Infilling Lower Nob Hill below What’s Allowed
While zoned for development up to 80 feet in height, plans for a five-story building to rise up to 50 feet in height on the little Lower Nob Hill/Tendernob parking…
Western SoMa Infill Project Closer to Reality but on Shaky Ground
While the Planning Commission hearing for the proposed 24-unit building to rise up to six stories in height at 1228 Folsom Street has been delayed until the first week of…
Redevelopment of Prominent SoMa Corner Closer to Reality
It was nearly twenty years ago that San Francisco’s Planning Department first authorized the theoretical conversion of the gas station parcel on northeast corner of Howard and 9th Street which…
184 Murphy Beds and Toilet Sinks in the Mission as Proposed
Plans to redevelop the used car lot on the northwest corner of South Van Ness Avenue and 15th Street have been drafted. And as proposed, a “group housing” project with…
Skinny Transbay District Tower Closer to Reality
Speaking of skinny project sites, the plans for a 48-story, residential tower rising up to 515 feet in height at 524 Howard Street have been newly rendered, granted an exemption…
Hayes Valley Site Approved for Super Skinny Buildings Back in Play
Having been approved for a pair of super skinny buildings to rise up to five stories across the Hayes Valley site, the two former Central Freeway Parcels M and N…
Plans for Five Stories on Calle 24
Plans for a wedge-shaped building to rise up to five stories in height on the Mission District parking lot at the corner of Capp and 24th Streets have been drawn.…
Central SoMa Rising: Plans for 123 New Homes on 5th
With a bit of drilling going on at the lot on the corner of 5th and Shipley, a reader wonders what’s in the works for the Central SoMa site. As…
Sixth Street Rising: Insert Eight or Nine Stories Here
Approved for a 5-story building with 36 condos over a ground floor of commercial space back in 2009, but then waylaid by a stated inability to secure financing, new plans…
Polk Gulch Parcel Zoned for 130-Foot-Tall Building in Play
The two-story building at 925 O’Farrell Street most recently occupied by Thai Stick Shabu Shabu, which is mid-move to Fillmore Street, is now being shopped for $3.6 million. And while…