200-Foot-Tall Mission Street Development Closer to Reality
While originally only zoned for development up to 120 feet in height, an amendment to allow a 21-story building to rise up to 200 feet on the SoMa parcel at…
McDonald’s Shuttered for Eleven-Story Hotel to Rise
The McDonald’s at Third and Townsend, from within which Clint Eastwood uttered, “Go ahead, make my day,” has been shuttered and its grills and fryers are being loaded onto a…
From a Coat Factory to Tech Space as Proposed
As proposed by Hudson Pacific Properties and slated to be approved by San Francisco’s Planning Commission this week, the three-story Burlington Coat Factory structure at 899 Howard Street, on the…
Hotel to Transform Dirty Harry’s McCafe Site Closer to Reality
The lease for the McDonald’s at Third and Townsend, the building for which acted as the diner from which Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry character would order his daily coffee, and…
311 Complaints Jumped 24 Percent in San Francisco Last Year
The number of 311 complaints jumped 24 percent in San Francisco last year to 350,000, with residents of the Inner Mission and South of Market neighborhoods registering the most. Not…
Folsom Street Condo Fare: Plans for 955 Folsom
Plans to raze the J & J Tires and Suspension shop building at 955 Folsom Street, two doors down from Folsom Gulch, have been drawn. And as proposed, an nine-story…
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…
Another Team Looking to Flip an Approved Development Site in SF
As we first reported earlier this month, the 363 6th Street site which was approved for the development of 104 apartments last year is now on the market rather than…
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…
Revised Plans for a Prominent Sixth Street Corner and Hotel
As we first reported last year, plans to raze the two-story building on the northeast corner of Sixth and Mission, a building which currently houses The Balmoral South (a 29-room…