Plans for an Infill Mandela Hotel in Emeryville
Speaking of new hotels, plans for a 220-room hotel to rise on the vacant Caltrans lot to the south of the Emeryville Target have been drafted and will be reviewed…
Designs for a 6,800-Square-Foot Duplex Right Here
Built in 1915, the 1,400-square-foot structure at 1016 De Haro Street was originally a neighborhood grocery store. The building was converted into a two-bedroom Potrero Hill home in the 1940s.…
Evolution on Market and Grove
Plans to add six new stories atop the skinny two-story building at 1236 Market Street, adjacent to Sam’s Diner at 1220 Market, have been drawn and submitted to the City…
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…
Lake Merritt Rising: The Plans for a Grand Parking Lot Parcel with Views
The site of a gas station from the mid-1940s to 1991, the service station at 500 Grand Avenue was demolished in 1992, its underground storage tanks were removed, and the…
Housing Could Rise on Shuttered American Cyclery Site
With American Cyclery having shuttered their “too” annex at 858 Stanyan Street at the end of last year in anticipation of a significant rent hike, the 2,650-square-foot, single-story building on…
Plans for an 18-Story Tower of Affordable Units Right Here
Owned by the “5H GP” LLC, which is an affiliated entity of the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC), plans for an 18-story tower with 205 Below Market Rate (BMR) apartments…
A Happy Ending and More Housing in Chinatown as Proposed
If approved, the Happy Chinese Restaurant at 1326 Powell Street will be leveled. And in its place, a new six-story building will rise up to 65 feet in height, with…
Why LuLu’s Shuttering Shouldn’t Come as a Surprise
While the shuttering of Restaurant LuLu after 24 years at 816 Folsom Street appears to have caught some by surprise, the writing was on the wall if you knew where…
Folsom Street Rising: Newly Rendered and Closer to Reality
With plans to raise the roof at 633 Folsom Street in the works, and the designs for a 14-story building to rise on the corner site of the two-story Canton…