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Massive New West Oakland Development With 32-Story Tower Moves Forward

A huge new residential development encompassing an entire city block in West Oakland — with over 1,000 units and 35,000 square feet of retail — was unanimously approved by Oakland's Planning Commission on Thursday, with plenty of community support.

Planning Commission Approves One Of Two Enormous New Office and Condo Complexes In SoMa

A pair of new developments will bring a combined 800,000 square feet of new commercial and office space to SoMa, as well as a pair of sloping condo towers containing 960 units. One has already been approved, while the other awaits approval next week.

Massive 5M Office and Condo Project Set To Begin Construction In SoMa

The long-delayed 5M project, a dramatic renovation of several South of Market blocks, will add a 400-condo skyscraper, gobs of new office space, and a grass rooftop park to the Chronicle building.

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Photo Du Jour: Goodbye, Home Restaurant

Check it out! The long-vacant Home Restaurant building has disappeared at Church and Market, about a week after demolition began. This triangular pile of rubble, bounded on the back side by 14th Street,

Former Home Restaurant Might Finally Be Demolished This Fall, Making Way For Condos

Just a quick update on the highly visible development site at the flatiron corner of Market Street, Church, and 14th, formerly the home of Home restaurant: Developer Brian Spiers's earlier revealed plans for

Can SF Developers Afford 25 Percent Affordability? City Controller Says No, Others Still Say Yes

In a report that is sure to spark debate for the coming months ahead of the November election, City Controller Ben Rosenfield has completed a feasibility analysis requested by the Board of Supervisors

Governor Brown's 'By Right' Housing Fast-Track Proposal Dead In The Water

A proposal by Governor Jerry Brown to pass sweeping legislation that would speed up residential development across the state by bypassing various local review processes has lost all momentum and appears fully dead,

Arts & Entertainment

Magic Theatre Expanding To Mid-Market, But Not Relocating

When we originally heard about the plans for the massive new mixed-use development headed for a long blighted block of Mid-Market, between Fifth and Sixth Streets, back in early 2014, it was set

Nine-Story, All Below-Market Complex Likely Headed For Folsom And 17th

Perhaps pointing to the fact that moratorium on Mission development wasn't wholly necessary, there are a total of four fully below-market-rate developments now in the pipeline in the Mission in addition to the

395-Unit Potrero Development Approved After Supervisor's (Joking) Request For Bribe

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to approve what will be one of the largest housing developments to grace the Portrero Hill neighborhood. The Business Times reports that the 9-to-1 vote in favor

Super Thin, Nine-Story Hotel Proposed For Harrison Street

Plans for a nine-story, skinny hotel are making their way through the planning department. SocketSite reports that the building, designed by architect Charles F. Bloszies, includes commercial space fronting Harrison Street along with

Huge 16th And Mission Project Moves Forward, Again

The 380-unit project dubbed by critics and affordable housing activists the "Monster in the Mission" arrived again on the docket at the Planning Commission Thursday, setting off what will likely be a renewed

Check Out The Pretty New Tower Proposed For South Van Ness And Otis

A rendering has just arrived for one of a gaggle of proposed high-rises that are set to transform the area of mid-Market at the busy intersection of Van Ness. This one is separate

Gov. Jerry Brown Declares War On NIMBYs And Planning Commissions With New Housing Bill

You may have heard some rumblings about this in recent weeks, but Governor Jerry Brown has been pushing through a revision to the state's density bonus program that would potentially wipe out the

Visualizing The Hub, A Proposed Home For Tall Buildings Around Market

While one nook of Market Street, basically an area from Market to Mission between Valencia and 11th Streets, has been included in 2008's Market and Octavia Area Plan, now the Planning Department is

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Deli Board and Fondue Cowboy Potentially Threatened By Condo Proposal On Folsom

A proposal for a 46-unit residential building at Folsom and Russ Streets would, potentially, mean the demolition of several retail businesses facing Folsom Street on that block, including restaurants Fondue Cowboy and the

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Grubstake Diner To Close In 2017, But Retain 'Railcar-Themed' Location In New Condo Building

Last we heard, back in September, some new owners of the property that houses the beloved Grubstake, off Polk Street on Pine, were being a bit vague about the future of the 40+

Work Begins On Massive Treasure Island Redevelopment

Work has begun on a 20-year development project that will radically transform both Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island into something virtually unrecognizable from what we know today. The plan, now two decades

Check Out The Huge Retail, Performance, And Residential Project Coming To Candlestick Point

Big things are coming to the land that was formerly home to Candlestick Park, and big developer Lennar, who's also developing the adjacent Shipyard with 12,000 residential units, has just received approvals

Planning Commission Approves Controversial, Massive Mid-Market Residential Development

Known for its downtown office buildings from the towering 50 California to the Market Square/Twitter building, real estate investors the Shorenstein Organization received Planning Commission approval yesterday afternoon for their first residential

Now Gawker Scolds San Francisco For Not Building Enough Housing

OK, can we all agree that, at the very least, New Yorkers and Angelenos can stop telling us how stupid we've been, collectively, as the city of San Francisco in not preparing for

Huge 5M Development In SoMa Gets Jane Kim's Blessing After Adding 40 Percent Affordability

The massive mixed-use development slated for the block surrounding the Chronicle building at 5th and Mission, dubbed 5M, appears to be moving forward despite some controversy, and today we get word that Jane

SoMa Community Groups File Appeal Against Big 5M Development

Claiming that developers and the city have teamed up to fast-track a massive, improperly zoned SoMa development on 5th and Mission Street, a group of protesters gathered this morning at the San Francisco

Co-Living Concept In SoMa Becomes Traditional Apartments, Will Still Feature Leather-Themed Plaza

Remember this upscale commune thing that was being planned by BUILD Inc. for 1532 Harrison? The original plan was to build 235 units in nine separate pods that would share kitchens and common

This Is What Market And Van Ness May Look Like In A Few Years

On the left you have the latest design for One Van Ness, by Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta. On the right, a proposed residential tower at Mission and South Van Ness by Skidmore Owings