Hayes Valley Trader Joe’s Closer to Reality
Following a major false start by Portland-based New Seasons Market, which was aiming to open in 2018, Trader Joe’s has now formally submitted their application to build-out and operate the…
Small Business Eviction Can Kicked Down the Road
With Governor Gavin Newsom having inked an extension of Executive Order N-28-20 last week, which will allow local jurisdictions in California to continue banning the eviction of commercial tenants impacted…
Planning Positioned to Disapprove Whole Foods Redevelopment
Despite having been redesigned to incorporate eight new apartments into their plans, the proposed redevelopment of the shuttered Lombardi Sports building at 1600 Jackson Street, at the corner of Polk,…
Plans for San Francisco’s Next Target Slated for Approval
Plans to convert the former Sports Authority building at 1690 Folsom Street into a full-service Target could be approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission on October 4. Once again, the…
SF’s First Whole Foods 365 Closer to Reality
As we first reported a couple weeks ago, plans to convert the shuttered Lombardi Sports building at 1600 Jackson Street, at the corner of Polk, into San Francisco’s first Whole…
San Francisco’s First Whole Foods 365 Slated for Approval
In the works since 2016 and having survived a proposed formula retail ban, plans to convert the shuttered Lombardi Sports building at 1600 Jackson Street, at the corner of Polk,…
Site of Rejected Hotel on the Market Touting Formula Retail Potential
Despite being redesigned and re-branded in an attempt to assuage fears that the proposed hotel to rise at 1196 Columbus Avenue, which had originally been targeted to millennial travelers, wouldn’t…
Philz Sets Its Sights on Polk Street
Philz Coffee is planning to take over the former Russian Hill Bookstore storefront at 2230 Polk Street which has been vacant for five months. As proposed, while the interior of…
Western SoMa Target, CVS and Starbucks Closer to Reality
The formal application to convert the former Sports Authority building at 1690 Folsom Street into a full-service Target has been filed with Planning. The conversion wouldn’t require an expansion of…
Waylaid Hayes Valley Grocery Hopes to Open in 2018
Having ground to a halt last year, waylaid by the late delivery of its custom designed glass skin, construction on the 139 new Hayes Valley condos at 555 Fulton Street…