Ground Broken For 600-Foot Park Tower At Transbay
The ground has officially been broken for the 43-story office tower to rise on Transbay Block 5, fronting Howard Street between Beale and Main. As designed by Goettsch Partners with…
Transbay Transit Center Budget Balloons Past $2 Billion
Originally expected to cost $1.6 billion, the budget to build San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center was raised to $2.1 billion two months ago. And yesterday, transportation officials warned that the…
750-Foot Tower Site Auction Abruptly Cancelled
The scheduled auction for Transbay Parcel F was abruptly cancelled and the Transbay Joint Powers Authority will now attempt to negotiate directly with the intended bidders to secure the “best…
Condo/Hotel Tower Combo Could Rise Over The Melt
Plans to raze the two two-story buildings at 547 and 555 Howard Street and build a 36-story tower rising up to 380-feet in height across the site have been drafted…
Plans For San Francisco’s Second Tallest Tower Are Taking Shape
Beijing-based Oceanwide Holdings has refined their plans for a pair of towers to rise at First and Mission, the tallest of which is designed to reach a height of 910…
Five Teams Qualified To Bid For 750-Foot Transbay Tower Site
Five teams have been pre-qualified to bid a minimum of $160 million for Transbay Parcel F which is located mid-block between First, Second, Howard and Natoma Streets and zoned for…
The Budget And Renderings For 120 Affordable Transbay Units
With the cost of lumber spiking, the proposed structural design for the below market rate (BMR) building to rise on Transbay Block 7 – stretching from Fremont to Beale along…
San Francisco’s Downtown Plan And Monitoring Report
A core tenet of San Francisco’s Downtown Plan states, “without sufficient and appropriate housing to serve new commercial development, local housing costs increase, thereby compromising the vitality of downtown.” Or…
Housing Policy Hypocrisy In San Francisco?
While the Mayor’s Office has agreed to spend a potential record-setting amount to purchase a Mission District development site in order to build 72 units of affordable housing, the City…
Team Preparing To Break Ground For 400-Foot Transbay Tower
Essex Property Trust and TMG Partners are preparing to break ground earlier than expected for the 400-foot tower to rise at the corner of Folsom and First on Transbay Block…