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Scott Wiener Introduces Bill to Halt Environmental Reviews In Downtown SF for 10 Years

As downtown San Francisco still has a glut of unused office space, state Senator Scott Wiener says he’s pushing legislation for a decade-long elimination of the environmental review mandate known as CEQA from downtown projects, in hopes of spurring conversion to uses like housing.

Below-Market Units At Massive Trinity Place Complex Allegedly Being Rented Airbnb-Style

The massive Trinity Place development was pushed through the city's bureaucracy over many years, through many fights, by 90-year-old local powerhouse developer Angelo Sangiacomo. When complete it will ultimately contain 1900 units of

[Updated] Case Study In Affordable Housing Proves That BMR Buyers Can Get Shafted

Remember the viral story about the "poor door" that a New York developer was fighting to construct so that wealthy residents in the new building would not have to rub elbows with, or

Arts & Entertainment

Proposals For Renovated Palace Of Fine Arts Include Two Gym Complexes, And An Arts Center

An initial RFP (request for proposals) went out last fall to gauge interest a revamped and reimagined Palace of Fine Arts complex. The Marina-adjacent complex, which along with the outdoor promenades and landmark

[Update] California Court Says Cities Can Require Developers To Build Affordable Housing

A ruling arrived today from the California Supreme Court in a case that supports local ordinances, like the one we have in San Francisco, that requires developers of new market-rate housing to set

More On The Escalating Tensions Between Transbay Developers And City Hall

This all may be much ado about nothing in the end because it's in everyone's best interest to resolve this dispute quickly and no one really wants a lawsuit but tensions remain high

Transbay Transit Center Deal Collapses, Developers All Back Out Of Tax Deal

We thought this was settled two weeks ago, but now everything is a mess. As of today's Board of Supervisors meeting, the original, two-year-old understanding between developers in the Transbay District and the

Developers Attempting To Skip Out On Paying For Downtown High Speed Rail Extension

Remember how Supervisors Scott Wiener and Jane Kim were expressing some concern a couple months ago about the Mayor's Office's assurances that the rooftop park at the new Transbay Transit Center would be

The Next Big Development Battle Site: The Flower Mart

Over in white-hot SoMa, another property that could be making a whole lot of money for one developer is set to become the site of the next battle between that developer and a

Jane Kim Proposing 30% Affordable Housing In New Developments

Supervisor Jane Kim, while open to compromises, is proposing that the city mandate a threshold of 30% below-market-rate housing in all new developments starting next year. The proposal, which we first heard about

Mark Zuckerberg Getting Sued By Palo Alto Developer In Property Dispute

Because he's stupidly rich and likes to snap up multi-million-dollar properties like second-hand hoodies, Mark Zuckerberg recently spent $43 million to buy up four pieces of property adjoining his own Palo Alto residence,

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Castro Set To Get New Food Hall Thing at Market and 15th

The concept of a European-style market hall has been trending around town, many years after Oakland's Rockridge got theirs. First there was 331 Cortland over in Bernal, with its rotating vendor stalls, and

New SoMa Development Is Like a Fancy SRO For The Middle Class

The developers of a new communal-living development at Harrison and 12th consisting of 235 studio units divided into nine separate "houses" insist that it won't just be for students and young tech workers.

Berkeley Neighbors Upset Over Micro-Apartment Development

You think it's difficult to build things in San Francisco? You should get a load of Berkeley sometime. A developer is trying to build a five-story, 67-unit building on Shattuck Avenue near Derby,

Dueling 8 Washington Props Go Down In Flames

Setting aside for a moment the absurdity of having the entire city vote on a single development project that upset a group of neighbors, we bring you the news that you've maybe already

Huge New Grocery Store and Condo Development Headed to Hayes Valley

Big news for Hayes Valley-ans: A big new condo project with an as-yet-unidentified big grocery tenant on the ground floor is headed for the vicinity of Fulton and Octavia. It's a handsome, glass-clad

Four Seasons Residents Threaten Ballot Initiative Against Tall Buildings

You may know this already, but we here at SFist like tall buildings. And we think that people who bitch about tall buildings are aesthetically-challenged, provincially-minded sticks in the mud who should, perhaps,

Mid-Market Redevelopment Plows On As Trinity Plaza Marks Halfway Point

The second of four apartment towers in the massive Trinity Place complex was "topped off" this week, marking a major milestone in one of the key projects in that redevelopment of mid-Market you've

Arts & Entertainment

That Big Empty Church In SoMa Will Become Office Space

St. Joseph's Church, which has stood empty since suffering damage in the Loma Prieta quake a little over 22 years ago, is finally going to get put back to use as the market

Fairmont Hotel In Trouble, Mayor Tries to Give Them Extension for Condo Conversion

You'll recall how the Fairmont Hotel wants to take that semi-ugly tower at the corner of Stockton and California and build a new condo tower, demolishing the famed Tonga Room in the process?

Oakland's City Walk, Abandoned by the Developer in 2007, Resumes Construction

City Walk, the big, unfinished white elephant in downtown Oakland perhaps the most visible development casualty in the inner Bay Area of the recent credit crisis looks like it's finally getting a second

New Mission Theater and Giant Value Might Fall Back Into Hands of CCSF

City College is contemplating whether to begin foreclosure proceedings on the New Mission Theater property as well as the adjacent building, Giant Value, which were sold to Medjool owner Gus Murad back in