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Location: Transbay
Projects & Developments:
1. 50 1st St. (1st & Mission) – Two million square foot Oceanwide Center development comprises two high-rise towers, along with impressive new public spaces and important new pedestrian links through downtown. Together, the buildings provide 1.35 million square feet of office space and 650,000 square feet of residential units.
2. Mission (1st and Fremont) – Salesforce Tower. Estimated completion later this year, no exact date.
3. Port of San Francisco (Pier 1) – Port of San Francisco facing a multi-billion dollar challenge with respect to rehabilitating, renovating and re-purposing the city’s piers & 100+ acres of waterfront space, an analysis prepared for the Port’s Waterfront Plan Land Use Subcommittee could pave the way for a luxury hotel & tech space in the Port’s historic finger piers.
4. Ferry Building (Pier 2) – Location of previous restaurant, Sinbad’s. Expansion of ferry landing and public use.
5. 75 Howard – Demolition of an eight-story parking garage at 75 Howard St., making way for a 133-unit tower that has been more than five years in the planning.
6. Transbay Block 4 – On the northern third of the site fronting Howard (Transbay Block 4), a 450-foot-tall building is expected to rise.
7. 250 Howard – Park Tower at Transbay is a 43-story, 605-foot (184 m) office skyscraper under construction. The tower is located on Block 5 of the San Francisco Transbay development plan at the corner of Beale and Howard Streets, near the Transbay Transit Center.
8. 181 Fremont – 55 ultra-luxury residences perched at the top of 181 Fremont, which rises almost 800 feet above San Francisco in the Transbay/Yerba Buena neighborhood south of Market Street.
9. 33 Tehama – 33 Tehama is an iconic new residence coming to the heart of SoMa. Offering one-bedroom, two-bedroom and penthouse apartments, it brings truly cosmopolitan living, avant design and unrivaled amenities to one of the most connected, walkable and cultured locations in the City and beyond. The 35-story tower was designed by Arquitectonica with interiors by Edmonds + Lee and a signature art installation by world-renowned Yayoi Kusama.
10. 550 Howard – 64-story tower to on Transbay Parcel F, would reach a height of 806 feet as proposed, making it the fourth tallest tower in San Francisco, behind the Salesforce/Transbay Tower. 200 condos would be spread across the top 27 floors, with 16 floors (287,000 square feet) of office space and a 250-room hotel below.
11. Transbay Block 9 – Also known as 500/510 Folsom, the Transbay Block 9 tower will yield a total of 545 apartments of which 436 (80 percent) will be market rate. 109 BMR units on the lower 21 floors.
12. Transbay Block 8 (420-488 Folsom) – Located two blocks from the new $4.5 billion Transbay Transit Center, San Francisco’s Grand Central Station, and three blocks from the new 61-story Salesforce Tower, Transbay 8 will be a 55-story, 548-unit residential tower with upper floors featuring 118 luxury view condominiums and lower floors accommodating 280 luxury apartments and 150 affordable apartments. The ground floor will feature 17,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail set around an open public paseo meandering through the site.
13. Transbay Block 2 – A 165-foot-tall building is slated to rise on Transbay Block 2, fronting Folsom between Beale and Main, with a total of 242 below market rate (BMR) units.
14. Transbay Block 3 – Will become Transbay Park, the construction of which is slated to commence in early 2018.
15. Folsom Bay Tower (160 Folsom) –Transbay District site for the twisty 400-foot-tall “Bay Tower” designed by Jeanne Gang to rise at 160 Folsom Street, is currently in design. If all goes as currently expected, work should begin in earnest on the development of 160 Folsom within the next month. And if so, the Transbay Block 1 project, which will yield a total of 391 condos, 156 of which will be below market rate (BMR), over 10,200 square feet of retail space and underground parking for 340 cars should be ready for occupancy in the first quarter of 2020 (not 2019).
16. 390 1st. (Corner of 1st and Harrison) – Dubbed “Modera” and designed by TCA Architects for Mill Creek Residential, the proposed 390 1st Street development totals 180 apartments (a mix of 57 studios, 50 one-bedrooms, 68 two-bedrooms and 5 three-bedrooms) with a small corner cafe and underground garage for around 90 cars.
17. 4th & Brannan – 37-story residential tower at the corner of Fourth and Brannan streets. The building would sit right across the street from the Caltrain station (under construction) and amid a flurry of new activity. The latest proposal soars well above the 250-foot cap for the area and calls for 427 units.
18. Corner of Townsend – Up to 270 feet in height; a 400-foot height limit for the Creamery/HD Buttercup parcels (upon which Tishman Speyer has proposed to build a residential tower or two); and a re-revised 240-foot height limit for the 725 Harrison Street site to allow Boston Properties’ proposed office project to rise as rendered above, or at least with a few tweaks. And if adopted, the plan could pave the way for an additional 7,800 units of housing, and office space for an additional 45,000 jobs, to rise in the area roughly bounded by Folsom, Second, Townsend and Sixth.
Location: Mission Bay
Projects & Developments:
1. One Mission Bay – Currently selling & hotel
2. Mission Rock (China Basin currently industrial site just south of AT&T park known as parking lot A) – Crafted through ten years of neighborhood outreach and community planning, Mission Rock will transform a surface parking lot just south of AT&T Park into a vibrant new community that includes 1,500 new rental homes with 40% dedicated to affordable units for low- and middle- income families, 8 acres of parks and open space, and small retail shops and cafes. Existing parking will be consolidated into a safe structure and will responsibly account for the needs of the neighborhood. Mission Rock will protect against sea level rise, and generate over $1 billion in revenue for San Francisco. Anchor Brewing Co. will be built on Mission Rock Pier 48 will be brewery, restaurant, & museum
3. Uber Campus (1455 Third St.) – The 435,000-square-foot project, located next to the future Warriors arena, includes an 11-story structure at 1455 Third St. and a six-story building at 1515 Third St.
4. Warriors Arena (Third St. & 16th St.) – Construction began on the Warriors’ new Mission Bay arena Jan. 17. The basketball and entertainment venue, to be called the Chase Center.
5. Bayfront Park Expansion (between Terry Francois Blvd. & the Bay) – 5.5 –acres across from the Warriors’ future Chase Center. Once the Warriors begin construction on their Arena, Bay Front Park will be expanded and receive much needed upgrades. The new park should be open by 2018.
Location: Dogpatch
Projects & Developments:
2. The Gantry (2121 3rd St.) – 106 unit apartment complex
3. 2130 Third St. – UCSF’s future Child, Teen and Family Center, and Department of Psychology Building, slated to be presented to UC’s Board of Regents next month, refined renderings and timing for the 148,000-square foot development.
4. 2290 Third – This luxury residential project contains 71 homes on six floors, with ground floor commercial space, a 34-car parking garage, and 71 bicycle stalls.
5. Pier 70 – The renaissance of San Francisco’s waterfront continues with a redevelopment project at Historic Pier 70. Aimed at honoring our industrial past while creating a community of modern, innovative companies, the project focuses on rehabilitating & revitalizing the historic 20th Street buildings into highly efficient, creative workspaces, clustered around beautiful, shared plazas and atriums. Led by Orton Development, the project will return the buildings to reuse, preserving their historic fabric, and making them a vibrant and integral part of the surrounding community. The result will be a magnificent historic core that will foster businesses, provide jobs and enhance the local neighborhood.
6. 888 Tennessee Proposed 112 apartments, 3000SF of commercial space fronting Esprit Park, and a south-facing public plaza off 20th Street. The front door will be located at 789 Minnesota Street. Presently deep in the weeds with its entitlements and has no definite timeline set yet, so keep in mind that the design could and very probably will change more before it’s said and done.
7. 815 Tennessee – 69-unit luxury residential project
8. Dogpatch Arts Plaza (19th & Indiana) – Dogpatch Arts Plaza will convert a dead-end street into an 8,000 square foot arts-focused public pedestrian plaza at 19th and Indiana Streets. Inspired by the popular Decompression Festival held on Indiana Street each year, the plaza combines Burning Man’s artistic spirit with the Dogpatch’s industrial heritage to create an outdoor gallery for large-scale and industrial art. The Dogpatch Arts Plaza combines the ideas of pocket plaza and outdoor gallery, creating a “third place” where neighbors and passers-by can come together to engage with art and with each other.
9. 650 Indiana – Under Construction the project consists of two architecturally distinct, but integrated buildings separated by a publicly accessible courtyard mid-block. On the southern side of the site, the “O Building” is organized around a central courtyard and features a dramatic two-story “porthole” opening in the front facade, while on the northern side of the site, the “M Building” is organized around a series of private, landscaped courtyards that open onto Indiana Street.
10. 800 Indiana – Avalon Dogpatch under construction 2.5 acre property is a five story residential complex with 326 apartments, 211 bicycle spaces, and 260 parking spots buried in a subterranean level.
Location: Mid-Market
Projects & Developments:
1. 5M (4 acres between 5th, Mission, & Howard) – Over the next several years, a phased development will transition the site from its current mix of office buildings and surface parking lots to include new open spaces and an assortment of low-, mid-, and high-rise buildings for office use, housing, and public gathering.
2. The Old San Francisco Mint (88 5th St.) – Plans to restore. Talks of museum.
3. 6×6 (aka Market Street Place 945 Market St.) – Largest new retail development in the Mid-Market neighborhood since the nearby Westfield San Francisco Centre opened in 1998. But its immediate environs are facing variable demand. Zendesk, Spotify, and other tech companies are headquartered nearby, and new businesses like Popsons Burgers and Equator Coffee have sprung up to serve them. And some major housing developments have recently been approved for the area, including 1028 Market and the Group i development. Two large-scale hotels—the Yotel and San Francisco Proper—are also in development nearby, and are expected to open later this year. But other major projects, such as the recently refurbished Hibernia Bank at Jones and Market, remain empty. Meanwhile, several well-known neighborhood establishments, like Show Dogs and Machine Coffee, have called it quits. Even the Westfield mall has lost some major tenants, including the Bristol Farms grocery store. The underground
parking garage developed to serve the new “6×6” mall at 900 Market Street is now open for business—even though not a single tenant has been confirmed to fill the 250,000 square feet of retail space above it.
4. 950-974 Market – Group I to revitalize the Mid-Market corridor with new housing, a hotel for intrepid travelers, neighborhood-serving retail, and a dedicated non-profit space.
5. 1055 Market – Possible hotel
6. 1028 Market – Planning process. The 13-story building planned to replace The Hall will rise 120 feet above Market Street. Of the 186 units, 25 will be below-market-rate. There will be 70 studios, 47 one-bedroom apartments, 57 two-bedrooms and 12 three-bedroom units, as well as parking for 44 cars and 140 bicycles. The building will also have 8,200-square-foot retail space on the ground floor, and a 7,300-square-foot roof garden for residents.
7. 1066 Market – proposed 12-story, 300-unit building will maintain continuity with the architectural elements of the surrounding buildings in the historic theatre and loft district and optimize the use of the irregular geometry and topography of the site
8. The Hibernia Bank (1 Jones St.) – Historic Hibernia Bank, built in 1892, has been vacant and neglected for years. Thankfully, the Dolmen Group has dusted off plans to renovate the gracious edifice. Construction is currently under way, but there has yet to be confirmation on what type of business will move into the structure once the improvements are completed.
9. Proper Hotel (45 McAllister St.) – Under construction. Set to open summer 2017 – 131 room hotel.
10. 1075 Market – Aka “Stage 1075” Construction on 90 condos has begun.
11. Yotel San Francisco (1095 Market St.) – Under construction to be completed fall 2017.
12. ACT at the Strand (1127 Market St.)- Converted from an abandoned building into live performance space.
13. Trinity Place (1190 Mission St.) – Phases one and two of the massive Trinity Place development are finished, and phase three is now under construction. Once complete, the complex in total will feature 1,900 units, 1,450 parking spaces, and 60,000 square feet of ground-floor retail.
14. 1275 Market – New Dolby Laboratories HQ
15. 1400 Mission – Completed 15-floor tower containing 190 below-market-rate apartments (a mix of studio- to three-bedroom units). The building fills the BMR requirement for Tishman Speyer’s Lumina development at 201 Folsom.
16. The Panoramic (1321 Mission St.) – High rise for students and interns (micro units)
17. 1415 Mission – Olume Luxury apartments – currently leasing
18. Market Square (1355 Market St.) – Twitter HQ + blue bottle outpost, The Market on Market, etc.
19. One Oak (intersection of Oak St., Market St., & Van Ness) – Build Public is creating a publicly accessible pedestrian plaza on Oak Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street that will serve as a “front porch” to Hayes Valley and the Civic Center cultural arts district
20. 1699 Market – 9 stories rental about Flax Art building.
Location: The Hub
Projects & Developments:
The Mid-Market area has been a rather rough section of San Francisco for decades, with urban renewal plan after urban renewal plan failing to take hold. But all that appears to be on the cusp of change as the city attempts to increase density along transit corridors. The Hub triumphantly returns!
Currently, The Hub is full of proposed developments with thousands of new housing units coming from big developments. At least eight development sites are in some stage of the entitlement process. Future new buildings in the neighborhood will occupy these sites:
1. 1580 Mission Street – New apartment development by Related California currently in preconstruction at 1580 Mission Street, San Francisco. The development is scheduled for completion in 2019. 1580 Mission Street has a total of 560 units.
2. 1601 Mission Street – Currently Tower Car Wash. Trumark Urban’s 1601 Mission St., a 220-unit condo proposal near the border of the Mission and South of Market neighborhoods.
3. 30 Otis Street- If approved, the proposed 250-foot tower accompanied by an 85-foot podium building will be part of the strategic revitalization of this transit-rich, underdeveloped corner of the city.
4. 10 South Van Ness Avenue – Honda Dealership
5. 30 Van Ness – If the sale of 30 Van Ness is approved and ratified, the City will continue to occupy the building until 1500 Mission St. development is finished, which is currently slated to occur around 2020.
6. 22-4 Franklin – Hayes Auto Body 8 story apartment rental.
7. 33 Gough Street – Currently City College Administration Building. CCSF board of trustees cut a deal with an Atlanta-based developer to replace the current, aging building at 33 Gough Street
