Detailed Plans for Massive Power Plant Redevelopment and Stack
If approved as proposed, the redevelopment of the 29-acre Potrero Power Plant site will yield 2,700 units of housing; 600,000 square feet of office space; 700,000 square feet of R&D…
State Drops Legal Challenge of SF’s Waterfront Height Limit Measure
The State of California has agreed to drop its legal challenge of San Francisco’s Proposition B, the voter-approved “No Wall on the Waterfront” measure which maintains existing height limits for…
Impact of Another Mega-Development about to Be Assessed
With the adjacent Pier 70 project having been approved, the preparation of the required Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the even larger Potrero Power Plant site project, the preliminary plans…
Plans for Massive New Waterfront Development Revealed
With an extensive cleanup of the old Potrero Power Plant site and its shoreline underway, plans for over 5 million square feet of development to rise up to 300 feet…
31 Acres of Opportunity on San Francisco’s Southeastern Shore
Decommissioned in 2006 and since dismantled, the environmental cleanup of the 31-acre Hunters Point Power Plant site, a site which was operational for 75 years, is nearly complete. The City’s…
A Record-Smashing Deal on San Francisco’s Waterfront
The Hong Kong-based SRE Group has purchased an 80 percent stake in the eight-story parking garage at 75 Howard Street, a waterfront site which is fully approved and permitted for…
Expansion of San Francisco’s Ferry Terminal About to Get Underway
With Sinbad’s having been razed to make room for the San Francisco’s Ferry Terminal Expansion project, which includes the construction of two new berthing facilities (Gates F and G) and…
The Likely Fate of San Francisco’s Prominent Piers 30-32
While the Port of San Francisco is in the process of updating its Waterfront Land Use Plan and examining potential uses for the City’s prominent Piers 30-32, the 13-acre site…
Contested Waterfront Development Survives Challenges
The multiple appeals which aimed to overturn the City’s approval of a 220-foot building to rise at 75 Howard Street, with 133 luxury condos over a restaurant, café and underground…
Waterfront Development Close to Being Overturned
While the hotly contested plans for a 220-foot building with 133 condos to rise at 75 Howard Street were approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission last year, a pair of…