As we first reported in 2010, the plans to rehabilitate the Joseph D. Grant Building at 1095 Market Street and convert the eight-story building from office use to a hotel/hostel with 94 rooms, a 2,500 square foot ground floor restaurant, a 3,500 square foot nightclub and two rooftop terraces... Read More »

With permits in place, ACT’s renovation of the old Strand Theater at 1127 Market Street is slated to get started this September, re-opening in January 2015. And as we first reported last week, MacFarlane Partners is moving forward with plans for a 12-story building with 150 apartments on the... Read More »

Having purchased the vacant Mid-Market parcel at 1125 Market Street for $7.8 million in December, MacFarlane Partners has submitted draft plans for a 12-story building with 150 apartments over 3,000 square feet of commercial space along Market Street. A garage for 16 cars would be accessed from Stevenson Street,... Read More »

Following the Planning Department’s recommendation and reasoning, San Francisco’s Planning Commission has voted 5 to 1 against Starbucks’ proposal to take over the retail space at 2201 Market Street at the corner of Sanchez in the Castro. ∙ The Designs For 2201 Market Street And Great Starbucks Divide Read More »

Starbucks’ proposal to take over the existing 2,500 square foot Industrialists retail space at 2201 Market Street has received 59 letters of support (including one from the Merchants of Upper Market & Castro) and a petition with 453 signatures in favor of their plan. At the same time, the... Read More »

The Site: 2198 Market Street, the triangular shaped lot at the corner of Market and Sanchez Streets which was once a Shell gas station, was rezoned as part of the Market and Octavia Area Plan, and most recently served as a Delaney Street Christmas tree lot. The Plan: As... Read More »

Real estate developer MacFarlane Partners has purchased the vacant lot at 1125 Market Street with plans to construct a 12-story apartment building on the Mid-Market site according to the Business Times. Located directly to the east of the old Strand Theater at 1127 Market Street which the American Conservatory... Read More »

The Richard Meier & Partners designed 37-story tower that’s proposed to rise at the corner of Market, Van Ness and Oak Streets would reach 445 feet, 435 feet to the roof line with a 20 foot parapet above. Tentatively dubbed One Van Ness, the tower would contain 258 condos... Read More »

Constructed in 1917, the Strand Theater at 1127 Market Street has sat vacant and boarded up since 2003 when it was raided and closed down by the San Francisco Police Department, having last served as an adult video venue and haven for drug users. Purchased by the American Conservatory... Read More »

The application to demolish the single story restaurant and surface area parking lot at the corner of Market, 15th and Sanchez Streets (most recently dba as Laticia’s) was first filed back in 2008. As a plugged-in commuter notes, the building has finally fallen. On the site at 2200 Market... Read More »