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Board of Supervisors Set to Acknowledge Construction Cost Boom In New Deal For 98 Franklin Tower

A planned residential tower that will house San Francisco's International High School in Hayes Valley is getting both a density bonus and permission not to include on-site affordable units in new proposed legislation from Supervisor Dean Preston.

This Winter and Spring Could Be a Chaotic Free-for-All For Developers If SF Can't Get Its Housing Element Approved

A local housing activist just called San Francisco out on a rather alarming error — city officials and planners thought they had until May 31 to get the all-important revision to the general plan's Housing Element approved by the state, but the deadline is actually January 31.

Strange Tower With Floating Top Proposed For SoMa, Designed By Same Firm as Infinity, 33 Tehama

The Miami-based architecture firm that designed the Infinity towers, troubled 33 Tehama, and the mostly hideous Trinity Place has just unveiled renderings for a curious new residential tower — with a cube at the top that appears to float above the rest of the building.

[Update] More Bedlam in Berkeley, Protesters Retake People’s Park and Halt Construction After Park Was Fenced Off and Cleared

A combination of surreal scenes in Berkeley, as protesters halt construction in People’s Park, after it was gated off and crews lopped down the park’s trees to make way for a 16-story housing project.

Huge New Housing Development With 45% Affordable Units Approved for Former Transit Hub Site In SoMa

The block-sized property in SoMa that became home to the temporary Transbay Transit Center in the last decade will become a three-tower complex with the tallest tower around 40 stories.

Business & Tech

40-Story Tower at the Foot of Van Ness Goes Before Planning for Reapproval as Rental Apartments

Days before its entitlements are set to expire, a very tall proposed residential tower at Van Ness and Market is headed before the Planning Commission this week, now as a significantly larger, all-rental property.

Another Plan For a Rundown SF Pier Emerges With Another Floating Pool, Plus a Food Hall

Developers continue eyeing the sometimes vacant and mostly underutilized Port of SF properties along the Embarcadero, hoping to redevelop them into more active — and profitable — uses. But a host of regulations and legal obstacles make it an uphill climb.

Peskin Seeks to Expand Rent Control to New Construction In SF Via Charter Amendment

The SF Board of Supervisors will be seeing two proposed amendments to the city charter introduced at their Tuesday meeting, both of which set up fights between the progressive bloc of supervisors and Mayor London Breed over housing.

Former Country-Western Gay Bar Property In SoMa Back on Market

A building that housed a longtime gay bar devoted to country music in SF's SoMa District, which was proposed for redevelopment as both a nightclub and a condo building going back a decade, has hit the market again at a reduced price.

San Francisco Officially Acquires Real Estate to Make 'Monster In the Mission' Project 100% Affordable

Mayor London Breed’s office and the SF Board of Supervisors recently announced the completion of a deal between housing developer Crescent Heights and Maximus Real Estate Partners that will lead to an affordable housing project of 330 low-income units at 1979 Mission Street.

New UCSF Parnassus Hospital Design Unveiled By Architects of deYoung Museum

UCSF has released a new rendering for its proposed 15-story hospital addition at its revamped Parnassus campus, designed by Herzog and de Meuron, and it's quite pretty.

Developer Unveils Plans For Downtown SF Tower That Will Almost Match Salesforce In Height

What had been planned as an 818-foot tower has become an 1,066-foot tower according to newly unveiled project plans from developer Hines for a site behind the historic PG&E headquarters building in downtown SF.

SoMa Tennis Club Supporters Score Win at Appeals Board; Developer Has to Face Planning Again About Removing Courts

Fans of the Bay Club San Francisco Tennis facility, a replacement for which was promised by the developer of the 88 Bluxome complex when the project was approved two years ago, scored a possible win at the Board of Appeals on Wednesday.

Five-Story, Saitowitz-Designed Condo Complex Slated for Belcher Street In Duboce Triangle

Plans have been submitted for a five-story, 31-unit condo development on the site of a former artists' studio warehouse and gallery in Duboce Triangle, designed by Stanley Saitowitz and his firm Natoma Architects.

SF Black Leaders Press City To Give the Fillmore Heritage Center Back to the Community As Reparations

Community leaders along with actor Danny Glover held a press event Monday morning at the long defunct Fillmore Heritage Center complex, calling on the City of San Francisco to donate the center to a new non-profit representing the local community.

State Agency Threatens Investigation Into Supervisors Rejecting 27-Story Residential Tower

A few Sacramento lawmakers are squawking over the supes’ denial of a 495-unit project on what’s currently a SoMa parking lot, and a state agency is threatening a possible lawsuit.

New Luxury Senior Complex On Van Ness to Feature 'Michelin-Rated' Meals, Very Pricy Apartments

It’s not enough that San Francisco has fairly abundant luxury housing and not a lot of affordable or middle-income housing, but now we’re going to have luxury senior housing for those well-off Boomers who want to live in the city and still go to the Symphony and such.

Developer Seeks to Build 75-Story Residential Tower Behind Old PG&E Building on Market Street

Another very tall tower could be added to San Francisco's skyline in the coming years, if developer Hines gets what they're asking for on the downtown block that used to belong to PG&E.

New Tall Skyscraper Planned Near Salesforce Tower Moves Forward With Groundbreaking Plans Despite Everything

The developer behind a 61-story mixed-use tower slated to go in at 550 Howard Street announced plans today for an early 2022 groundbreaking, delivering solid evidence that developers remain very optimistic about post-pandemic San Francisco.

One Oak Project at Foot of Van Ness Seeks to Add 150 Units

The delayed 40-story tower at Oak and Van Ness, which has undergone redesigns and some financing hiccups in the last few years, is back before Planning in revised form.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Eight-Story Condo Development With Replacement Grubstake Diner on Ground Floor Wins Planning Approval

The Planning Commission took up the project at 1525 Pine Street on Thursday, six years after it was first proposed, and the vote was 4-2 in favor of approval. Meanwhile, the beloved Grubstake lives on.

27-Story Residential Tower Likely to Add to Quickly Changing SoMa Skyline

A 27-story residential tower — an infill development slated for a SoMa alley that's been in the design and planning stages for over four years now — is set to get its entitlements this week, if all goes well at the Planning Commission.

Multiple 30-Story Towers In SoMa Are Set to Bring Almost 1,400 New Residential Units to the Neighborhood

Several tall residential towers are in planning and pre-construction stages in central SoMa, and together they'll be bringing almost 1,400 new residential units to San Francisco — because contrary to many headlines of the past year, developers still think people are going to want to live here.

Stonestown Galleria Parking Lots Could Become 2,900-Unit Residential Village

The owner of the Stonestown Galleria mall property has been conducting workshops with nearby neighborhoods to discuss a future development that could create a new neighborhood out of what is now just 30 acres of surface parking lots.

Mid-Market Condo/Hotel Project Delayed; Hotel and Restaurant Won't Open Until 2022

The 408,000-square-foot development at 950-974 Market Street, which began construction in 2018 and was slated to be completed this year, is delayed — in part because of the pandemic and the state of tourism.