The Plan to Transform Central SoMa’s Streets
Acknowledging that the existing Central SoMa transportation network isn’t sufficient today, much less sufficient to support a potential doubling of residents and workers in the area as proposed, a plan…
Plans For Seven Stories Of Infill Along Folsom Near Sixth
Goldman Architects is quietly working on plans to demolish the single-story Arroyo Carlos & Sons auto repair shop at 980 Folsom Street and build a seven-story, mixed-use building in its…
Blooming Big Plans For San Francisco Flower Mart Site
While the site of the two-story San Francisco Flower Mart complex is currently zoned for development up to 55 feet in height, as part of Planning’s Central Corridor Plan the…
Moving Quietly (And Quickly) With Plans To Raze Manor West
The owner of the one-story building at 750 Harrison Street, between Third and Fourth streets with a frontage on Rizal as well, is quietly working on plans to raze the…
Planning For The Upzoning Of SF’s Central Corridor, And Then Some
First proposed in 2005, the plan to demolish all the buildings along the south side of Harrison Street between the surface parking lot at 725 Harrison and west to the…
Planning To Displace Porn To Erect An Office Building On Bluxome
Speaking of Western SoMa, a plan to demolish the two-story industrial building at 81-85 Bluxome between 4th and 5th Streets has been quietly floated with Planning. As proposed, a 65-foot-tall…
Conflicting Plans For The Corner Of Brannan And Fifth
The draft Western SoMa Community Plan which was approved by the Planning Commission this past December and will be before the Board of Supervisors in early 2013 would rezone the…
Big Plans For Harrison Street Between Second And Third
Having filed a preliminary application for development with San Francisco’s Planning Department, Cresleigh Development is proposing to build a 478,000-square-foot office building, a 406,000-square-foot residential tower and a 300-room hotel…
The Framework for San Francisco’s First Urban Eco-District
With ideas including the use of the elevated highway along the southern border of San Francisco’s Central Corridor to capture rainwater for community or rooftop gardens, and utilizing the space…
Metreon 1.5 Opens Tomorrow (2.0 And Target In October)
The makeover of the Metreon kicked-off last May. Tomorrow, the new dining terrace and first wave of restaurants and retail will open for business with others following over the next…