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Massive New Development Announced In Fillmore District on Site of 70s-Era Affordable Project

A huge, 2,515-unit residential project — one of the largest ever to be proposed or built in San Francisco — may be on its way to the Fillmore/Western Addition, and it's being driven by the same church group that built 382 units on the same site 47 years ago.

Business & Tech

Controversial Short-Term Rental Company Sonder Sues To Get Out Of Lease At Church and Market

Sonder, the company that offers corporate-style rentals of furnished units for several months at a time and which controversially took control of a building at the intersection of Church and Market Streets last summer, is now suing to get out of its lease at the property, citing the pandemic.

Revised Designs Revealed For 47-Story Tower at 30 Van Ness

New proposed plans have arrived for a 520-foot, 47-story mixed-use building on the site of a shorter, city-owned building (where a Walgreens lives) at the corner of Van Ness and Market.

Developer Coins New Neighborhood For New Highrise: 'Van Mission'

This no-man's land between SoMa and the Mission, where Van Ness becomes South Van Ness, has been dubbed Van Mission by the marketing materials of a new high-rise. But will anyone ever really call it that?

Potrero Power Station Nears Approval For Major Redevelopment Project

Another mega-project in San Francisco is inching its way toward final approvals, and this one would transform the 29-acre, waterfront Potrero Power Station site into a mixed use complex of 2,600 residential units and 1.8 million square feet of new commercial space.

40-Story Tower at Van Ness and Market Delayed as Developer Seeks Buyer

A 420-foot, 40-story residential tower at the intersection of Market Street, Oak Street, and Van Ness, dubbed One Oak, in planning since 2014, apparently doesn't "pencil" in the parlance of developers, and its entitlements are now up for grabs.

61-Story Tower Designed By Salesforce Tower Architects Will Be SF's 5th Tallest

A 61-story mixed-used tower planned for the Transbay District's Parcel F — the largest of the remaining projects in the district not yet underway — just won a key approval at the Planning Commission on Thursday.

Group Of Neighbors In Less Dense SF Neighborhood Sues to Block High-Density Housing Project

Another week, another NIMBY effort in San Francisco — despite all the groundswell of support for the idea that the city needs more housing, not more hemming and hawing over it.

Construction Set To Begin Next Year On 3,900-Unit Development at SF's Southern Border

The long-awaited, long-delayed, enormous Baylands development in the southeastern corner of San Francisco — and across the county line in Brisbane — has finally gotten a start date.

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