RADical Oakland Tower Redesigned
Facing pushback with respect to the lack of a pronounced step back along 15th Street, which was seen as being inconsistent with “the lower height context of the buildings within…
Plans to Raze FLACOS for Housing to Rise
Plans to level the 1,000-square-foot, single-story Berkeley building on the corner of Adeline and Emerson, which has been home to FLACOS over the past seven years, are in the works.…
400-Foot-Tall Downtown Oakland Tower Closer to Reality
The refined plans for a 40-story downtown Oakland tower to rise up to 400 feet in height upon the western quarter of the Downtown Oakland block bounded by Franklin, Webster,…
Bigger Plans for Mission District Lavanderia Parcel Proposed
The formal application to raze the Wash Club lavanderia at 2918 Mission Street and redevelop its Mission District parcel and adjacent parking lot has been filed. As expected, while the…
Macro Development of Micro-Units Closer to Reality in Western SoMa
Plans for a development of 200 micro-apartments to rise up to eight stories in height at 333 12th Street, on the western edge of SoMa between Folsom and Harrison, are…
The RADical Plans for 28 Stories at Webster and 15th in Oakland
Speaking of Oakland rising, RAD Urban is pushing forward with a proposed 28-story tower to rise up to 353 feet in height at 1433 Webster Street, which includes the shuttered…
Plans for Building up MacArthur Boulevard Even Higher Than Zoned
The days are numbered for the MacArthur Carwash and tire shop at the corner of MacArthur and Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Oakland, as the corner site traded hands…
Even Bigger Plans for More Housing and Height in the Mission
While currently only zoned for building up to 55-feet in height, the two players picked by the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to redevelop the Mission District parking…
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back Re: Plans for Flower Stand Site
The 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 the site,…
SF Preparing for Potential Litigation Re: CA’s Density Bonus Law
A closed-door conference between San Francisco’s Planning Commission and Legal Counsel is underway. And while the agenda for the specially scheduled hearing doesn’t offer a hint as to the topic…