Anchor’s San Francisco Acreage
Established in 1896 when German brewer Ernst F. Baruth and his son-in-law bought the American brewery, which was founded at the base of Russian Hill by another German brewer in…
Another Fully-Approved, Unbuilt Development Hits The Market
While plans to raze the shuttered Schwarz/Home/Engelhart sausage outlet at 1726-1730 Mission Street and develop a six-story building upon the Mission District site were approved back in 2017, and building…
Plans to Eliminate San Francisco’s Industrial Protection Zone
Created in 2001 to protect industrial businesses from being displaced by higher-paying residential, retail and office developments in San Francisco’s Eastern Neighborhoods, the City’s Industrial Protection Zone (IPZ) Special Use…
Plans for Massive New Distribution Center(s) Closer to Reality
It was that back in 2014 that we first noted that the LaSalle Industrial Park complex at 749 Toland Street, upon which four single-story warehouse buildings with a total of…
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Counterintuitive Landmarking Slated to Proceed
San Francisco’s Historic Preservation Commission is slated to initiate a formal landmarking of the historic brick building on the southeast corner of Kansas and 15th Streets next week, a designation…
Design District Lab Development Closer to Reality, But…
The formal application to move forward with the development of a block-long, 5-story laboratory building on the western side of De Haro, from 15th to 16th Streets, has been filed…
Bonus to Build Shorter Than Allowed Slated for Approval
As we outlined back in 2019 when the plans were being drawn: Plans to level the two-story industrial building at 560 Brannan Street, adjacent to an already approved major development…
Plans to Bank This Mission District Lot Have Been Drawn
With an acceptable offer for the big Mission District parcel/parking lot on the corner of 16th Street and Shotwell, which was on the market for $10 million last year and…
New Bayview/Dogpatch Lab Development on the Boards
Purchased for $34 million early 2019, plans to raze the warehouse buildings on the two Bayview blocks at 3150 and 3240 3rd Street, between Cesar Chavez and Islais Creek, on…
Landmark Office Complex Closer to Reality
Designed by Gustave Albert (G. Albert) Lansburgh and built for H. Levi & Co. in 1912, the five-story brick warehouse building on the southeast corner of Kansas and 15th Street…