Revised Designs for Transforming Potrero’s East Slope
As a condition of its approval last December, the design of the proposed 251-unit market rate development to transform Potrero Hill’s East Slope known as 1395 22nd Street was to…
Seven-Story Mission District Development Slated for Approval
With an exemption from having to complete a lengthy environmental review in hand, and the paperwork for a permit to demolish the two auto shops on the southeast corner of…
New Plans for a Modern 108-Unit Dogpatch Redevelopment
The proposed redevelopment of the two-story Watermark Press building parcel at 950 Tennessee Street in Dogpatch is pressing forward with Handel Architects now at the design helm. And as proposed,…
California College of the Arts Inks Potrero 1010 Lease
Speaking of Equity Residential, which just lowered its revenue forecast for 2016, due in part to a recent underperformance in the company’s San Francisco portfolio of apartment projects, the developer…
The SoMa Development a Ballot Initiative Aims to Block
As we first reported last week, the paperwork for a ballot measure entitled the “Don’t Demolish Recreation in San Francisco Initiative” has been filed with the City. And while the…
Mission District Development Reimagined: Beauty or Beast?
Facing pushback from the neighborhood and powers that be, developer Nick Podell and team circled back to the drawing board and returned with a “completely reimagined” proposal for the development…
San Francisco Sues Academy of Art over Real Estate Misuse
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera filed suit against the Academy of Art University today, alleging that the institution “schemed to violate state and local laws in its aggressive acquisition…
Ruling Clears the Way for New Maker and Office Project
The proposed redevelopment of the San Francisco Gravel Company’s sprawling parcel at 552 Berry Street, a block away from Zynga’s HQ, is one big step closer to being realized, with…
New Plan for SF Tennis Club Site Scraps All Courts
As we first wrote and ruffled some feathers with respect to the half-block San Francisco Tennis Club at 645 Fifth Street when the Bay Club was sold to York Capital…
Academy of Art Has More Illegal Buildings than First Reported
As we first reported last year, of the 40 known properties currently operated by the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, 30 appeared to be operating illegally without necessary…