Believe it or not, that’s a slice of San Francisco’s not too distant future skyline rendered above, a view from the elevated Transbay Park, looking south towards the 550-foot tower of Transbay Block 8 (which is in the works) and the 400-foot tower of Transbay Block 9 (which is already rising).... Read More »
As plugged-in people have long known to expect, designs to raze the southern portion of the Dogpatch block bounded by Third, 23rd, and Tennessee Streets have been drawn with plans to construct a six-story building with 259 rental units over parking for 147 cars and 259 bikes, and 2,300... Read More »
With a winning bid of $72 Million for San Francisco’s Transbay Block 8, the City’s Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure has selected Related California to develop a 550-foot residential tower, podium, and low-rise project along Folsom Street. As a plugged-in reader correctly reported last week, Millennium Partners losing... Read More »
DDG and DM Development have just broken ground on 400 Grove Street, the modern 34-unit Hayes Valley development designed by Fougeron Architecture to rise at the corner of Grove and Gough Streets. Reaching a maximum height of five stories, the 400 Grove Street building includes a little over 2,000... Read More »
As we first reported last June, AGI Capital was quietly testing the waters of Dogpatch with plans to raze the existing structures and surface area parking lot stretching from Third to Tennessee along 23rd Street and construct a six-story mixed-use building with 300 dwelling units over 255 parking spaces... Read More »
On the agenda for San Francisco’s Planning Commission this week, the approval of 34 new condos and a cafe to be built at 400 Grove Street at the corner of Gough, also known as Central Freeway Parcel H, currently a Hayes Valley parking lot. The full scoop, design and... Read More »
According to a plugged-in tipster, the 5,000 square foot Fougeron Architecture designed “Tehama Grasshopper” loft also known as 431 Tehama #2 is hopping back on the market. Listed in August 2009 asking $4,128,000, the 2007 AIA Tour home was withdrawn from the market in February 2010 and will be... Read More »
From the architect’s website with respect to their “21 House” (a.k.a. 3537 21st Street): This remodel of a kitchen and bathroom in a San Francisco Victorian explores the effects of transparency in both the literal/material sense and the phenomenal sense. Exterior and interior glass walls allow light to create... Read More »
On San Francisco’s AIA Home Tour in 2007. On the cover and inside Metropolitan Home in 2008. And now on the market and asking $4,128,000 in 2009, it’s the Fougeron Architecture designed “Tehama Grasshopper” otherwise know as 431 Tehama #2. Read More »
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