Hearing Set for Proposed SoMa Hotel, What Would Dirty Harry Say?
With the lease for the SoMa McDonald’s at Third and Townsend expiring in January 2017, San Francisco’s Planning Commission is now slated to approve the plans for an eleven-story hotel…
McDonald’s Agrees To Clean Up Lawless Haight-Ashbury Location
In response to the City Attorney’s demand that McDonald’s address the “lawlessness harbored” in and around its 730 Stanyan Street location, McDonald’s Corporation, which owns the land, and the franchisee…
Mission District McDonald’s Suddenly Shuttered
The McDonald’s at 16th and Mission was suddenly shuttered last night with employees being told that the restaurant’s lease for the 2011 Mission Street store had expired and that everyone…
New SoMa Jail Will Displace McDonald’s, Perhaps Residents Too
Another McDonald’s is slated to be razed in San Francisco, this time to make room for a new County Jail. As part of a larger program to relocate City agencies…
City Attorney Demands McDonald’s Clean Up Haight-Ashbury Site
Citing nearly 1,100 service calls to the San Francisco Police Department over the past three years, City Attorney Dennis Herrera has sent a pre-litigation demand letter and draft legal complaint…
Planning For Shuttered McDonald’s Site Underway
The chain link fence which was cemented into place around the abruptly shuttered McDonald’s at 600 Van Ness has been keeping the taggers and transients at bay. And while McDonald’s…
An Escalating Battle With Taggers, Transients, And Urban Blight
Engaged in a full-on battle with the taggers and transients who have claimed the shuttered McDonald’s at 600 Van Ness, an 8-foot chain-link fence is in the process of being…
Shuttered McDonald’s Site Already Urban Blight
Having been abruptly shuttered and boarded up two weeks ago, the long-standing McDonald’s at 600 Van Ness Avenue has already become a magnet for graffiti and urban blight. And considering…
Van Ness McDonald’s Closed, Zoned For 13-Story Development
The long-standing McDonald’s at 600 Van Ness Avenue which was built in 1978 has been abruptly boarded up and stripped of its original signage. While the plan for the parcel…
McDonald’s Site Near AT&T Park Slated For 10-Story Hotel
The plans for the SoMa parcel upon which McDonald’s sits on the southeast corner of Third and Townsend near AT&T Park have been revealed: Stonebridge Companies, a Colorado-based hotel development…