Challenged Central SoMa Development Closer to Reality
As we first revealed last month, the application to proceed with the mass redevelopment of 12 contiguous Central SoMa parcels stretching from 400 Second Street to 665 Harrison has formally…
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Planning for Contentious Central SoMa Development Proceeds
In the works since 2012 and dependent upon the survival of San Francisco’s Central SoMa Plan, at least with respect to its new height limits, the application to proceed with…
Refined Design and Timing for That Creative Uptown Tower
As we first reported early last year, plans for a 27-story “creative office building,” with an oxidized metal frame, trim and finishes, to rise up to 465 feet in height…
Destination Waterfront Hotel Redesigned
Facing pushback from the Bay Conservation and Development Commission’s (BCDC) Design Review Board, which determined that the plans for a 155-room resort hotel to rise up to six stories in…
Proposed Mid-Market Infill Tower and Its Frontages Newly Rendered
As newly rendered by SCB, along with a generic massing for the massive 5M project, the proposed infill tower to rise on Nordstrom’s underdeveloped parking lot parcel at 469 Stevenson…
Less Height, More Density for Proposed Tower to Rise Right Here
While plans for a new Mid-Market tower to rise on Nordstrom’s underdeveloped parking lot parcel at 469 Stevenson Street continue to move forward, it would appear as though the expected…
Refined Design for Taller Oakland Tower
With an extra 15 feet of height and an additional 19 units approved last month, the final design review for the now 452-unit tower approved to rise up to 395…
More Height, Less Parking, New Design for Approved Oakland Tower
Plans for a 33-story building with 345 apartments to rise up to 330 feet in height at 1900 Broadway, adjacent to the historic Tapscott Building in Uptown Oakland, which is…
Detailed Plans for a ‘Creative’ Uptown Oakland Tower
Speaking of proposed towers to rise in Oakland, the detailed plans for a 27-story “creative office building,” with an oxidized metal frame, trim and finishes, to rise up to 465…
Destination Waterfront Hotel Slated for Approval in the East Bay
The final development permit for a proposed waterfront hotel to rise up to 67 feet and six stories in height on the Jack London Square parcel known as F3, behind…