Supersized Van Ness Corridor Development Closer to Reality
Having recently doubled the proposed density of the previously approved project to rise upon the former service station site on the northwest corner of Van Ness and Filbert, the façade…
Rezoning Could Quadruple Density of 19th Avenue Development
The previously proposed plans to level the Sunset District flower stand and two undeveloped lots on the southwest corner of Quintara and 19th Avenue and construct a four-story building across…
Revised Plans for Supersized Bart-Adjacent Project Sans Parking
Facing pushback from Oakland’s Planning Department with respect to the “monotonous and bulky massing” of the proposed 1,032-unit “Hub” development to rise up to 23 stories in height upon the…
Big Plans for Club Zone Parcels Have Been Drawn
As we first reported last year: The Action Rentals building at 1526-1530 Folsom Street is on the market in Western SoMa, along with its parking lot at 1560 Folsom and…
More Dorms for Developers in Western SoMa as Proposed
With 200 mini apartments rising on the 333 12th Street parcel to the left, and the ground having been broken for 136 units to rise on the 1532 Harrison Street…
Supersized Van Ness Corridor Development Contemporized
As we first reported last week, plans to double the unit density of the approved development to rise upon the former service station site on the northwest corner of Van…
More Height and Density on Van Ness as Newly Proposed
While plans for a six-story over basement building to rise up to 65 feet in height upon the former service station site turned perennial Christmas tree lot on the northwest…
Supersized Plans and Problems for this BART-Adjacent Project
While plans for a 417-unit development to rise up to 8 stories in height on the vacant 3-acre Caltrans lot bounded by Kirkham, 7th, Union and 5th Streets, a block…
West Berkeley Rising on San Pablo as Proposed
Plans to level the shuttered Church’s Chicken shack on the corner of San Pablo Avenue and Harrison Street, on the northern border of Northwest Berkeley, are in the works. And…
New Timing for RADical Oakland Tower
Having been redesigned by RAD Urban last year, the plans for a 29-story building to rise up to 360 feet in height at 1433 Webster Street in Downtown Oakland have…