelopment
Planning has just finished its preliminary review of the draft plans for the massive redevelopment of the San Francisco Flower Mart site, a project which could yield over two million…
Proposed All Stars Donuts Redevelopment Is Now a Hotel
Speaking of big hotel projects, the development team behind the proposed redevelopment of the All Stars Donuts shop site at 5th and Harrison has shifted gears and drafted new plans…
Designs for a Slice of This SoMa Gas Station Site Have Been Drawn
With the lease for the Shell station on the corner of Fifth and Folsom expiring early next year, plans for a slender eight-story building to rise on the western quarter…
New Plan for Central SoMa Doubles Additional Housing and Jobs
While the area defined as “Central SoMa” has shrunk from 260 to 230 acres, with the majority of the area’s northern boundary having been shifted to the south of Howard…
The Grand Plan for Building Up Central SoMa Is about to Be Revealed
The 260 acres of land bounded by Market, Second, Townsend and Sixth Streets, which will soon be bisected by the Central Subway and is collectively known as Central SoMa, is…
Where the Most San Franciscans Will Live and Work in 25 Years
Taking into account current neighborhood populations and commercial corridors, along with the pipeline of residential and commercial development and neighborhood plans for growth, such as the Central SoMa Plan, the…
New Plans for a 300-Foot Tower Across from Caltrain
The development team behind a proposed 300-foot-tall tower to rise at 330 Townsend Street has shifted gears and architects, abandoning the original plans for an office or mixed-use development in…
New Plan for SF Tennis Club Site Scraps All Courts
As we first wrote and ruffled some feathers with respect to the half-block San Francisco Tennis Club at 645 Fifth Street when the Bay Club was sold to York Capital…
The City Isn’t Digging the Plans for an Historic Art Deco Garage
The designs for a six-story hotel to rise behind the historic Art Deco façade of the Central SoMa garage at 224 Townsend Street have been drawn and proposed. But the…